Twitter’s major contribution to the world is in making people across the political spectrum believe that annoying one’s opponents is powerful political action

On nobody wanting a village:

I just finished this six-week cooking class.

This small business did a wonderful job at putting together a great, organic way for strangers to have the sort of low-pressure, repeated contact that’s been shown to be the most effective at forming friendships.

After collaborating on a meal, we would sit down to a dinner party together every week. Everyone buzzed over how they are recommending this experience to all their friends and this is such a great group of people.

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