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[Icona @iconawrites]

I don’t want to be a bookshop owner, I want to be a bookshop *cat* who dozes all day on the counter and occasionally allows a book-browsing customer to scratch her head.

[bricklen @bricklen]

@richardfoote A lot memorable names in that thread!

[The Zone @ 91-3 @TheZone913]

Zoner friends and family.

It is with the biggest broken heart that we tell you we've lost our brother, Dylan Willows.

He put up a hell of a fight against the cancer, after a lifetime of being an amazing radio host, local music crusader, and all around great human being.

1/3

[bricklen @bricklen]

Met Simon a couple times at PostgreSQL conferences, where he was always welcoming and friendly. It's a sad day for the PG community.

[PostgreSQL @PostgreSQL]

News: Remembering Simon Riggs https://t.co/7Lgd56K37W

[Étienne @etiennefd]

this is strangely heartwarming: the canadian pediatrics association now recommends that children engage in risky play—"thrilling and exciting forms of free play that involve uncertainty of outcome and a possibility of physical injury"—because of benefits e.g. to mental health

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

@elonmusk Not to be “that guy,” but Occam’s razor means for every reaction, there is an opposite reaction. Not sure how that applies here

[Andy Goode @AndyGoode10]

Absolutely class message from Paddy Pimblett after his win. Men, reach out to anyone if times are tough, ask your mates how they are too

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

An elephant family is sleeping
photographed by a drone…

[Louie Bacaj @LBacaj]

The top 10 predictors of successful engineering careers.

I've helped hire 100s of engineers in my 12+ year career. I've managed and steered the careers of multiple engineering teams.

Some of these may surprise you, but I am confident they predict career success in our industry.

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

@jreichhold @KentBeck @jeanqasaur @michael_nielsen Totally. I love this.

Work is a joy when it involves autonomy, mastery and meaning, and software is a creative pursuit and a social effort. Drain it of either, and there goes your joy.

[bricklen @bricklen]

@shelbyspees https://t.co/PjLXCRTyrX

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

💡BEST. VIDEO. ALL. YEAR. Please share with friends how the mRNA vaccine works to fight the coronavirus.

📌NOTA BENE—The mRNA never interacts with your DNA 🧬. #vaccinate

(Special thanks to the Vaccine Makers Project @vaccinemakers of @ChildrensPhila). #COVID19

[bricklen @bricklen]

@goodreads Genabackis, from "The God is Not Willing" by @erikson_steven. It's wonderful to be back in the world of the Malazan Empire

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

Good morning from Tokyo and day three at the #Paralympics

Meet Egypt's Ibrahim Hamadtou. He’s competing in table tennis 🏓 here. At 10 years old Hamadtou lost his arms in a train accident. These are his second Paralympics.

Incredible. Inspiring.

https://t.co/X8j4CHtc9a

[Krister Johnson @KristerJohnson]

Alfredo Rivera is the greatest storyteller of our time.

[bricklen @bricklen]

@chrispeddk @Xof Absolutely agree. After 20+ years as a DBA, I can count on one hand how many times I've used a GUI for writing/executing queries.

[British & Irish Lions @lionsofficial]

When your dreams become a reality 🥳

🦁 #855 @MarcuSmith10

#LionsRugby #CastleLionsSeries #LionsSA2021

[bricklen @bricklen]

@bgwalker18 @TheHockeyNews And where is Blades of Steel by Moneyshot?!

[bricklen @bricklen]

@sandersonNDP A lock with moves!

[Icona @iconawrites]

Children love books about boarding schools because they love the idea of living with their friends in a single building where magical things happen. A school is just a plot device to create what many humans (young and old) crave: a walkable, close-knit community.