Eng Seng Ng

Stopping climate change is my job; nontoxic masculinity is my hobby. He/him

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@adele_bloch One I notice is when people give very specific compliments, that wouldn't work for just anyone but really land for the complimented person. It feels like both a generosity of spirit, and the picking up of subtle cues you mentioned

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

IMO, when developing an understanding of style, it's important to separate your judgement of someone else's style from what you'd choose to wear. Dressing is about identity and lifestyle, and we're not all the same. Each look below is perfect for the wearer, but may not suit you.

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@crashwong This was many years ago so I probably have the details wrong but I feel like you once tweeted something like, "I love stories where people want things so badly, and they love each other so much, but their desires are incompatible". That popped into my head while playing E33 👀

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

IMO, many people cling to etiquette rules because they serve as class signals (e.g., "my behavior or dress puts me closer to the elites"). But they don't consider the point of those rules in the first place.

For instance, we don't put our elbows on the dinner table because it's rude to crowd the person next to us. But if someone scolds you for this even when there's no one next to you, the rule has stopped being about how we consider others. It's now a performance about social class, masked as civility.

The point of a wedding dress code is to show the couple that we honor them on their special day. If the couple decides everyone should wear Aloha shirts and sneakers, it would be rude to show up in a suit and dress shoes. Dressing against their wishes prioritizes your idea of propriety over their celebration. The goal should be to make sure the couple always smiles when they look back on their special day.

IMO, it makes no sense to say a groom is dressed "wrong" on his wedding day, provided that his partner is also happy with the decision. They create the rules for their event.

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@sqiouyilu I believe in you!!!

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@fredstaffordcs @JesseJenkins I think it's easiest to see on the middle chart of "Electricity is taking all the growth in final demand" - percentage of electricity is much higher today than 25 years ago for sure

[Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer]

There’s only one country with a battery manufacturing operation anywhere close to the scale or sophistication of China’s: South Korea. Thankfully, Korean engineers are teaching what they know to US engineers — and even helping them build a Hyundai EV factory — in Georgia.

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@sqiouyilu https://t.co/3O4KhWyeAA

[hope hopes hoping @hopes_revenge]

gf says because we got chinese yesterday we can’t get it again today. i don’t think that makes sense . they do it in china all the time

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@alyssaleann If you haven't read The Art of Gathering you simply must, it's all about hosting (https://t.co/6D0J6QB52c), another one I really enjoyed recently was An Immense World, about animal senses

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@sqiouyilu so I would consider it kind of an ordering problem, like that thought is saying "I won't give myself a powerful tool for writing my book and cleaning my house until I write my book and clean my house"

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@sqiouyilu personally I have found that the biggest impetus for making changes in my life always comes from friends (either they encourage me to pursue my goals, or more concrete stuff like "I have to clean my apartment so I can invite people over")

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@alyssaleann Not sure if this is helpful, please ignore or decline if it isn't, but if you write this post, I will read it and then hand write you a thank you note (either DM you a picture or send it)

[Rod 🙂👍 @ThanksThoth]

I took this screenshot of a random woman's Instagram story years ago, I find myself coming back to it again and again

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@deathbladeISSTH How good (/existent) was public transit?

[Deathblade @deathbladeISSTH]

I have seen a lot of these "China is a futuristic, cyberpunk utopia" which is frankly ridiculous. Granted, there are pinpricks of high-tech wonder on the map. And there are aspects of China life that are more advanced than in the West, largely due to the fact that there is so much NEW stuff in China. But the reality is that the vast majority of China is the opposite of this. I think going forward I will create a thread showing some of the REAL China that I have experienced, going back fifteen or so years and up to the last year.

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@alyssaleann Hogwarts houses are also very millennial I think!

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

SHOTS FIRED IN LEXINGTON COMMON! THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN!

An unknown ſoldier of either Britiſh or rebel origin has fired his muſket toward the oppoſing line, and now fire is ringing out all over.

It is war with England!!

[Eng Seng Ng @engsengng]

@visakanv in Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time the heroes paralyze the auditors by giving them little paradoxes like "Don't obey this statement", which the auditors eventually learn to break by figuring out that some things are "bloody stupid" and should be ignored - some parallels here