Joaquin Phoenix Oscar Speech 2020
A good example of how Hollywood thinks and what it values.
Culture
Eden Village
a master planned tiny home community model, being replicated across the country, giving the chronically homeless a safe place to belong.
pornfree movement
Online groups that help each other to "break free" from porn addiction.
Aesop's Fables
Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also put to use as ethical guides and from the Renaissance onwards were particularly used for the education of children. --wikipedia
Golden Globes
"largely shunned by the industry and hampered by a coronavirus surge, the HFPA held its 79th awards ceremony, for all intents and purposes, in the dark." --latimes.com
gun laws in America
Calibrated: Constitutional carry (no permit required to have permitted gun on your person) vs. concealed carry (permit required)
computer virus
"a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data" -- Google dictionary
Is there a COVID cult?
Some places are more cult than others...
China's artificial intelligence "prosecutor"
Researchers “trained” the machine between 2015 and 2020 using over 17,000 cases. It can now charge a suspect based on 1,000 “traits” gathered from a human-documented description of a case. At present, the machine can charge eight of the most common crimes in Shanghai --yahoo.com
Auld Lang Syne (with lyrics)
A New Year's Eve tradition
popular science
an interpretation of science intended for a general audience --wikipedia.com
appropriate age for a child to have a cell phone, by calibration
Technology doesn't accelerate the rate of maturation, and it may slow it down.
Karen (slang)
a "woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal" --wikipedia
KonMari Method
"ask[ing] what sparks joy will help you decide which items hold genuine value. To push past any lingering uncertainty, try asking... Why is it hard for me to let go of this heirloom? Do I feel connected to this item or to the memory it represents?"
the Mandela effect
an unusual phenomenon where a large group of people remember something differently than how it occurred --healthline.com