@lulumeservey@HunterBiden As a Republican I will admit - I liked his paintings! I thought they showed painterly skill and a wry, delicate, sensitive worldview.
@macastel3@The_FJC See “One Child Policy” for counter argument. Perhaps the greatest single shoot-yourself-in-the-foot long-term self-sabotage of any civilization in any time period in history. 😳😳
Japan tourism as of 2026:
“I know exactly what they’re thinking of. It’s a pastiche of places like Mallorca, Bhutan, and picturesque villages in the Swiss Alps. In terms of food, they’re aiming for an Anthony Bourdain–style experience. And in terms of art, they’re imagining something like the old days of Ubud or Chiang Mai, where you could simply stroll into artists’ workshops and watch them at work.”
@CleverGull@Thinkwert my favorite chunk of prose from that book:
“Crushed thirty feet upwards, the waters flashed for an instant like heaps of fountains, then brokenly sank in a shower of flakes, leaving the circling surface creamed like new milk round the marble trunk of the whale.”
i asked my 9-year-old this weekend - who do you think responds to emails quicker? billionaires or college interns?
she guessed interns.
so I sent emails with a simple request to a billionaire and an intern I know.
billionaire responded in 15 minutes on a Saturday afternoon.
intern still hasn't responded.
there's a reason they're billionaires.