a big cultural difference I’m seeing in spain is that if someone hangs the flag of the losing side of the civil war from their balcony it actually means they’re woke as hell
there is something incredibly satisfying about reading the first page of a book, and immediately something in your brain sits up and goes 'oh, i'm going to like this' — and then every subsequent page proves you right.
Being part of a generation that was told “Wikipedia is not a source” makes it genuinely baffling to me that jobs are now telling people to just use ChatGPT for everything.
i appreciate some americans growing desire for building code changes that could lead to more pleasant apartment buildings but we should keep in mind when looking at European buildings and going “oh how lovely” — the ADA is one of like three uniquely decent things America ever did
brazilians in nyc, japanese in nashville, scots in boston, algerians in lawrence…. they really put teams in the best cities for generational cultural exchanges
Just to be clear, I do not just haťe generative Al. I also haťe golf, lawns, space tourism, war, monoculture farming, clear cutting forests, building on floodplains, deep sea mining, developments that destroy habitats, and corporations bulldozing ecosystems for endless growth.