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- Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others. - Take risks and anticipate success.
- Remember your sense of humor.
- Practice different ways of starting a conversation
I'm Not Sure What Class Actually Means
I’m Not Sure What Class Actually Means , I’m not sure what class I belong to, and I don’t care what class you are in #100DaysToOffload, , louplummer.lol/i-m-not-s…
The Blog Directory - that @jedda@social.lol and I started last week is booming with 123 blogs currently available for your review. If your blog is listed without a description, please visit the directory and fill out the form to include one along with your link. Boosts and shout outs appreciated!
An Obsidian Gem
An Obsidian Gem , Nicole van der Hoeven makes helpful and informative YouTube videos about Obsidian a PKM and note taking software title. , linkage.lol/an-obsidi…
The March on Washington for Job and Freedom, 1963
The March on Washington for Job and Freedom, 1963 , We got married on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to establish a connection with what’s good about American history , linkage.lol/the-march…
This Weeks Bookmarks - Gay Rodeo, Death Valley Heat, Interactive Historical Maps, Boundry Setting Language, Top 100 Athletes of the 21st Century, Nerd Poker, Drone Footage of Everest
Drone footage of Mt. Everest from base camp to the summit
Queer cowfolx are bucking tradition at the gay rodeo (19thnews.org)
What 129 Degrees Feels Like - The Atlantic (archive.ph)
Love history? Explore this interactive collection of old maps. | Popular Science
35 Boundary Phrases To Use in Relationships, Workplace - Parade
Ranking the top 100 professional athletes since 2000 - ESPN
How GTO made poker a game for nerds - Vox
Mindhunter was a Netflix show that although it only ran for two seasons, was a high quality portrayal of the early days of the FBI’s profiling unit wirh some chilling performances of serial killers like Charles Manson, Richard Speck and Ed Kemper.
I’m not a fan of Steve Jobs hagiography at all, but the other Steve, the humble one, the nice one, the generous one - him I like The Right Steve
Taking a look at Internet Trolls, their origin, history and most infamous campaign, Gamergate, the one that gave rise to the alt-right, r/theDonald and the Trumpification of disaffected young white men
We use the phrase “Absolute Legend” so often it loses meaning. Well, here is a real legend, Grandma Gatewood, the first woman to solo hike the entire Appalachian Trail, at age 68 in 1955. Link
This Week's Bookmarks - Tools people use, Every streaming service price hike, 50 best movie soundtracks, 100 best books of the 21st century, 30 amazing images of the universe, World architecture forum award winners, how celebrity book clubs work
Every Streaming Service Price Hike in 2023 and 2024 | Lifehacker
The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time (getpocket.com)
100 Best Books of the 21st Century - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
World Architecture Forum Awards 2024: World’s best new architecture revealed | CNN
How Celebrity Book Clubs Actually Work
Mixtape Garden is a free service that crafts downloadable mixtapes crafted from the YouTube videos you specify
Today on AppAddict - an old mac troubleshooting tool is back and I am feeling nostalgic. [Network Utility is available for download from Devonthink](apps.louplummer.lol/post/netw… totally free. It was part of the OS from the very first days of OS X up until Big Sur.
Stranger In a Strange Land, Revisited - I’ve been reexamining Robert A. Heinlein lately. After nearly worshipping him as a young person, I later wrote him off as a militarist and a misogynist, but discussions with other progressives have me investigating him as man of his time.
Facebook Purity a Browser Extension That Removes Some of the Evil - If you are on Facebook out of choice or through family obligations like me, this browser extension makes it somewhat bearable by disrupting the algorithm and hiding the gross parts.
have to admit that it’s breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids' lives. I’ve been banging my head against this wall for almost 20 years, not because I love technology but because I care so deeply about vulnerable youth. And about their mental health. And boy oh boy do I loathe moral panics. I realize they’re politically productive, but they cause so much harm and distraction.
Awesome Mac - Browse a Huge Selection of Mac Applications - I have 449 applications on my MacBook. After browsing this site, I’m about to have a few more.
My Favorite Newsletter Subscriptions - A list of free and worthy reads on subjects ranging from tech to history to current events from writers like Heather Cox Richardson, Joan Westenberg, Ed Zeron.
This Week's Bookmarks - Democracy and the church, Vietnamese chicken salad, 25 hikes, Life's Anti-Checklist, 50 ways to fuel a conversation, Life of a tennis player, Daily routines
Can Democracy And Evangelical Christianity Co-Exist? | (Backyard Church)
Goi Ga, a Crunchy Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe (foodandwine.com)
25 Easy, Scenic, and Short National-Park Hikes (outsideonline.com)
The Life Anti-Checklist Common Goal - a list of things you definitely don’t want to do in your life but may have done anyway, like sleeping through your bus stop, burning your dinner or forgetting your anniversary
50 Ways To Fuel A Conversation (swiss-miss.com)
For example
‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player | Tennis | The Guardian
Daily Routines (typepad.com) - How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days
It’s Saturday, the day I regularly update my /now page. This week I’m touting a great newsletter, Werd.io, four streaming shows, listing a week’s worth of blog posts and turning you on to a great cheap fine tipped ink pen. As always, there’s also the links I saved into my collection this week.
