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“The hardest thing about being alive is that we exist as accidents of chance, and the universe does not hand us meaning.

Loving these illustrations by artist Guridi.

“It’s possible that you were undermined, endangered, cut off or disrespected.

Here’s a minimal-more-analog phone that got my attention: Dumb.co

“Friendship, has always depended on a certain irrational generosity.

Currently enjoying The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a book that poetically defines emotions that we all feel but haven’t had the words to express—until now.

“For years now, I’ve just been bored, bored, bored, with evil,”… “It’s just not interesting.”

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

Loving these Eclipse Viewers from 1932

Seth’s Riff’s is a collection of kernels, notions and riffs from Seth Godin.

“The ability to be wrong is one of the most important virtues, and it is extremely difficult.

Whoa!

“We but mirror the world.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Håkon Anton Fagerås (@fageras_sculpture) Completely in love with Norwegian artist Hakon Anton Fageras’ Marble Pillows.

“The distance between deciding and doing is the single most reliable predictor of whether your life will be extraordinary or ordinary.

“I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.” – Rebecca Solnit

My Retro Tvs allows you to watch live television from different decades, as if you were currently living in that time, watching TV as normal.

I recently heard multiple friends positively mention MediSearch when having to research a symptom or illness.

I have madly fallen in love with Luke St Leger’s modular art pieces.

“The market for something to believe in is infinite.” – Hugh MacLeod, (Via this Seth Godin post speaking on integrity)

“There are two kinds of people after dinner: Those who ask, “Can I help?”

“Next time I’m about to cast a harsh judgement on a stranger who offends me, can I allow myself instead to see them as the flawed and complex human that they are?

VAWAA makes my heart sing.

Yesterday, May 27th, marked the 21st birthday of this beloved online garden of mine.

Sociologists have long argued that human relationships are sustained less by intensity and more by regularity.

“Another word for creativity is courage.” – Henri Matisse

Now this is delightful.

point out the good when you see it. in life, in others, in yourself. because the world needs to remember what kindness and love look like. – topher kearby

I am going to be spending way too much time on this website!

Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough!

“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods.” – The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (via)

Do you need an invitation to step away from the algorithm?

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor”. – Henry David Thoreau

In October 2024, Rachel Moore had a close encounter with a humpback whale in French Polynesia and took these photos of the whale’s eye.

“You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person,” says Buffett.

This graph stopped me in my tracks.

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It made me giggle: Pantry Pants.

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