a life well-lived is a life taken seriously with curiousity cultivated about the right things
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a life well-lived is a life taken seriously with curiousity cultivated about the right things
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Pick One: Which is your favorite way to read books? (lemmy.zip)
What's your juicy work drama that you just want to tell us about?
Finland ranked world's happiest country for seventh year (www.dw.com)
The annual World Happiness Report has again ranked Finland and other Scandinavian countries the most cheerful nations on Earth. Costa Rica and Kuwait entered the top 20 in place of the United States and Germany....
Do you think/feel that you are living well? Happily? Embodying your values and dreams? If so, how did this happen?
DAE find the attitude of most pet-owners to be more repulsive than that of most meat-eaters
I’m in a pretty vegan-friendly country with a long tradition of plant-based eating. Most people eat meat, but they are basically sympathetic to every meat-free argument: ethical, environmental, health. They sometimes do an awkward little shuffle & apologise for eating meat in front of me or say they’re part-time vegetarians...
Does anyone like the taste of dragon fruit? (lemmy.world)
I just had one and was incredibly disappointed it just tasted like a kiwi without any flavor.
18+ "Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial." (www.wired.com)
Where do people make friends online today?
For better or for worse, while growing up my social life was mostly online: gaia online, livejournal, deviantart, tumblr, and many others. I’ve heard of social media interaction be described as social junk food & even as I want to defend the many genuine, meaningful online relationships I had, I’m sympathetic: of course...
How do you read novels?
These past few months I’ve come back to reading novels for the first time, really, since I was a kid. I just read them an alternative to scrolling, though, so I don’t really pay much attention. When I sit down to watch a film, I try to make sure my mind is clear, my environment is undistracting, and I try to watch...
Bitwarden F-Droid Build v2024.3.2 Removes Trackers
Exciting news! Trackers being built into the Bitwarden F-Droid app for who knows how long have been removed...
Bookwyrm
Are people using Bookwyrm? Who are some people to follow on Bookwyrm?
Considerations on which houseplant to start with
So, obviously, a beginner wants to start with a hardy plant, and I guess a cheap one, and one suited for the conditions the houseplant will be living in, and one they like the look of. But my intention with this hobby is to become more connected with my environment, not to exploit it in the way most convenient for me. I want to...
Nordic Summer Evening - Gothenburg - Richard Bergh (1899-1900) (upload.wikimedia.org)
Any alternative to in-browser full-page translations besides Google?
Especially on an android browser like Mull (especially) or DDG.
Hope and Contradictions: My Year in Rojava (March 2024) (web.archive.org)
First of all, the publication’s website counts every time you view a page as a new article being read, so if you view the original and not the archived version you’ll just get locked out after refreshing it three times....
Assessing how to move outside of a program
I’m here seeking advice from those further along in their fitness journey than I am about the mental aspect of fitness as well as about some concrete knowledge. I’m a beginner and in the past I’ve had a lot of success in staying pretty consistent. 90% of anything is showing up. A golden rule for beginners is find an...
“It’s like if they had a cow and a giraffe make a baby": The Accidental Creation of a Hybrid Fish (web.archive.org)
Their mothers were Russian sturgeons—large carnivores with creamy bellies, short, rounded snouts, and green, dragon-like scales. Their fathers were American paddlefish—smooth-skinned filter feeders with sensitive, elongated snouts. “Sturddlefish,” as these hybrids were nicknamed after researchers in Hungary announced...
Antiwork outside of the anglosphere
I feel like any young person I speak to who is plugged into the English-speaking world will at least have encountered anti-work discourse. I’ve heard of people lying flat in China and nearby countries. Is there comparable discussion going on in your language? What does it look like?
First principles and practical solutions regarding personal data storage
Hi all, I’m really looking for some help. I need to create a reliable system of backing up and data storage. I’m not tech-savvy (will work on that when it’s a priority in my life, which it definitely can’t be right now) and I’m asking this community because it’s forward-thinking and aligns with my values. There are...
What was a poem that made you fall in love with poetry? How did you find it?
Matthew Olzmann, "Letter To The Person Who Carved His Initials Into The Oldest Living Longleaf Pine In North America". (lemmy.world)
The Intelligent Plant: The Development, and Controversy, of Plant Neurobiology (michaelpollan.com)
Plants react to and communicate with their environment in sometimes surprising ways that enhance their survival in changing conditions. Does this constitute intelligence? Can you have intelligence without a brain? What do we owe plants? Maybe a little overlong and meandering but important piece. It’s a decade old so I wonder...