Category: Life
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Bad Trip – What is Going on With Google Maps?
Weird detours, inaccurate time estimates, walking routes that double back on themselves. Is this some new instance of enshittification?
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Drop it Like it’s Not
Yes, the use of some form of A/C is now inevitable. But it can be adopted in ways that are more equitable, sustainable over long periods, and minimize the harmful downsteam effects. But Americans aren’t leading these efforts. And, many Americans’ assumption that they have the answers – when they absolutely do not – is…
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The German Art of ‘House Burping,’ Explained
This being Germany, there are definite strategies and procedures for proper lüften. These depend onthe season, what kind of home you live in, and how one’s mother taught you to do it when you were growing up.
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Fiddling While the World Burns
Why I still nag mz son to do his homework even when it feels like the world is ending.
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Still Glancing Back …
I have been thinking a lot about diasporas lately. What it means to live long term in a society outside the one you were raised in.
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‘Tis the season …
… for the great tree debate. The Spouse reminded me today that it’s been six years since we decided to go with our pre-lit “fake” tree for Christmas. And Kathryn Kellogg at Going Zero Waste has a post up that reminded me how long we went back and forth about whether it was more environmentally…
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