"We don’t really think about our future – we remember it",
said Dr Hal Hershfield, who studies how humans think about time and how that influences our emotions and behaviors.
When we daydream or envision ourselves at a later point, we essentially create a memory.
We then use these memories to construct our ideas about the future.
This process is called “episodic future thinking”;
it supports our decision-making, emotional regulation and ability to p…
“How did it feel for the man who built a home, only to watch it turn to the rubble? How does a farmer stand before the land he tended year after year, now lying barren—no scent of soil, no whisper of harvest? How does a father tell his son the school he loved is gone, that the garden where he played is now only a rumor in the rubble? How does a mother walk through the ghost of a playground, finding a small shoe, a torn notebook, a toy she once mended? How do neighbors look at one another, wo…
I was promised the future would have silver suits and flying cars. Instead it's full of masked men in costumes smashing windows and shooting people. What the hell happened?
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115706875475817593
(Really happy I stayed in the Debian camp all my Linux live, I was tempted to play around with Fedora Silverblue but that feeling has somehow vanished)
Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.
Announced pick for No. 2 at NSA won’t get the job as another candidate surfaces
https://therecord.media/announced-nsa-deputy-director-pick-joe-francescon-not-taking-job
Kelce on when he'll decide future: 'Who knows?' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47509138/chiefs-travis-kelce-undecided-future-line-decision-season-ending-loss-raiders
This summer, Mikhail Loshchinin set out for Russia on a motorcycle with German plates, reaching the border in Latvia on July 1.
At the Ubylinka checkpoint on the Russian side, he presented his Russian passport.
According to his mother, Olga, he didn’t use his Belgian passport because of the urgency of the trip and to avoid needing a visa.
Russian border guards examined Loshchinin’s phone and likely discovered his many contacts in Ukraine.
After holding him for several…
Raiders' Maxx Crosby refuses to 'throw gasoline on the fire' as trade rumors rage https://www.nfl.com/news/raiders-maxx-crosby-refuses-to-throw-gasoline-on-the-fire-as-trade-rumors-rage