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"Neill had a face made for horror movies, one that looked preternaturally weary yet could twist into these enormous, rictus grins at a moment’s notice." @SonnyBunch on the "terrified everyman quality" that Sam Neill personified
"From about 1800 to the present the world’s economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified." @DeirdreMcClosk on the Great Enrichment - link in replies
How does an NHL player get better over the summer? For the Bruins' Mikey Eyssimont, the routine includes skating, lifting, and hot yoga - link in replies
Marriages imploding, careers in question: therapist Jonathan Bastian takes an empathetic look at how middle age is hitting millennials lifeexamined.substack.com/p/now-im-seein…
Finally caved and created a Substack.
My first piece discusses the implications of the recent Mahan Air flights between #Iran & Houthi-controlled #Yemen & what they reveal about Iran’s broader regional strategy.
In New York City, "books are everywhere," says Molly Young. On her summer beach-reading list: a storage-unit thief, a clairvoyant blind Greek peddler, and a baronessa hiding in the hills of Tuscany: mollyyoung.substack.com/p/book-recomme…
“In looking to the past, we derive strength to face the problems of the future, which are very grave.” Mad About Churchill, just launched on Substack with the support of Winston Churchill's literary estate, will share material from his archives covering the alliances, decisions,
"We talk about stress as though it were a substance, something that piles up until we reduce it. But from a physiological point of view, stress is not a quantity. It is a signal."
@SusannaSberg1 on how the concept of allostatic load can help you teach your body to be more