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Eric Wenninger
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This is like the best thing right now. If you don’t know about 31 minutos, it’s about time you check it out.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is like the best thing right now. If you don’t know about 31 minutos, it’s about time you check it out.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...
I’ve always marveled at this.
The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours: The Behind-the-Scenes Preparation You Don’t Get to See
The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours: The Behind-the-Scenes Preparation You Don’t Get to See
If you're lucky, you get to spend three hours at a concert, communing with your favorite band.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’ve always marveled at this.
This line from Anna Tivel’s song, “Holy Equation,” is a searingly acute commentary on where we are at right now:
“Good luck to the lucky few and God bless the rest of us fools.”
open.spotify.com/track/4MIA8S...
“Good luck to the lucky few and God bless the rest of us fools.”
open.spotify.com/track/4MIA8S...
Holy Equation
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September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This line from Anna Tivel’s song, “Holy Equation,” is a searingly acute commentary on where we are at right now:
“Good luck to the lucky few and God bless the rest of us fools.”
open.spotify.com/track/4MIA8S...
“Good luck to the lucky few and God bless the rest of us fools.”
open.spotify.com/track/4MIA8S...
Reposted by Eric Wenninger
21 Ways People Are Using AI at Work. A high school music teacher used the prompt “make it more Gen X” for helping her write rejection letters that were direct and “thoughtful, but didn’t sound like Mr. Rogers on molly”. 😂 [nytimes.com]
21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work
Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
21 Ways People Are Using AI at Work. A high school music teacher used the prompt “make it more Gen X” for helping her write rejection letters that were direct and “thoughtful, but didn’t sound like Mr. Rogers on molly”. 😂 [nytimes.com]
I was introduced to James Gleick’s book Time Travel via this article from The Marginalian. I was finally able to check it out and it’s been a fascinating read so far.
www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/j...
www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/j...
James Gleick on How Our Cultural Fascination with Time Travel Illuminates Memory, the Nature of Time, and the Central Mystery of Human Consciousness
“Every moment alters what came before. We reach across layers of time for the memories of our memories.”
www.themarginalian.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I was introduced to James Gleick’s book Time Travel via this article from The Marginalian. I was finally able to check it out and it’s been a fascinating read so far.
www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/j...
www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/j...
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The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
When things seem difficult, add a little simple syrup. Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute.
#anxiety #depression #wisdom #taoism #jung #music
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#anxiety #depression #wisdom #taoism #jung #music
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Simple Syrup
Including third options, if it were easy, past victories, the asshole in your head, and uncut wood
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August 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When things seem difficult, add a little simple syrup. Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute.
#anxiety #depression #wisdom #taoism #jung #music
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#anxiety #depression #wisdom #taoism #jung #music
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Reposted by Eric Wenninger
Where first graders watch educational media, before the impact of eliminating federal funds:
* PBS - 45%
* Nickelodeon - 14%
* YouTube - 9%
(from a 2025 study by child development researchers)
* PBS - 45%
* Nickelodeon - 14%
* YouTube - 9%
(from a 2025 study by child development researchers)
PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs
PBS KIDS produces popular age-appropriate programs. It also has a website and multiple apps with games and activities.
buff.ly
August 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Where first graders watch educational media, before the impact of eliminating federal funds:
* PBS - 45%
* Nickelodeon - 14%
* YouTube - 9%
(from a 2025 study by child development researchers)
* PBS - 45%
* Nickelodeon - 14%
* YouTube - 9%
(from a 2025 study by child development researchers)
Reposted by Eric Wenninger
Silence, solitude, and the art of surrender – Pico Iyer on finding the world in a Benedictine monastery www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/12/p...
Silence, Solitude, and the Art of Surrender: Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery
“Such a simple revolution: Yesterday I thought myself at the center of the world. Now the world seems to sit at the center of me.”
www.themarginalian.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Silence, solitude, and the art of surrender – Pico Iyer on finding the world in a Benedictine monastery www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/12/p...
Can’t say enough about The Pudding. These people amaze me. If you like math, funny fonts, and the creative process that is cutting an onion, you’ll love this:
pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...
#onions #cooking #math
pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...
#onions #cooking #math
Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way
There is more than one way to dice an onion…
pudding.cool
August 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Can’t say enough about The Pudding. These people amaze me. If you like math, funny fonts, and the creative process that is cutting an onion, you’ll love this:
pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...
#onions #cooking #math
pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...
#onions #cooking #math
From Ursula K. Le Guin’s version of the Tao Te Ching:
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
#wisdom #education #literature
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
#wisdom #education #literature
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From Ursula K. Le Guin’s version of the Tao Te Ching:
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
#wisdom #education #literature
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
#wisdom #education #literature
If you’re consumed with the virtual, maybe it’s time to dissolve back into the real.
#technology #art #nature #evolution
ericwenninger.com/dissolve-int...
#technology #art #nature #evolution
ericwenninger.com/dissolve-int...
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you’re consumed with the virtual, maybe it’s time to dissolve back into the real.
#technology #art #nature #evolution
ericwenninger.com/dissolve-int...
#technology #art #nature #evolution
ericwenninger.com/dissolve-int...
Are you becoming more like a crab? Read the latest from An Uncommon Commute to find out:
#technology #education #music
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#technology #education #music
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We All Become Crabs
Also, discover mode, outdoor kids, what makes us human, and paper
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August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Are you becoming more like a crab? Read the latest from An Uncommon Commute to find out:
#technology #education #music
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#technology #education #music
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Will Euskara survive?
“I say yes, because I’m an optimist,” Errekatxo said. “Basque has its ups and downs, it evolves forward and backward, like life itself.”
“I say yes, because I’m an optimist,” Errekatxo said. “Basque has its ups and downs, it evolves forward and backward, like life itself.”
July 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Will Euskara survive?
“I say yes, because I’m an optimist,” Errekatxo said. “Basque has its ups and downs, it evolves forward and backward, like life itself.”
“I say yes, because I’m an optimist,” Errekatxo said. “Basque has its ups and downs, it evolves forward and backward, like life itself.”
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Blind Spots
#music #history #education
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#music #history #education
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Blind Spots
Also, paired, teaching hard history, reconciliation, and proximity to difference
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July 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Blind Spots
#music #history #education
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#music #history #education
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July 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
July 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Things as They Are
#gardens #news #uruguay #community #fear #anxiety #summer #ocean
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#gardens #news #uruguay #community #fear #anxiety #summer #ocean
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Things as They Are
Also, first steps, the seeds you sow, the flowers you plant, and paying it forward
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Things as They Are
#gardens #news #uruguay #community #fear #anxiety #summer #ocean
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#gardens #news #uruguay #community #fear #anxiety #summer #ocean
open.substack.com/pub/ericwenn...