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18 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
sorry, I'm taken
(these are old pics, we grow our own eggs now)
I buy both! Both are great.

We have a few times. We just eat so much of it that it would be too much of a process to make enough. Prefer to spend the time and space on the cooking/baking that we already do.

(If we ever get sheep, we will have a big cheesemaking setup though.)

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19 Sep
The beauty of a place is often not in any singular monument but in what is repeated: cobblestones, limestone walls, cafes, alleyways, patches of moss.

Many times what makes a place cheerful or charming are features one might simply miss the first time they go by.
Everywhere contains its own secret places that do not reveal themselves without first idling with them for some time. One must go by or through several times before the place will let you see the genius of it, which will only then inspire you.
So it is with people. Their essences are not in identity" markers or clothing, but in the subtle and repeated patterns that they carry out.

You are not some outgrowth of self-applied labels, you are not one heroic or tragic act. But you are what you do every day.
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4 Aug
Philosophy begins in wonder. Religion is similar. Through the sacred it places you in wonder, allows you to dwell in wonder.

It is through this state of wonder that we are able to begin contemplating (philosophy) or enacting ritual (religion).
Over the centuries there has been a shift, one difficult to summarize. One point of it: Instead of springing from the well of the world, their focal point became the individual, and this has injured both subjects.
Calculation has replaced contemplation. People worry about the result before they even begin thinking. If they really do think.

Arendt once said, "To expect truth from thinking signifies that we mistake the need to think with the urge to know."
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23 Jul
it is unfortunate that some people's boredom gets inflicted on everybody

(this is a Netherlands based architecture firm but don't worry they "have a global scope")
this won an award
Those were their photos/renderings of course. Let's look at it In Real Life. Not optimistic about the prospects of this community garden.

If I was the home depot bargain bin I guess I might give it an award.
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17 Jul
I like my job. It's not glamorous and doesn't come with any cachet/prestige which is what I think(?) most people want when they say they are passionate about a job, but I'm just guessing.

So I don't know if I'd use the word passion. But I think it's important to do good work.
For some people their job is just a block of time in their calendar which is sincerely labeled "fundraising" and that's perfectly fine. I think even if you don't like your job you should try to do a good job and be proud of that, though.
My only real pang I've said before, I'm mostly "alone" here professionally. I am certainly missing out on silicon valley levels of xyz including people I could be learning from. That's a tradeoff I made.

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16 Jul
be the chad you wish to see in the world
Be serious about your undertakings and therefore your life: Accept that you wish for things. Acknowledge that you care about the outcomes.

Do not fall into the popular trap of being glib, insincere, or "ironic" about your goals and desires.
It is in some ways harder to find people who are serious about anything. Their hobbies, their family, their fortune, their work, their health. The things they own or make. Even their politics, while they shout it loudly, have no interest in inspecting deeply.
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1 Jul
The Most Precious Resource is Agency

The world is a very malleable place.

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History happens only once, it never repeats. I find it striking just how early, and how varied, the avenues were that allowed one to pivot off-script, to do something differently than everyone else.
For a 13 year old today, what is the equivalent of being a telegraph office boy, where he can learn technology while contributing? What about for a 16 year old? 21 year old? What is today’s equivalent to being a studio apprentice of Verrocchio?

Where are the studios, anyway?
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