Well this is interesting

Pretty sure @noahdjango’s despairing with you.

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it was meant to be the universal “you”, i.e. me; and many others, presumably.

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The films that the brothers merely distributed, rather than produced, should not be considered tainted by Harvey, though. (At least not in that way.)

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Some good criticism of a recent book about meritocracy in colleges and universities, although not without its own biases:

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Oddly satisfying. I recommend to watch to the end for Maru’s Creative solution.

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so cute!

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The floor’s too smooth, they can’t get traction!

I love watching cats solve problems. During the 7cm trial, the cat’s facial expression and tail movements make it look like it’s saying, “once I figure out how to get under this cardboard, I am going to attack you and eat you, and I don’t give a damn if I never get another belly rub in my life.”

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The harder it becomes, the more like Winnie-the-Pooh…

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I want to cough just looking at it.

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The painting, which the owner had hung above a hotplate in her kitchen, will be auctioned in France on 27 October.

I really would be interested to know how much cooking grease is coating that panel, and how the conservators dealt with it.

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It’s France. No doubt a layer of cigarette smoke will have protected it.

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Alongside the new restrictions, there’s been a big push on healthy living that’s coincided with an expansion of the middle class.

The “expansion of the middle class” surprised me.

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You can be middle class and lower-rank Mafia. They’re not mutually exclusive.

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