Peter Vincent

[Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 @MarinaMedvin]

An IDF soldier found this dog in Gaza and brought her home.

Watch until the end.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Man warms up bird's feet to unfreeze!

[Welcome PEI @WelcomePEI]

When we say winter wonderland, THIS is what we mean 😍❄️

📍 Hunter River
📷 Katherine Maclaine

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024

On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world.

Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel optimistic that with a growing appreciation of how interconnected we all are in the oneness of humanity, we can all work to lead more meaningful lives and create a better world.

As human beings we share a common wish to be happy and free from pain. We are social animals who depend on others to survive. Therefore, as I often say, we should work for the benefit of others. If we cannot help them, we should at least make sure we do no harm. I have found that helping others is the best way of ensuring happiness and calm for ourselves.

I also firmly believe that we can find peace in the world only when we find peace within. Every human being has the potential to cultivate inner peace, and by so doing to contribute to the peace of our global community.

We must try to cultivate compassion and inner peace, regardless of our nationality or religion, we can contribute to the well-being and happiness of all mankind. If the last century was the century of violence, it is our responsibility to make this century the century of dialogue.

Once again, I extend warm greetings to you all. I hope that you all enjoy an auspicious beginning to the new year, 2024.

With prayers and good wishes,

Dalai Lama

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Beats a Porsche 911 while towing a 911

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

266 years ago today one of the strangest artists in history was born: William Blake.

He was a poet, a prophet, a painter, a Romantic, an environmentalist, an abolitionist, and a mystic.

The word "unique" is overused, but William Blake truly was unlike any other...

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://t.co/dsC04mHwQ8

[Ian Miles Cheong @ianmiles]

Why are retailers shutting down?

Answer: https://t.co/5njkb81EJB

[Past To Present Stories @past2present_x]

@historyinmemes In 1999 this man was asked to reenact his recent lottery win for TV and ended up winning again on camera

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.

[UKRAINIAN SQUAD🇺🇦 @ukrainiansquad]

We will never forget these soldiers who still sacrifice and risk their lives for freedom of Ukraine, Europe and the free world. Keep believing in these HEROES 🇺🇦

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

This is what our solar system looks like while moving in the space! https://t.co/jEVbNDnB84

[BKBelton 🇨🇦 @bk_belton]

🇨🇦THURSDAY MEMO🇨🇦 Pierre’s days are numbered. PP’s peaked too early & he will never be Prime Minister.
#NobodyLikesPierrePoilievre

[MS NOW @MSNOWNews]

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he's not a fan of government shutdowns for two reasons: they don't work and Republicans take a hit politically

Read @HayesBrown on why the Senate minority leader is right on both counts https://t.co/VO7Hqp5xcp

[Stanley Pignal @spignal]

41% of French population is in favour of a proposal to limit everyone to 4 flights in their entire life.
59% of 18-24 year-olds agree.

2 return flights. Not per year: per life.

https://t.co/3HctPDkUb2

[Peter Vincent @cafediem]

Great beans, great machine (Marzocco), great barista, great blue sky afternoon. Perfect. Receiver Coffee at Founders Hall, Charlottetown

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A kind of optical illusion used in paintings for centuries, now revived using AI.

Squint or hold your phone away, you will see a hidden message.

[Bruce Springsteen! (Blogness) @blogness]

This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.

[Peter Vincent @cafediem]

@blogness Plus tip.