
Day 1,672: conjugal, crucible, catapult, a diet of
Their long conjugal association is a model for many younger married couples.
As well as being fun, social media are the crucible of online debate and a catapult for political campaigns.
Inspired by TikTok, apps like Facebook increasingly serve a diet of clips selected by artificial intelligence according to a user’s viewing behaviour, not their social connections.
Artwork of the day
Married Life
Roger de La FresnayeDate:1913; FranceStyle:CubismGenre:genre paintingMedia:oil, canvas
Word of the day
conjugal: pertaining to marriage relationships; connubial
crucible: a container in which metals or other substances can be heated to very high temperatures
catapult: a device that can throw objects at a high speed:
a diet of: a particular type of thing that you experience or do regularly, or a limited range of activities:
Quote of the day
“I still love him so much I'll hide any amount of conjugated estrogen in his food. So much I'll do anything to destroy him.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters