bits and bobs

20201223 Wednesday

I don’t like people who look down on others.

Sonnet 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
       For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
       That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45090/sonnet-29-when-in-disgrace-with-fortune-and-mens-eyes

https://twitter.com/sirpatstew/status/1250611739940487168?s=21

Pro-Trump network Newsmax airs 2-minute video admitting it has ‘no evidence’ of outlandish fraud claims against 2 voting-machine companies

outlandish 変わった

https://www.businessinsider.com/newsmax-airs-election-fraud-correction-video-lawsuit-dominion-smartmatic-2020-12?am

And although developing a new car from scratch is a massive challenge in itself, the true test will be whether the tech giant can convince drivers to buy it. 

Convince 説得

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-electric-car-face-stiff-competition-from-growing-ev-space-2020-12

formidable / cause fear / opp. Comforting / formidable opponents

defamation 名誉毀損 fame

Waiver 放棄

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