Today is UNESCO World Poetry Day, so here's a poem by Tony Harrison titled Social Mobility.
Ah, the proved advantages of scholarship!
Whereas his dad took cold tea for his snap,
he slaves at nuances, knows at just one sip
Chateau Lafitte from Chateau Neuf du Pape.
Two worlds, irony, scepticism and just a hint of self loathing, all in four lines: not bad going.
Sunday assorted links
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1. The fight over Romansh (New Yorker). 2. How well can LLMs grade? 3.
Kelsey Piper responds on Mississippi. She is probably correct. 4. Future
VP? 5. I...
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