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[1] Why we procrastinate on things we actually want to do

The usual problem in cases like these isn’t that you don’t care about the things you should be doing, but that you have paralyzing perfectionism from caring too much.

[2] Our brains may be doing their most important work when we think we’re doing nothing

For now, the practical implication is modest: after learning something you want to remember, consider leaving a brief gap before introducing more information.
It might mean waiting a few minutes after a lecture before reaching for your phone. It could mean travelling home after an important conversation without immediately putting on a podcast. It might involve spending the space between two tasks looking out of a window.

[3] I'm worried about the web, by

I want the web that I grew up with to remain: direct linking, independent publishing, view-source culture, and the ability to publish and browse without permission from an authority. I want its openness, its diversity, its weirdness. All of it.

[4] Nobody gets promoted for simplicity, by

The actual path to seniority isn’t learning more tools and patterns, but learning when not to use them. Anyone can add complexity. It takes experience and confidence to leave it out.

Comics

> A good friend <

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a good friend

> Humaning <

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Humaning.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"

> Aw shit <

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> We don't tolerate that kind of talk <

War and Peas 🧿's avatar

Ahoy!

4-panel comic by War and Peas. Panel 1: A pirate with a peg leg and hook hand tells his captain, "Captain, our rivals have been calling us names again!" Panel 2: "They said we were a bunch of handicaps!" Panel 3: The captain raises his fist. "That's ableism! And we don't tolerate that kind of talk here!" Panel 4: Wide shot of their pirate ship sailing at sunset, covered in rainbow sails, pride flags, trans flags, a peace symbol, and a disability accessibility flag alongside the Jolly Roger.