In meditation this wk, we are doing an exercise where at different points in the day, we are supposed to pause, take 5 breaths, observe and ask this question silent 'What is here now?' and just listen...no breakthrough answers yet but its a lovely grounding exercise so I thought I'd share 🪷

My network in Crypto is split between hiring Blockchain engineers aggressively and laying off aggressively. Emblematic of the current market shift in crypto

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PSA - do not watch a tearjerker while working out on a treadmill, especially if you are prone to actually crying 😜. I realized yesterday that all energy leaves your body and speed drops to nothing as tears roll down your cheeks, even though you are crying at the screen and not real life.

The article is about microbiomes but is, in disguise, a love letter to scientists: the intrepid, dedicated people who put in real the work into what gets to be 'science'. Its long but as a bonus also features inspiring #womeninstem www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/m...

Our Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying. (Gift Article)

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists still know very little about it. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.

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When you set an Out of Office e-mail message there should be an option to set an additional message that goes out for two or three days afterward reminding people to be gentle with you while you try to claw your way out of the mountain of suddenly urgent tasks that descends on you upon your return 😓

Nation Wakes Up From Strange Dream Where They Were Watching Soccer

Nation Wakes Up From Strange Dream Where They Were Watching Soccer

WASHINGTON—Dazed while trying to piece together the series of bizarre yet deeply vivid images, the entire nation reportedly awoke Monday from a strange dream in which it had been watching soccer. “I w...

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Telling clients 'I caught a bad cold from my trip to Miami' seems like SUCH a lie - a cold in the middle of summer, and that too from Miami in July 🤦‍♀️. At least my voice and coughing is making it seem real.

Forget hotels. Chinese EV owners are using flat-folding seats, Camp Mode and giant batteries to road-trip across the country on a budget.

Chinese EV Drivers Are Ditching Hotels for High-Tech Car Camping

High-tech SUVs are becoming bedrooms on wheels as budget-conscious travelers skip hotels and fuel a multibillion-dollar camping economy.

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I enjoyed discussing Soccer so much here on @bsky.app for the World Cup that I am wondering if, after decades in the US, I need to now finally start following Basketball so I can continue the fun 😜. I know it will not be (Amercian) Football, as even Taylor Swift had couldn't get me interested

One thing about taking days off from social media is when you return and want to talk about things, everyone else has already finished talking about them 🤦‍♀️

So I think the 6-4 3rd place match between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and 🇫🇷 ended up being one of the most fun and exciting games of the World Cup. The teams could so easily have taken it easy or sulked but they played with so much spirit.🫡 and I think true sportsmanship by both teams

In the tech world we love to call each other GOATs 🐐. While this, of course, never boosts our egos and only 'humbles' us, lets take a moment before the World Cup final and honor what a 🐐, the Greatest of All Time, really is...Messi is the GOAT www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Has Lionel Messi ended GOAT debate? Why have star coaches been outshone? Day 35 recap

The big talking points from the World Cup including Messi's inevitable brilliance and the sadness of the third-placed play-off

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Trying to decide if I should choose who to support in the world cup finals based on politics alone (🇫🇷 didn't make it so I am a free agent) #worldcup

Do you like your social media less toxic? Yeah, we do too. @eurosky.social and Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND) just signed an agreement to collaborate on precisely that: eurosky.tech/news/eurosky...

Eurosky is collaborating with SPRIND to test a non-toxic algorithm for the first time - Eurosky

Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure

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I was talking to some friends from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 last evening and though they were smarting from the loss, we all ended up agreeing that Messi's work with UNICEF over all these yrs was pretty cool. I'm writing this as the UN has fallen out of favor with the right so I admire stars who continue the good work

Last night picking up some food I saw probably 30 Messi's of all ages, races and genders walking, chatting, hanging out on the street

Well...whatever happens, Atlanta once again delivering on the excitement #ENGARG

5 mins in and its already so intense!! Argentina - England in Atlanta #worldcup

Visiting Kolkata 2 wks back brought home to me what a 'World Cup' is...India did not qualify at all but rival neighborhoods on opposite sides of the road where plastered with 🇦🇷 and 🇧🇷 flags and paraphernalia. Everyone was staying up for 3 am games and using that as an excuse to be late next day 😀

I have discovered a really effective way to get the kids to practice drums or piano during the Summer Break is to loudly announce that you are starting a work Zoom call 🤦‍♀️....

My extended family is soccer crazy and cannot understand why looks feature prominently in why I like a soccer star

Excited about England vs Norway - 2 teams I like but none I support more than the others so can just enjoy the game. #worldcup

I somehow met my Move goal by just watching Argentina vs Egypt 🤦‍♀️

Well.....Atlanta certainly delivered on excitement . What a game

I relate to Argentina because this is also the only way I can get work assignments done

Types of Tornado Alert xkcd.com/3267/

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year