Birds Aren't Real.
After the government forcibly made the entire species extinct in the 20th century, all of these real birds were replaced with surveillance drones designed to look just like Birds. To simplify- Birds no longer exist in the U.S. as a biological lifeform, thus, Birds Aren’t Real!
“We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever.”
I’ve tried to come up with hypotheses for what happened. Maybe the staff just ran out of food that night. Maybe they confused our table with that of their ex-lover’s. Maybe they were drunk. But we got twelve kinds of foam, something that I can only describe as “an oyster loaf that tasted like Newark airport”, and a teaspoon of savory ice cream that was olive flavored.
Duszyczka (The Little Soul).
A dead body became stuck by a river bank. Its decaying insides still hide a human soul – a miniature of the deceased. Rotting organs part and a tiny creature gets out. Standing on the river bank, it says goodbye to the corpse and sets off on a journey through the post-mortem land.
The Perfect Gift: Your Loved One's Name in an NYPL Book.
When you make a donation of $50 $35 or more, we'll print your loved one's name and a personalized message inside a book circulating in The New York Public Library!
Manchmal wage ich mich unter Leute
zum Beispiel zum Einkaufen oder wenn ich wo hin muss mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln.
Manchmal kann ich den Schmerz aushalten und es ist OK.
Doch dann, wie aus dem Nichts, sticht er zu, der Schmerz.
Der Schmerz.
Wir sind mechanisch.
Wir sind zerbrechlich.
Wir sind nur Ding unter Dingen.
Wir warten auf die Liebe.
Und den Krebs.
Why Tokyo Works (via densediscovery.com).
Its rail system is an equalizer between rich and poor. It’s usually the fastest way to get from A to B within the city, it’s affordable and everyone uses it. There is no stigma attached to riding the train, it’s simply the standard.
Software is hard.
Methodologies: The Next Two Decades.
You will notice that there are way more Certified Scrum Masters than Certified Scrum Developers, because the Bizsheviks ensure that the power is concentrated in their party. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project, but that does not mean the Techsheviks get to have a say in how it is run.
Nekomonicon.
The Mystical, Magical, Terrifying Supernatural Cats of Japan.
The first known appearance of a supernatural cat in Japan arrived in the 12th century. According to reports, a massive, man-eating, two-tailed cat dubbed the nekomata stalked the woods of what is now the Nara prefecture.
How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation.
The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.