— Truman Capote, born In 1924
'Self-fulfilling prophecy': how students' confidence affects results
"How to avoid getting stuck on the to-do list hamster wheel."
Finance, the media and a catastrophic breakdown in trust John Authers, FT
'Is There Another Life?'
Such an opening for a letter to a friend: “The time has not yet come for a pleasant Letter from me.” By the time he writes to his friend Charles Brown on Sept. 30, 1820, Keats had been infected for nearly half his life with the bacillus that would kill him. He is twenty-four and his best poetry has already been written. He has started his final journey, to Rome: “I have many more Letters to write and I bless my stars that I have begun, for time seems to press,--this may be my best opportunity.” In this letter Keats mingles self-pity, frustration at leaving Fanny Brawne, defiance and resolution. I’ve always thought there was something mad, though understandable, about the journey to Rome with Joseph Severn. He asks, rhetorically, sadly:
“Is there another life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream?”
Such questions are no longer academic. The former medical student, the young man who observed post mortems performed on cadavers, asks in vain for hope. Life has never been so precious. Less than five months later he was dead.
At least six of Kavanaugh's Yale classmates have now said he was a sloppy drunk who surely had blackouts:1. Liz Swisher
2. Lynne Brookes
3. Daniel Lavan
4. James Roche
5. Kit Winter
6. Chad Ludingtonhttps://t.co/KjMEc2QB7H— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 2, 2018
Meaning perjury. What’s all the more remarkable is that Kavanaugh stonewalled, when narratives like “I was young and stupid, but I’ve changed” come so easily.
FBI has not contacted dozens of potential sources in Kavanaugh investigation NBC (Furzy Mouse).
The Senate, Not the FBI, Should Investigate Kavanaugh The American Conservative
'Self-fulfilling prophecy': how students' confidence affects results
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib’s wife Rosmah pleads not guilty to 17 counts of money laundering and tax evasion Straits Times. The 1MDB case.
How Penguin Has Strengthened Its Publishing Empire
Ten Reasons Why We (And Literature) Love Lists
How Penguin Has Strengthened Its Publishing Empire
Ten Reasons Why We (And Literature) Love Lists
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information Gizmodo (original). “They found that when a user gives Facebook a phone number for two-factor authentication or in order to receive alerts about new log-ins to a user’s account, that phone number became targetable by an advertiser within a couple of weeks.” Thank heavens I never fell for all those security mavenspushing me to give up my phone number for two-factor identification!
To be a good teacher, you need to convince your students that they are good at maths, a leading researcher says
Companies That Mistreat Their Customers Are Mistreating Their Employees Current Affairs
Can Money Buy Happiness? The Evidence Base
How the Great Recession turned America’s student-loan problem into a $1.5 trillion crisis MarketWatch
The Body in Poverty Nation
If the soul is ignored long enough, the body rebels openDemocracy. A doctor on racism.
Unions Are Lying, Cheating Rats’: Leaked Video Reveals Amazon’s Belligerent Anti-Worker Tactics Common Dreams
‘Diplomatic Immunity’ Used to Traffick Human Blood and Pathogens for Secret Military Program 21WIRE
Early human survival tactics inspired the title of Tank’s method. “If the hunter made a successful hunt for that day, his family would eat. If not, they wouldn’t. It was that simple,” he writes. “He didn’t have time to check email, attend time-sucking meetings or send follow-up emails. And, he certainly didn’t have time to make to-do lists.”
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productivity hack can bring clarity to your day"How to avoid getting stuck on the to-do list hamster wheel."
The man who created the World Wide Web has some regrets
"Tim Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it." (The Hive)
US Air Force used consumer VR to train pilots at fraction of the cost
"Bid to find a new, cutting-edge way to teach airmen, using advanced biometrics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality systems." (Air Force Times)
Australia's surveillance laws 'could damage internet security globally'
"The Assistance and Access Bill is drawing increasing scrutiny from international privacy groups and technology companies." (ABC)
Can you make money selling your data?
"Tech giants make billions from our data – why can't we do the same? Sam Harrison tries out companies which pay for personal information." (BBC)