I remember reading in a developmental psych class that there are only a certain number of phonemes and by 4 months babies start to discern them for whatever language they are hearing and by 18 months they start to focus on the ones of their societal language, and lose the ability

Double denim Morrissey. Thought you might like this one Gareth Roberts Morrissey and Wine

happy halloween and happy anniversary to the time I dressed up as Edward Scissorhands and it turned out a little *too* well

Whoever you are, self awareness, self deprecation is still a superpower.

This is the marker of a great historian - remembering the truly important anniversaries

This is a surprising turn of events for me.

Hard-working migrant-owned small businesses are NOT happy about Mamdani's win. x.com/MichaelFranzes…

An honest man knows he is more like Salieri than he can ever admit to anyone

Someone - Ian Leslie - comported himself to write a balanced, thoughtful piece on the resolutely, non-coup shenanigans at our national broadcaster ian-leslie.com/p/the-bbcs-fri…

Mother: Can you do me some Christmas cards? Me: Ok. What would you like me to draw? Mother: Elves, holly & ivy etc. Me:

Stephen J. Hawking, the renowned astrophysicist regarded as Albert Einstein's intellectual successor, conceded defeat this week in a wager he made six years ago with two professors at the California Institute of Technology. Hawking incorrectly bet against the existence of naked

Hats off to the Independent's video team for the perfect screenshot from my interview...

Was on the fence about overthrowing the regime, now fully committed.

West o nové knize Jonathan Leaf argumentující, že jsme v určitém smyslu podobnější slonům, delfínům, velrybán, psům, krysám a dokonce mravencům, než primátům. "Paralelu s naším vlastním druhem je těžké přehlédnout: jsme stádová zvířata a „stádová zvířata přejímají pohled na

In Rachel Cooke's words, David Tindle's 'Garden on the Edge of the Village,' (1976) 'depicts those few moments on a cold but bright winter’s day just before dusk... where a small bonfire still smokes; the sky is mottled, like an old enamel mug.'

Mother: Robin on holly. Me: How ‘bout Holly on robin? Mother: How would that work? Me:

He: "What's your superpower?" Me: "Hindsight" He: "That's not going to help us." Me: "Yes I see that now"

‘A sloppy biography of Jane Seymour which dwells on her advocacy for Mary Tudor but makes no mention of 149 episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.’ — The Guardian

An absolutely SUPERB piece from Steven Hyden on the best music documentaries of all time. I have seen maybe 85% of these, and will catch the rest. My one disagreement: The CLASSIC ALBUMS episode on The Band was even better than their Steely Dan one. uproxx.com/music/best-mus…

i just hope the turkeys use the same technique to draw us