Andrei Stoica
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Andrei Stoica
Once the morning dew has evaporated, whole families head out into the waist-high fields to begin the harvest. The grasshoppers, butterflies, and spiders make way as human sounds replace the hum of insects. The grass is cut and then left to dry over a long lunch held under the shade of a tree. After the midday heat has subsided, the family members... See more
Beauty and Biodiversity in Romania’s Hayfields | Atmos
interesting that this got published now - imo, there is a big culture war going on in romania re: industrialization and flight to the city over the last 20 years. much of the culture exists in rural/distributed regional traditions that are very pagan/land linked in origin… the loss of this (which was in part emphasized secularly in communist times) has led many older voters to support nationalist candidates - but the times have changed. there is no return to this form of society while maintaining the same pace of economic growth the country has had over the last 15 years.
If you’ve been encouraged to define a healthy life as a frictionless one, I think it may be inevitable that a life devoid of contact starts to feel like healing.
rayne fisher-quann • no good alone - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess no good alone
Juegos Paralímpicos de París, 2024
📷 Por el fotógrafo zaragozano Emilio Morenatti, primer español ganador de un premio Pulitzer
1. La atleta paralímpica italiana Arjola Dedaj, compitiendo en salto de longitud femenino -T11
2. El atleta paralímpico brasileño... See more
instagram.comInitiating a trend of pro-housing reforms in Arlington was easier than it might have been elsewhere. Arlington has a County Board whose five members are all elected at-large – meaning they all represent county residents as a whole, rather than individual wards within the county. At-large representation avoids the potential for systems of aldermanic... See more
Emily Hamilton • How DC densified
lots of inspo overlap :)
all our models that justify transport investment assume that travel time is always a disutility. In other words, the more time you spend in transit, the worse off you are. If you come along with fancy ideas suggesting that people may sometimes prefer slower to faster, it fucks up our whole model.”
So this is what’s happened to the world:... See more
So this is what’s happened to the world:... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Imagine this machine, taking shape starting around 1250, being wound up like a clockwork toy, and being allowed to run for 700 years, and you get what we currently living generations recognize as our modernity. In terms of a technological metaphor, the machine was shifting steadily from one equilibrium point to another in a surprisingly controlled... See more
Venkatesh Rao • The Modernity Machine
We’ve got to understand that sometimes as an option, self-checkouts are great. As an obligation, they’re bad—because sometimes the time spent in the process is where the value comes from. You can see this because people on a Saturday love nothing better than to shop in the most inefficient way possible. That’s basically what a farmer’s market... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Prestige outlives institutional health
Peaceful, integrated, and long-lasting institutions are often seen as healthy and likely to endure. However, it is precisely these conditions that allow their gradual hollowing-out and descent into dysfunction to remain unnoticed.
The ancient nature of such institutions might signify the presence of a... See more
Peaceful, integrated, and long-lasting institutions are often seen as healthy and likely to endure. However, it is precisely these conditions that allow their gradual hollowing-out and descent into dysfunction to remain unnoticed.
The ancient nature of such institutions might signify the presence of a... See more