Finally saw The Odyssey in theaters! Way more jump-scares than I was expecting, but, wow! What a film! Has me thinking a lot about xenia/hospitality, “Zeus’s law,” and how far short we fall of even that standard, when it comes to immigrants and the poor.
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As a child, what was your relationship to the terms “strong-willed” or “obedient” re: yourself and/or your siblings?
Finally getting around to reading “The Age of Reading is Over” in The Atlantic (the hard copy, one of my last since my subscription has lapsed, arrived). It’s some of the saddest stuff I’ve ever read, and I’m not even to the AI section yet!
Sigh, no, we don’t need PERMANENT Daylight Saving Time, we need to get RID of Daylight Saving Time! Standard Time all the time!
Crossbody/sling bag on a guy. Yea or nay?
I’m of two minds (at least) on the Balogun mess. You? #WorldCup
Testing a small POSSE improvement: this Note should carry a link back to its canonical copy on joshuapsteele.com when it reaches Micro.blog and Bluesky.
Resurrected my Bluesky account, using my domain name as my handle. Testing my Drafts > Website > MicroBlog > Bluesky flow here!
Cabo Verde pronunciation in Portuguese. Is it “KAH-boo VEHR-duh” or “KAH-boo VEHR-jee”? I think Brazilian Portuguese would be the latter “-jee” version (at least in the NE where I visited some 20 years ago).
Unless we get our fear and greed under control, I don’t think we’ve got another 250 years in us. 🇺🇸
I think Sidny Lopes Cabral’s goal for Cape Verde vs Argentina, to tie it back up in the 103rd minute, was one of the top five most memorable goals I’ve ever seen. Right up there with van Persie’s “Flying Dutchman.” What say you?
What is the main goal/purpose of the offsides rule in soccer? Does VAR help or hinder that purpose?
What a terrible VAR red card. Boo. 👎👎👎
It’s far too hot and humid out. 🥵
If you could put a short phrase/question on a bracelet (or somewhere else you’d regularly see it), in order to help you make better decisions, big or small, to improve your life, what would it say?