I disagree with Gruber. While the current calls against social media echo the comic-book/rap-music/video-game scares, there is hard(ish) data on their detrimental effects in some children and adolescents. Certainly enough to justify more scrutiny.

Back in Serbia today after 7 years of absence. Fun times lie ahead…

What can I say, it’s cheese heaven.

Fries the way they were meant to be made: golden brown and with a side of mayo. Why does the Netherlands have so much better fast food than America, my kid asked, and I didn’t know the answer.

The Dutch have some interesting water sports going on.

On the day Boeing’s incompetence was headline news our family of five boarded a 787 to Amsterdam that was delayed by 90 minutes for repairs. Good thing I don’t read the news, or it would’ve made for an anxious trip. #newsnoise

In today’s not-a-linkblog blog:

• Maybe It Doesn’t Matter
• Who Are You Really? (part one)
• There Is No Need to Lose Our Minds Over the Jevons Paradox
• What Is the Best Way to Cut an Onion?

Have a great weekend, all.

This is not a linkblog. But here are some links that, if it were, I would have posted today:

• Nobody Knows What’s Going On
• Deep Reading Will Save Your Soul
• Culture War as Imitation Game
• Going Offline

Happy Thursday, etc.