Aplica para los de la Nacional y Pedagógica

Esto es real? Ja ja ja ja

When someone suffers terrible harm as a direct consequence of their twisted ideological beliefs or the policies they supported, it is not time to take the high road.

Do not be the bigger person. Do not be classy. Do not be principled. Do not have mercy on their grief.

Do not…

Yo era mamerto, hasta que viendo un debate político en España, alguien de derecha le dijo a Pablo Iglesias: la izquierda no tiene el monopolio de las buenas intenciones.

Fue una bofetada ideológica. Todos los mamertos son de izquierda porque creen que la derecha es mezquina.

In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language

Interest in Latin America's seaports is surging due to nearshoring, climate change & new industries. Here's our graphic showing the top 10 ports in the region by shipping volume

Fíjense el enorme desconocimiento que hay agricultura que la gente cree que hacerte un huerto es pa ahorrarte dinero en el súper.

Un huerto propio es JODIDAMENTE MÁS CARO, pero MUCHO MÁS, que comprar la fruta en el supermercado.

Qué diferencia hay? Que sabes lo que comes.

Para simplificar la conversión a la hora de hacer las cuentas con sus clientes, los franceses comenzaron a transportar el vino en barriles de 225 litros, equivalentes a 50 galones y que se correspondían con 300 botellas de 750 ml. Con el tiempo la costumbre acabó calando en todos…

Hiroshima & Nagasaki weren’t actually a ‘morally complex dilemma’ & no one in the Army Air Force or higher thought of it that way.

Remember that Gen. LeMay had already firebombed 60-odd Japanese cities in the six months prior to the atomic bombings.

As many civilians were…

9 reasons why aristocracy beats democracy

1. The Pyramid Problem. Will Durant said there are grand tasks “requiring generations” of coordination and democracy is utterly incapable of them. A democratically elected leader can never build a Pyramid.

2. The Freedom Paradox. Durant…

El biempensantismo en un titular

Nassim Taleb, on why literature is sometimes truer than non-fiction.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

AEDIUM UTILITATI ET ORNAMENTO.
(= A building for utility and decoration).
All buildings should be that way.

My favorite behavioral experiment covered in The WEIRDest People in the World:

“You are riding in a car driven by a close friend. He hits a pedestrian. You know that he was going at least 35 mph in an area of the city where the maximum allowed speed is 20 mph. There are no…

De eso toca usar en Bogotá ahora

I’ll be honest, I almost feel some sympathy for the Thuneberg. They built this kid into an icon with a worldwide religious following.

Now they’re just casting her aside and replacing her with younger ethnic replacements who don’t look so derpy.

Notice I said almost, though.

Style Lessons from George Costanza

In this thread, I will talk about some dos and don'ts of men's tailoring using one of my favorite style icons, George Costanza. 🧵

A recent study looked at Big Five personality differences between people suffering from 'Long COVID' and matched controls who had never been infected.

Long COVID sufferers were less agreeable, conscientious, extraverted, and open, but more neurotic.

La deuda de la independencia de Colombia (contraída con Inglaterra) se terminó de pagar en 1976.

Haciendo patria...