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“Facebook has meddled in the democratic elections of a foreign country, and no one outside of the company seems to know anything about it.”
This could be one of the most important, and perhaps most readily understandable, pieces on Facebook's reach, power, and intention. Read the whole article.
There is an excellent article about social enterprises - and Plymouth - in today's Guardian.
“How do we grow our economy and grow ourselves a future? By finding companies who will do more than corporate social responsibility.”
‘Ker Street, Devonport’ by John Foulston © Plymouth City Council (Arts and Heritage)
Well, I've gone and done it. I've deleted Facebook. Now... I've done this four times before and returned eventually each time. This is embarrassing and I'm trying not to do it again. It is a black hole to vitality after all.
I'm weaning from WhatsApp too. The problem there is it's quite good. I'm using Signal to see how it goes. It seems like an excellent alternative... If only... If only everyone else thought the same.
Hello...? Hello...?!
Is this on?
This episode of Radiolab is just great. Really elegant explorations into... well listen and see. These are always well presented and produced, but this one is additionally fascinating and deeply satisfying. Science! But with real style.
Listen to it while you're cooking dinner. There's no excuse not to.
Here is the link to the Artful Amoeba that they mention.
The snow is better this time.
I've been through my Peripheral Brain blog and fixed all the links* and formatting errors from the import. There's some stuff in there I'm quite proud of, frankly!
*Well, links that still exist. So much stuff has fallen off the back of the internet...
I'm just going to put this here. I was trying to parse a crossword clue that was tricky and drew myself looking suspiciously at it. But when cropped it looked like a ridiculous attempt to appear sophisticated so I've adopted it as an avatar.
I'm very proud of my lovely wife. Even if she thinks it is a naked ploy to flog magazines.
I mean... I always knew this...!
The contents page of the girls' blog was a bit broken but now it's all fixed.
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This is an easy aide-memoire for staying mentally healthy. Mentally healthy does not mean 'not getting mentally ill'. It means feeling happy, confident, settled, and valued. The famous 5-a-day for fruit and veg is fine for nutrition. Your colon will thank you. But the contents of your head and of your heart require attention to these five-a-day.
If you can do this, you've got it cracked, basically.
Excited to hear the air stewardess asking people if they wanted "English Breakfast."
Disappointed to realise that she meant tea...
A nice infographic from Happify.com about happiness.
This is just great. Jacob do Bandolim no ukulele - Santa Morena (Vinícius Vivas - Francisco Renan - Leandro Donato).
I've tidied up the format and the links on Holly and Rosie's 'scrapbook' blog from birth to 14-ish. It's such a rabbit-hole of small-person-wisdom. I love it. Hours of cuteness.
This is an intelligent and important piece regarding the apparent, and actual, proliferation of 'fake news'. In particular it warns against the ways in which repressive regimes (openly or otherwise) can use our overvaluing of this concept to control media and journalism.
