Inscribed self

Living one day at a time, coffee enthusiast, music, movies, eReader, love scrapbooking, Dad to two boisterous Jedis, Life is good. Images are not mine.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

A child knows of all emotions except, intentional malice. 💫

[Trees etc. @arborsmarty]

Back in black.

[explore.org @exploreorg]

As always, we're in awe of Mr. North 🦅

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@gardeninNorway Cheers to 2025! May your garden bloom as beautifully as your tweets.

[GardeninNorway @gardeninNorway]

Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉Thank you so much for the many nice comments in 2024. Thank you for following me.🙏😄 Helleborus verzorgen in our December garden.
#HappyNewYear #NewYearsEve #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #Norway #FlowersOnX #GardeningX #NaturePhoto

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@gardeninNorway Stunning! Lilies never fail to charm me, especially the enchanting Chinese varieties.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

The Smile That Guides

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

A smile as wide
as the ocean
ferries the storm-rocked
in dinghies
to port

I walk down a road
that curves
like a smile
and tells me
meaning is in the gait

The sky trades
me one smile
for all the fumbles
in my life
without a dark regret

#sedserio #TankaThursday #poetrylovers

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@MarkScabash6 A smile that ferries us through storms—now that’s a beautiful thought. Thanks for sharing this, Mark! 🌻

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@MarkScabash6 Raindrops on the balcony, a lake in the distance—life’s mysteries seem so much closer when you stop and reflect. Beautiful!

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

Guess the Oscars missed out on a true star! 😂

[il Donaldo Trumpo @PapiTrumpo]

I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN OSCAR!!!😎😂😂😂

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

When sustainability forgets its roots—guiding yet wilting beneath the heat of 'progress.' Perhaps justice, like nature, thrives best when it’s left undisturbed by well-meaning hands.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Green transition infrastructure threatens the Sami people’s way of life in Europe's far north. https://t.co/af0DbD6FLu

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

The ode to Greece recalls Byron at Missolonghi—even Sisyphus found triumphs on the hill.
https://t.co/UZmEmEG4nZ

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

In the end, the only thing that really decentralizes is our ability to fool ourselves into thinking this will work. Bitcoin’s like the financial version of 'trust me, I’m a wizard'—minus the potions, just more bubbles. #Insightfulread

[John Paul Koning @jp_koning]

I've been writing about bitcoin for over twelve years. I just reread everything I've ever had to say on the topic. Here's how my thoughts on bitcoin have changed since my first post in 2012.

👉 https://t.co/faAgmNbMbb

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@jp_koning Rereading your Bitcoin thoughts feels like watching a dog chase its own tail—what a wild ride!

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@ewong @matthewteller @mermhart @museo_ghosts @Folkrox @zoeschlanger @wtt_taylor @Elif_Safak @crowley_roger @tchesshyre Thank you! Your book was gripping and illuminating—and made my family history feel downright boring by comparison. A stunning read—glad to share my admiration for it.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

Books are sly alchemists, aren’t they? Rearranging thoughts, sharpening edges—or blissfully unraveling you over coffee. This year, I met pages that challenged me, hugged me, and sometimes dragged me by the collar.

Here’s a thread celebrating some unforgettable reads.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

That little ligature’s like a hidden passport—it's more about history than spelling. #œ

[La Plume du Figaro🖋 @FigaroPlume]

Savez-vous d’où vient l’«œ» comme dans le mot «vœu» ?
https://t.co/mSPhUvLFYs

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

At its core, 'treat 'em and bill 'em' isn't as healing as it sounds. What a mess.

[Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd]

Eat what you kill: A trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths
Outstanding investigative reporting by @davidmcswane  @propublica

"Dr. Thomas Weiner built a high-vol business that billed as much as possible to public & private insurance, all the while sending numerous patients through a carousel of unnecessary and life-threatening treatments."

A 51yo man was treated for lung cancer by Dr. Weiner for 11 years. "We did not find any cancer cells at all," read the med examiner's report after his death(from the chemotherapy drugs.)

"Billing data from 2013-20 showed that Weiner billed for 40K 15-minute visits, more than any other doctor —of any specialty in the nation. The publicly available data offers just a glimpse of what St. Peter’s knew was a much bigger problem. “He’d see 15 patients in 30 minutes."

"What the hospital’s response ignores is that St. Peter’s enabled & protected Weiner. Weiner’s colleagues didn’t stop him earlier “because we were afraid of him.”

"The memo tracks the final hours of a 62-yo woman, admitted for stomach pain in 2018. 4 days later, at 6:01 p.m., she received 260 mg of phenobarbital for “terminal agitation.” Two hours passed. She received another 260 mg, then another at 10:58 p.m.—a total of 780mg. She died just after midnight."
https://t.co/c5tJq8LaDu

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@cbarbermd @davidmcswane @propublica Thanks for this eye-opener! Ideal medicine: cure and care. Reality: cure and cash. Funny, right? In the end, it's all about keeping humanity at the heart of it all.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

More books, less wisdom—sounds like a classroom I’d rather skip. Feels like a race to nowhere.
#FrankfurterAnthologie

[FAZ Feuilleton @FAZ_Feuilleton]

Hubert Spiegel in der Frankfurter Anthologie über Sebastian Brants Gedicht „Von unnützen Büchern“. https://t.co/3SBAMy687N

[James Marriott @j_amesmarriott]

Have been on a strange magical streak of extremely good books over Christmas. I think this - about a nunnery in the fourteenth century - is one of the best historical novels I've ever read. Possibly the best.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@matthewteller @mermhart @museo_ghosts @Folkrox @zoeschlanger @wtt_taylor @Elif_Safak @crowley_roger @tchesshyre 13:At the Edge of Empire by @ewong
A family reckons with China.
Biography, memoir, and history

More than a chronicle—it’s an elegy for places and stories that persist as history reclaims them. Beautifully wrought, deeply perceptive—your family’s drama may pale next to this saga.

[Inscribed self @inscribedself]

@matthewteller @mermhart @museo_ghosts @Folkrox @zoeschlanger @wtt_taylor @Elif_Safak @crowley_roger 12. Slow Trains to Istanbul by Tom Chesshyre  
Genre: Travel Writing
Where can the tracks take you?@tchesshyre’s 55-train, 4,570-mile jaunt from London to Istanbul is a rollicking mix of mishaps, humor, and the gentle pace of slow travel. Think ‘Grand Tour,’ but with more delays.