Data Talks

3 interesting findings:

1. Men in cohabiting relationships are just as satisfied in their relationships as married men, but women in cohabiting relationships are much less satisfied than married women.

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) November 29, 2023

 

Morning Mist, Isleworth by Ian Archie Beck

Morning Mist, Isleworth by Ian Archie Beck

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History

A stone axe in an antler sleeve and a wooden handle, found in the #Neolithic lake-dwelling at Hornstaad-Hörnle at Lake Constance.
The sleeve absorbed energy from the blow. Dating 3918-3902 BC. #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/iYJgOMsWKt

— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) November 29, 2023

 

An Insight

Just a reminder that the Democratic Party's primary strategy for the 2024 presidential election is to do everything possible to imprison their leading opponent, and work with corporate media once again in a dual strategy of fraud (Russiagate) and censorship (Hunter Biden docs).

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2023

 

I see wonderful things

The Bernina Express crosses the Swiss Engadin Alps in a four-hour railway journey across 196 bridges, through 55 tunnels and across the Bernina Pass at 2,253 metres above sea, along the World Heritage Site of the Rhaetian Railway.

[📹 esrageziyor]pic.twitter.com/fLgreulVAj

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 29, 2023

 

Such as we are, such are the times.

St. Augustine of Hippo has been on the periphery of my awareness at least since college, probably high school.  One of those thinkers whom you know you ought to read, but . . . 

I have never gotten around to reading much about him.  A few articles here and there.  A handful of excerpts.  I have 5-10 books by or about him but that is no good indicator of intentions.  I have a lot of books which I intend to read but don't.  Or, at least, haven't yet.

This morning, though, I came across a banger that has me looking up where those books are. 

From his Sermons:

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

I could not agree more.  All the whining and complaining about the dangers and hardships of today are as  nothing to the dangers and tragedies of yesteryear.  We choose to be miserable.  It is out choice.  Such as we are, such are the times.

Offbeat Humor

This is Aaron. We don't quite know what he's saying here. But it's definitely with an Italian accent. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/87oHPX9qvx

— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) November 28, 2023

 

Data Talks

"When Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in the world at the turn of the twentieth century, created free libraries across the United States, cities with those libraries had 7 to 11% higher patent rates than comparable cities without Carnegie libraries." https://t.co/yThi6vzWSB pic.twitter.com/261wFYW0pD

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) November 29, 2023

 

Camden Head, Camden Walk, 1961 by Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher

Camden Head, Camden Walk, 1961 by Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher

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Crows in Winter, 1940-1941 by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)

Crows in Winter, 1940-1941 by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)

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