When a human being becomes a set of data [...] he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility. In a way it’s a transcendent experience: we lose our bodies, our messy feelings, our desires, our fears.

Zadie Smith, "Generation Why?"

Des amateurs de cuisine ici ? 🍲

C'est quoi pour vous "une pointe" quand il s'agit d'ajouter des épices ?

Non parce que dans ma tête, c'est une pointe de couteau ... quelque chose de subtil quoi ...

Et quand je vois à la TV un mec qui dit "mettre une pointe" de curry tout en vidant le pot dans sa casserole, bah j'ai un léger doute ...

Du coup, vous en pensez quoi vous ?

blood quantum is a phrase that specifically refers to the way in which the American government oppresses, marginalizes, and murders Native Americans. If you're not native then blood quantum doesn't apply to you. ESPECIALLY as a white person. (Greeks are white btw. Just in case you forgot)

"Blood quantum" is an English phrase used whenever anyone wants to "measure" blood "percentage" or "quantity". The world doesn't revolve around the US and its issues (in case you forgot)

Don't come at me with the argument "I am native American" in case you are. I am saddened by any oppression you faced but this doesn't change the fact you still think a phrase applies only to a specific issue and only in the US and nowhere else in the wolrd. Which is still false. You are not except from having a US-centric view on the world. Discussions of blood "percentage" happen all over the world in relation to ethnicity and culture. We have our own problems against blood "purity", and your particular US-centric addition is nowhere near as relavant as you think. Because these particular problems we are talking about don't involve Native Americans. The variations of these discussions and issues globally have many differences which you didn't care enough to examine (because you couldn't fathom nin-USians talking about blood quantum). In fact you seem to know fuck-all about Europe's dynamics of oppression and social problems.

Finally, when non-USians speak English, we'll use English words. What else do you expect us to use?? It's not a slur, it's not a sacred word, it's not a curse word, it's not taboo, and it's not exclusive to one culture or ethnicity.

USians seem to forget the "Greeks are white" when it's convenient for them in media or history or myths or when they call the cops on our barbeques or home celebrations or when they consider our Christianity "demonic" or when they mispronounce our names or when they make fun of our food at school or when they wince at the mention of our "namedays" or when they mock our accents or they ask us if our country has internet or when they think we are filthy pagans because of our names or when they usually tell us "you look too white to be Greek".

Not that you'd know all this because you didn't even take five minutes to see our issues, unlike the rest of the world who is constantly aware of the US' social issues and is upheld to the impossible standard of having to know everything all the time about the imperialistic US who sends their armies to fight where they don't want to :)

(It's good that the world knows about the Native American struggle but I am saying it's sad when Americans almost never spend the same energy on any other country's social issues while assuming everyone else should adhere to their own standards. You exhibited the same attitude here, I am sorry to say)

i don't think you guys understand how much a "quantity over quality" mindset mixed with an "all or nothing" mindset can be damaging to the whole purpose of enjoying your life

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

– Steve Jobs

Early Childhood - Number Rods

The Number Rods bridge the gap between the “pre-math” activities in the sensorial curriculum and traditional Montessori math materials. This material is a great way for a child to gain a concrete understanding of the differences of quantity, matching the quantity shown with the red and blue demarcations. This foundation will serve them in every math activity they attempt moving forward.

Disrupt project 02/11/23

(Seminar)

I also, during the reading week, had watched the exploring ideas seminar.

I had not taken notes throughout watching this as I was in bed, watching before going to sleep.

But I had screenshotted one part(see below), as I felt it was very important and I feel too, it has helped me out with my disrupt project work.

Creating a quantity of ideas can eventually lead to one creating a great idea.

The lecturer showed us example of this, through public figures like Mozart and Einstein.

I also found it interesting to learn that to draw is to observe.

I have attached below, pictures from my sketchbook of my quick sketches. I drew most of them after watching this seminar, in the hopes of them helping me to form good ideas.

Here’s my personal recommendation of a YouTube video to check out:

a reminder for my fellow introverts that socialising with the right people is not draining.

<3 pictured above ( left) is the cute yellow kalamkari lamp I bought when I visited the local market (right) of a nearby city with my beloved friend.

Although meaningless in a tribal context, numbers and statistics assume mythic and magical qualities of infallibility in literate societies.

Marshall McLuhan, Take Today

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

George MacDonald

The secret to eternal peace of mind is not in frequent prayers or meditations, but in perfecting each prayer. Aim for quality over quantity.

Mwanandeke Kindembo

Tally clerk and ship surveyor

Sell follower PEAKEER

Dear anonymous-mine,

People does not mean "Happiness over Money" when they say - "Quality over Quantity".

#anonymous-mine