A father and a mother are having a row over their son’s school matters. She insists the new English textbook is way too difficult. He thumbs his nose at her, saying she knows nothing about English education. Then they halve a loaf of bread for the son to eat on the floor of this “no eating & drinking” train. #ChineseParenting
When I take AirPods off my ears and habitually ask Siri to go on playing my personal radio on my HomePod, I know that my “audiophile lifestyle” has come to an end.
Our ancestors didn’t stress gender neutrality like we do today: just take a glance at the legions of epicene expressions we have invented recently. Perhaps gender neutrality is not part of human nature at all but a contrived element of civilization.
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☞ Kacey Musgraves says psychedelic drugs ‘brought me closer to our planet and to humanity’
Country singer Kacey Musgraves talks about appearing as a guest judge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” (Nov. 14) AP Kacey Musgraves isn’t afraid to talk about experimenting with psychedelic drugs. …
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INCREDIBLE images show devout Muslims using knives to cut open their heads during a traditional show of faith. Every year, thousands of Shia worshippers take part in the ceremonies, performed to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. …
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This Vietnamese pop artist sounds in vogue. She has topped the charts in her native Vietnam with her new single Đi Đu Đưa Đi.
🎵 Đi Đu Đưa Đi // Bích Phương — Đi Đu Đưa Đi – Single (2019)
a YouTube comment that made my day 🤣
Twitterrific, Tweetbot, or simply the official app? 🤔
This is a Gift, Belated yet Timely
"This is a Gift, Belated yet Timely"
Next Monday, two best friends of mine — a blissful couple as well as first-time parents-to-be — will celebrate the birthday they share with one another. I usually gift things very carefully, and this time I’m going to remain pragmatic. After much deliberation, it occurred to me that I should buy them something to celebrate their forthcoming parenthood: a superb diaper bag.
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Self-acceptance is a trope of great importance. As time elapses, I’m becoming increasingly aware that I belong to “minorities” in a goodly number of facets of everyday life. Surely I can integrate into various communities on different occasions, but deep inside I’m very perspicuous about the sense of insulation, or isolation, lingering in the air. That said, it’s bullishness and aplomb rather than company that make me who I am.
🎵 The Way I Am // Charlie Puth — Voicenotes (2018)
under your feets 🧐🤔
Which is the best Hacker News client for iOS?
Nations with allies thrive; nations without allies wither.
My electric toothbrush is going nuts… I’ve just wrapped it in a thick blanket, so when it powers itself up again it won’t drive me into a frenzy of rage at 2:30am. 😓
Almost all cover versions of this song, Passionfruit by Drake, sound weird in some ways. But this version is real good.
Video: Jej Vinson Stuns the Coaches with "Passionfruit" – The Voice Blind Auditions 2019 – YouTube.
I guess Instagram is going to roll out a paid membership program soon to help remove all ads.
Can’t wait to enjoy the entire album of Posty!
🎵 Circles // Post Malone — Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019)
reminiscent of the halcyon days way back when
Who’s that guy constantly making appearances in the AirPods commercials? 🤔
awaiting someone
✎ WeChat has created a closed and thus dire environment where brainwashing and censorship can be very easily conducted. People in China fall victim to it unconsciously. The young have every right to an escape.
☞ Teens are shunning WeChat, showing shifting tastes in Chinese social media by South China Morning Post
Don’t be fooled or swayed by anyone’s observations. You only live once.
