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To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour

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1. High Hope Hogs

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Taking a (maybe 2 week, let's see) break from Twitter. See you on the other side.

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@diviacaroline In some (many?) cultures, the act of pointing at a person carries the weight and implication of a "J'accuse" - there's cultural baggage in the gesture. If not accusation, it could be singling out (precursor to ostracizing). Even in the West, that cultural memory abides.

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Me last week: Liking every single tweet with Knicks content

Me this week: Liking every single tweet with the Sophie Cunningham meme

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@babieswithb Real.

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@nosilverv Were there necessarily pro or anti takes about the Internet or smartphones or computers in the early days of those technologies?

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@tautologer Many such cases

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@babieswithb > Mogging all the crawlers
😂

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@das_mchl Have seen them do trial runs for the July 4th main event in the past but this seemed like a lot.. no idea

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@NYGovPress @JustinBrannan This is genuinely terrible, please delete it before it's too late.

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@theresidency Guys I get the point but sorry this is not in good taste

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@hyperdiscogirl it is seriously one of the main contributions! what level of contribution would that demanding part of self be satisfied with?

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@vidhster Importantly, it seems not like a skill to learn (e.g. here's 5 questions you can ask) but more like an attentiveness to the moment and to your interlocutor. You have to get out of your own head and thought patterns enough to feel, to sense, and to flow. It's the art of attention

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@QiaochuYuan Yes transit is p good. Google Maps does a fine job with connections. Btw Empower seems like a good Uber alternative - about 50% cheaper best case.

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Milestone! I have 100 followers!

(even if like 30 of them are bots lol)

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@TylerAlterman https://t.co/yOgamsRqHq

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Two things can be true at the same time. Maybe even more!

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@TylerAlterman Yes, I think. But only in the rarefied bubbles of academia, or priestly classes, debating theological arcana, etc. Layers upon layers of abstractions/nuance. Gets pretty dead after a while. It should be like a spice. Adds interestingness but should not be the main caloric content

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It's staggering how many of the violent disagreements on this site are a result of reading comprehension failure.

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Unfortunately the extent to which this is already "normalized" is the concerning thing here. It's fine to take some time to decompress, but half a day of shows/being offline.. does not feel like a healthy response. Even worse, the psyche will spirally respond to this response :(

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Normalize giving yourself half a day for your nerves system to recover from socializing. Dark rooms, big blankets, comfort shows, and answer no phone calls or text messages.

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But it does explain why people post AI-slop on S*stack. Wanting the outcome (engagement) without the process (actually writing)

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:

“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

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@QiaochuYuan @psswordprotectd @nosilverv Another way to think of it is that an RT is just a QT with no commentary. It's easy to see why likes on QTs are shown in the manner of it being your own tweet, so the same logic applies to an RT too