Virginia Lowman

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” #ThisIsAmerica

.@MTA having long delays without a proper announcement system to update commuters who are paying for a service is unacceptable. What is the status of downtown 2 and 3 trains? It’s rush hour and we’ve been waiting for 15 minutes.

“Now, with algorithmic feeds (…) a computer that at least partially decides who you hear from and who you talk to. This means that over time, the internet becomes a more passive experience. The incentive is to keep scrolling, instead of talking to people” noahpinion.blog/p/the-death-…

Was there just an earthquake in New York????

The format of this article is so innovative and these profiles are so well done. In a lot of ways, 13 today is not the 13 of yesteryear. I often wonder if social media impacts adults in a similar manner, despite having a fully developed prefrontal cortex nytimes.com/interactive/2023…

“Yet the question circulating around Silicon Valley isn’t if such a scenario is worth it, even with a 1 percent chance of annihilation, but rather, if it is really such a bad thing if we build a machine that changes human life as we know it.” vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/…

Jealousy can look like a lot of things, but it always has the same skeletal structure

My “For You Page” is food, babies, and locs. So that’s that on that…

“High Ideals” by Richard Freeman sounds like how I want my life to feel

I’ve gone from having 500 to 56 tabs open on my phone. Love this for me.

“Would you rather have the airline lose your luggage, or be seated next to someone on a ten-hour flight who has an exciting crypto opportunity for you?”

The internet is such a wild place.

Maturity is being in Paris and instead of being concerned with the sales, you’re spending your money on transcriptions of all of the lectures held during your final MFA residency. Hello, I’m maturity 💁🏾‍♀️

Shoutout to the diaspora. I love us.

Over heard at lunch: *Girlfriend walks away, boyfriend does nothing* Man to waiter: My girlfriend is mad at me. Waiter: What did you do? Man: I mean…that’s a good thing, though. It means she isn’t bored with me. Waiter: *silent* Man: That’s the only way!— the toxic way.

Being afraid of failure can lead to failure if you let it rule you.