@GiftArticles I came across a book titled 'ICE Killing the American Dream' by Heike Phelan. It chronicles the incarceration of an Irish Citizen who overstayed her visa because she was involved in a road accident. ICE detained her despite her not wanting to stay in the USA. It's a riveting read and also disturbing. This ICE thing has been going on for a while, under the radar.

Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else

-Sir Tom Stoppard
Courtesy The Economist

The monument known as the Casino (though it isn't a casino) has this doorway and insert windows in it. Taken in Murcia, Spain.
#FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

"History is written by the victors" is oft attributed to Winston Churchill but it may have been said by Churchill's enemy, Herman Göring? Or, are both assertions incorrect and is the quote from way back?

@RyanE They're just ẄŘÔŃĢ. Empathy is the reason any of us are still here. Without it, we'd not survive.

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Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke, recorded since at least 1924.

Courtesy Wikipedia

AND THEY USE IT AS AN INSULT??

@kibcol1049 I believe he said this to make people more vigilant during the conflict.

@usewriter Nous vivons à la campagne et avons parfois des problèmes avec les souris. Nous utilisons un piège compatissant et devons libérer les souris que nous allons éloigner de la maison afin qu'elles ne retournent pas à la maison. Quand les rats arrivent, je les tue.

What am I reading?

Just finished:
Banking on Murder by Jonathan Whitelaw. Light cosy crime for a bit of escapism.

Just Started:
Summit of All Fears, cosy crime by Jonathan Whitelaw
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. Don't normally read best-sellers but have read The Midnight Library so thought I'd try another of Matt Haig's stories.

#Reading #AmReading #Novels #Books #CosyCrime

Here's a challenge for you AI boys and girls (but mostly boys):

The brain manages it's wonderous feats using a spoonfull of glucose.

Before you go covering the planet with data centers, solve the problem of AI consuming too many resources.

#AI #EasterIslandMoment #DataCentreMadness