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Second and Third Thoughts
Source: Global Liveability Ranking 2016, Economist Intelligence Unit
What was that about moving to Canada if The Donald wins?
Bottom line: don’t accept “just joking” as excuse for what Trump said today. The in-group for that joke should be tiny. Like his hands.
Source: Republicans Say We Should Just Laugh Off Donald Trump’s Assassination “Joke.” No. | Mother Jones
An interesting take-down of Trump’s crass remark by a Texas attorney.
Profanity, he argues, has many useful social functions including “bring[ing] us together.” There’s an intimacy to cursing, precisely because you know that you’re not supposed to do it.
Source: Why swearing is good for you — Quartz
Swindon’s “magic roundabout” is a mystifying but brilliant traffic solution.
Source: The Brilliant Sorcery of England’s 7-Circle Magic Roundabout
I did not know about this.
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