Handpicked Finds
giving your thumb a break from the doomscrolling
Hi! I’m just passing by to share a selection of things that I thought might be worth your attention. I hope you find something interesting!
🍁A recipe
One of my favourites from what I have cooked last month!
I’ve served it with salmon, but as Elena suggests, it goes just as well by itself!
🍁A reminder
“Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that there is a vast and obscure world still out there, waiting to be explored. Perhaps it’s because so much of life is now mediated via a smartphone screen no bigger than our palms. Perhaps it’s overfamiliarity: what was wild and remote in the 18th Century is now full of tourists, or as close as a Google search away. Or maybe it’s that we’ve simply stopped looking. After all, the present moment is already overwhelming enough, through information overload, accelerating technologies, injustice, climate change, and more.”
on The upsides of feeling small (BBC), by
. This is an interesting article on the benefits of feeling awe. Namely, awe “quietens the nagging, self-critical, overbearing, status-conscious voice of our self, or ego, and empowering us to collaborate”.Let this be your gentle reminder to step outside and explore the world a little bit. There is no need to make it extraordinary. It can be as simple as looking at the small buds of a plant or a starry sky.
🍁A reflection
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? (The Guardian), by Sophie McBain - Very interesting article on how we’re increasingly offloading our thinking capacities to AI.
🍁My previous post
Today, 75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and 5 animal species. What’s more, over 40% of our daily calories come from three staple crops: rice, wheat, and maize. But crop biodiversity can be a matter of survival. My previous post explores the why and how some people are fighting to keep it.
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