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Monday, September 21, 2026
Dickinson
This is my letter to the World by Emily Dickinson
This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me—
The simple News that Nature told—
With tender Majesty
Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see—
For love of Her—Sweet—countrymen—
Judge tenderly—of Me
This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me—
The simple News that Nature told—
With tender Majesty
Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see—
For love of Her—Sweet—countrymen—
Judge tenderly—of Me
Mercury
"Mercury is shrinking because it cools after forming about 4.5 billion years ago, and its crust has been cracking and forming ridges and scarps as it contracts. New research suggests the planet has shrunk about 10% to 30% more than scientists previously estimated, with the planet losing roughly 19 kilometers (nearly 12 miles) of diameter."
Words
“The Latin word for silver is argentum, where we get the name for Argentina, the presumed land of bountiful silver. The Latin word for gold is aurum. And the Latin word for lead is plumbum, which gives us the word “plumber”, from back when pipes were made of lead.”
Friday, September 18, 2026
Eco
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots" - Umberto Eco
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Reading
From AI Gemini:
During the mid-to-late 18th century, excessive reading—specifically the consumption of cheap prose fiction—was widely viewed across Europe as a dangerous addiction and a public health threat. Cultural commentators, physicians, and moralists framed the phenomenon as a literal disease, referring to it variously as "reading addiction" (Lesesucht), "reading fever" (Lesefieber), or "reading mania" (Lesewut).
The panic emerged due to the rapid rise of the commercial printing industry, circulating libraries, and increasing literacy rates among groups who previously had limited access to books, particularly women, young adults, and the working class.
Critics argued that compulsive reading destabilized the nervous system. Social commentators framed it similarly to physical substance abuse, describing readers who consumed books voraciously as being "intoxicated" or unable to control their appetite for sensation.
During the mid-to-late 18th century, excessive reading—specifically the consumption of cheap prose fiction—was widely viewed across Europe as a dangerous addiction and a public health threat. Cultural commentators, physicians, and moralists framed the phenomenon as a literal disease, referring to it variously as "reading addiction" (Lesesucht), "reading fever" (Lesefieber), or "reading mania" (Lesewut).
The panic emerged due to the rapid rise of the commercial printing industry, circulating libraries, and increasing literacy rates among groups who previously had limited access to books, particularly women, young adults, and the working class.
Critics argued that compulsive reading destabilized the nervous system. Social commentators framed it similarly to physical substance abuse, describing readers who consumed books voraciously as being "intoxicated" or unable to control their appetite for sensation.
Neruda
It is Born by Pablo Neruda
Here I came to the very edge
where nothing at all needs saying,
everything is absorbed through weather and the sea,
and the moon swam back,
its rays all silvered,
and time and again the darkness would be broken
by the crash of a wave,
and every day on the balcony of the sea
wings open, fire is born,
and everything is blue again like morning...
Here I came to the very edge
where nothing at all needs saying,
everything is absorbed through weather and the sea,
and the moon swam back,
its rays all silvered,
and time and again the darkness would be broken
by the crash of a wave,
and every day on the balcony of the sea
wings open, fire is born,
and everything is blue again like morning...
Air
From AI Gemini:
What Air Is Actually Made Of
Dry air near Earth's surface is composed almost entirely of two main diatomic (two-atom) molecules, alongside a few single atoms and trace compounds:
Nitrogen ~ 78%: Two nitrogen atoms bound tightly together. This makes up the vast majority of any given sample of air.
Oxygen ~ 21%: Two oxygen atoms bound together. This is the reactive component we breathe.
Argon ~ 0.93%: A noble gas that exists as single, unbonded atoms rather than bound molecules.
Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, & Traces ~ 0.07%: Multi-atom molecules present in small or variable amounts depending on humidity and location.
What Air Is Actually Made Of
Dry air near Earth's surface is composed almost entirely of two main diatomic (two-atom) molecules, alongside a few single atoms and trace compounds:
Nitrogen ~ 78%: Two nitrogen atoms bound tightly together. This makes up the vast majority of any given sample of air.
Oxygen ~ 21%: Two oxygen atoms bound together. This is the reactive component we breathe.
Argon ~ 0.93%: A noble gas that exists as single, unbonded atoms rather than bound molecules.
Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, & Traces ~ 0.07%: Multi-atom molecules present in small or variable amounts depending on humidity and location.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Cancel
"Cancel culture, also called call-out culture, is a cultural phenomenon in which people criticize an individual thought to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner, and call for the target to be ostracized, boycotted, shunned or fired. This shunning may extend to social or professional circles— whether on social media or in person— with most high-profile incidents involving those with influence in media or politics."
Jung
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."
"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."
all quotes by Carl Jung
"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."
"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."
all quotes by Carl Jung
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Survive
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus
"The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived." - Robert Jordan
"The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived." - Robert Jordan
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