Victor Loux Bookmarks

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New Word Order : A Neologisms Quiz

monkeon.co.uk/new-word-order/
Can you put the words and phrases into the order they first appeared?

What to Do with Climate Emotions

newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-to-do-with-climate-emotions
If the goal is to insure that the planet remains habitable, what is the right degree of panic, and how do you bear it?

Legal Lullabies

zzzuckerberg.com/
Soothing white noice made with Instagram's and TikTok's terms of services.

Habo (habit tracker)

habo.space/
Introducing Habo, the habit tracker app that helps you create and maintain healthy habits for a better life.

The Everything App

anytype.io/
for those who celebrate trust & autonomy.

Workout.lol | The easiest way to create a workout routine

workout.lol/
A small web application to create workouts based on your available equipment and the muscles you want to train.

Plane - The open source project management tool

plane.so/
Open-source project management tool to manage issues, sprints, and product roadmaps with peace of mind.

Column: Why a medieval peasant got more vacation time than you | Reuters

reuters.com/article/us-column-great-debate/column-why-a-medieval-peasant-got-more-vacation-time-than-you-idUKBRE97S0KU20130829
Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite his reputation as a miserable wretch, you might envy him one thing: his vacations...

Blue Marriage and The Terror of Divorce

annehelen.substack.com/p/blue-marriage-and-the-terror-of-divorce
This is the midweek edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. If you read any of the hundreds of advice columns that have found renewed life on the internet, you’ll recognize a certain genre of question. It comes from a woman, almost always married, who’s describing a partner’s shitty behavior. They often narrativize the behavior in a way that simultaneously asks the reader to understand that something is wrong (

Vocal Remover & Instrumental AI Splitter | LALAL.AI

lalal.ai/
Split vocal and instrumental tracks quickly and accurately with LALAL.AI. Upload any audio file and receive high-quality extracted tracks in a few seconds.