Day: August 15, 2020
How did flexible work turn from a feminist ideal to a trap? | Aeon Essays
Breaking free of the 9-to-5 was originally a feminist project. So how did it become part of oppressive 24/7 work culture?
Source: How did flexible work turn from a feminist ideal to a trap? | Aeon Essays
Fuel Your Imagination With Glorious Photos of Odd Gas Stations – Atlas Obscura
This isn’t a good time for cross-country car rides. Good thing John Margolies took a camera on his many road trips.
Source: Fuel Your Imagination With Glorious Photos of Odd Gas Stations – Atlas Obscura
The Roman Baths of Toledo – Toledo, Spain – Atlas Obscura
The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city’s water supply.
Source: The Roman Baths of Toledo – Toledo, Spain – Atlas Obscura
How Flower-Obsessed Victorians Encoded Messages in Bouquets – Atlas Obscura
Victorians used flowers a lot like we use emoji.
Source: How Flower-Obsessed Victorians Encoded Messages in Bouquets – Atlas Obscura
Meet the United States’s Only Female Lighthouse Keeper – Atlas Obscura
Sally Snowman belongs to a tradition of freedom, loneliness, and pride.
Source: Meet the United States’s Only Female Lighthouse Keeper – Atlas Obscura
Wisdom Quotes
Be as you wish to be perceived.
Be as you wish to seem. (Socrates)
It takes a fool to do the same thing again and again with the hopes for a different result.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
Would you rather…
Would you rather wake up with a hangover every morning or go to sleep with a headache every night?