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“We come into temporary harmony with the water, and are fortunate to sometimes be allowed to pass through.”
Evan Morrison, open-water marathon swimmer, who notes that it echoes:
“The best one can hope for is to come to an agreement with a body of water on any given day.”… Story continues … “On not “crushing it” when swimming”
Forming an exploratory committee to consider swimming from the Golden Gate to McCovey Cove July 9. Anyone own a boat I could hire for the day?
(Last year I did this as part of a relay — this year I’m considering a solo swim)
crossposted from Facebook
Has it really been 7 years since I relaunched tinywords.com? Time flies. I am no longer editing the journal — that job has been ably taken over by Kathe Palka and Peter Newton — but I continue to maintain the technical side of the site, which is now about 16 years old.… Story continues … “7 years since tinywords relaunched”
This is what I was searching for about not panicking and not overdoing the outrage. (click through to see Quinn’s whole thread)
https://twitter.com/quinnnorton/status/803631403879395328
2016 translation guide
alt right = neo nazi
Fake news = propaganda
Normalizing = appeasement
There have been a disturbing number of racist incidents in the wake of Trump’s election. This video, filmed in response to a similar reaction after Brexit, is really helpful.
Watching a bunch of people in Ohio watch the rain fall.
At #money2020, @martindale predicts Bitcoin price will increase 10x, to $6,000+, in 12 months
“If you have an immutable record, authoritarian gov’ts might find that very interesting too.” Jamie Smith of @BitFuryGroup #Money2020 crossposted from Facebook
October 24, 2016 at 04:42PM
“Smart contracts are neither smart nor are they contracts…what they are is automated bits of business logic.” Jacob Farber at #Money2020 crossposted from Facebook
October 23, 2016 at 02:35PM