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2020-08-03 (Monday)

Writing

  1. w/e 2020-08-03

    Holidaying among “all this”; Alfred Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz; and My Brilliant Friend season one.

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  • philgyford’s avatar
    Phil Gyford @philgyford • • In reply to… • #

    @GennHutchison I also like that so many signs (here, anyway) are ominously vague: “Thank you for your patience during this period”, “Due to the current situation …”, etc. Best not to give the plot away too early.

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  • DeanBakopoulos’s avatar
    🇺🇦 Dean Bakopoulos 🇺🇦 @DeanBakopoulos • • #

    Already dreading NYT lifestyle articles on micro schools rich people form with their friends: Wilson renovated a hardware store that had recently gone out of business downtown. “I loved that my children would learn in a space like that,” he said. “Tools feel so metaphoric now.”