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I must warn you. If you read this book you will become a bit of an annoying person who, whenever someone says something like "pigeons are stupid" or "snakes don't have feelings" you may launch into a whole discourse about how "intelligence is contextual" and other wild things.
But I was already a bit like this it just made it worse.
My impression of him having spent a whole book reading the way he presents natural history is very positive.
I also avoid The Atlantic... didn't know he had anything to do with that?
That sounds great. I will put it on my list.
What is that one about?
“Immense world” is a remarkable book written with a lot of science but also sensitivity. I try to get everyone to read it. It totally changed the way that I think about how animals think.
The audiobook is great. With non-fiction sometimes audiobooks don't work, but this one is worth listening to. (Or just read the paperback)
Anyway, if you are looking for something that expands your horizons. Something that teaches you new things and that's ... positive.
This is it.
Play An Immense World, by Ed Yong from Penguin Books UK. Play audiobooks and excerpts on SoundCloud desktop and mobile.
SoundCloud (soundcloud.com)
My nephew is studying constitutional law and I feel just a little sorry for all of the people he will encounter in a court room some day.
I got a little excited for a moment when I first saw this. I mean...
Then I realized that I didn't see people dancing in the street and they probably just don't know what "memorial" means.
Can we cut one of those "revolving door" prison ads like they had in the 90s?
Come on.
If the people you pardon keep doing more crime that's supposed to be "Very Bad" by anyone's standard, right? Anyone.
Feel better. That sounds very painful and exhausting.
I kind of wish people wouldn't eat ants, however I have never had two pounds of fat-bottmed queen ants fall on my farm, and been aware that they could each set up a nest that could destroy an orchard OR I could fry them and have what everyone claims is a delicious snack.
Poor girls.
But also respect for dealing with an agricultural pest in this way... and if people want to eat them?
They won't use sprays that could kill other more rare ants.
So in the the end munch away I guess.
OMG.
(Those are queens, some people eat them, I didn't know they were considered an aphrodisiac too. )
Did you see this part off my original post?
*looking at what the AI did to replace my work*
"Is this what you think I do? Really?"
Kind of inspires me to do better in so many little ways.
yeah the tick tock at 34th and 8
The interior designer at this diner really had fun with this staircase/mirror/artwork combo.
But it makes me feel kind of exposed.
"What are you doing for Kwanzaa?"
Is something I might ask my family and friends who I know that celebrate. The answer is either some kind of community service, making donations OR it could be something like starting to exercise more, or studying a new language. That thing where you start the habit for your new year's resolution on the week before so you can keep going all year.
What I remember most is cleaning the whole house and donating and repairing things.
I'm speaking very generally, I hope that's obvious.
As I understand it Hanukkah is a happy holiday that isn't as big of a deal as Passover for the Jewish people I know. But in the US it gets amplified for the reasons you describe.
Kwanzaa is a bit different in that it grows out of that gap between Christmas and New Years ... which have always been popular holidays where seeing family was mandatory in Black communities. There are a LOT of Black New Year traditions.
They are also both kind of holidays of excess, Kwanzaa is a contrast.
Kwanzaa literally starts right after Christmas. For Christians who celebrate the holidays kind of amplify each other.
It's never been a "replacement" for Christmas. The idea is kind of horrifying honestly.
When I've been alone without anyone to celebrate with I'd do writing. One year I edited a Wikipedia article for each day to celebrate and that felt perfect.
But that is just me.