Nick Mark, MD @nick

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**CBC Montreal** @cbcmontreal_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · 4d

CBC Montreal @cbcmontreal_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net

How to talk politics at the dinner table, or how to avoid it
With a federal election campaign hitting its final stretch and political upheaval south of the border providing a backdrop for Easter weekend, experts say there are ways you can positively approach political conversations, while it’s also OK to dodge them.
#politics #election #conversation
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6728895?cmp=rss

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**Furthering** @Furthering@convo.casa · Apr 2

Apr 2

Furthering @Furthering@convo.casa

The last part of the book Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves discusses conversations between people who may not agree. Other books have tackled this subject at length, so I won’t rehash the ideas here.

While some of the ideas in the book aren’t new (to me), I think they could be applied to collective benefit, both in person and on social media. Less one-upmanship, fewer “gotcha” questions, less correction, less ego. More question asking, more connection, and more kindness, most of all.

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#Kindness #KindnessMatters #Connection

**Furthering** @Furthering@convo.casa · Apr 2

Apr 2

Furthering @Furthering@convo.casa

I finished the book Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves by Alison Wood Brooks. I love the topic about how to communicate well with other people – it’s an art that we can cultivate to our own and others’ benefit. It’s beautiful, healthy, and connective, and I was happy to have this book become available.

This is a long thread with my notes and direct quotes.

The book begins by identifying maxims that can be used to facilitate conversation, which I think are useful both offline and on: “The TALK maxims break conversation down into four crucial reminders that will guide our entire approach to make conversation more vibrant, enriching, and effective: Topics, because great conversationalists choose good topics and make any topic better; Asking, because asking questions helps us move between topics and dive deeper into them; Levity, to keep our conversations from becoming stale; and Kindness, because great talkers care for others and show it.”

It's an easy reminder – to stay curious, to introduce lightness, and to lead with compassion.

#Conversation #Communication #Books

**Kenneth M Sweeney** @TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social · Apr 2

**本の話ポッドキャスト** @books_bunshun@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com · Apr 2

**Europe Says** @europesays@pubeurope.com · Apr 1

**Dr Robert N. Winter** @robert@social.winter.ink · Apr 1

Apr 1

Dr Robert N. Winter @robert@social.winter.ink

“Conversation enriches the understanding but solitude is the school of genius.”

— Edward Gibbon on the relationship between solitude and genius:

#Quotes #Solitude #Conversation

**WIST Quotations** @wist@my-place.social · Mar 31

Mar 31

WIST Quotations @wist@my-place.social

A quotation from Jane Austen

Anne smiled and said, “My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is a company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what a call good company.”
“You are mistaken,” said he, gently, “that is not good company; that is the best.”

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Persuasion, ch. 16 (1818)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/austen-jane/75951/

#quote #quotes #quotation

**本の話ポッドキャスト** @books_bunshun@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com · Mar 31

**Boots Chantilly** @BootsChantilly@mstdn.social · Mar 31

Mar 31

Boots Chantilly @BootsChantilly@mstdn.social

Question: Have you ever had a premonition?

Please share the story—or just your thoughts on the question. #Conversation

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**Vegan FTA** @veganftaofficial.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 25

Mar 25

Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

If they have the capacity to hear, see, smell and taste, why wouldn't they be able to feel too? Watch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBMFOqVtmhE : vegangaze | thesavemovement | torontopigsave (IG) #streetactivism #outreach #conversation #animalrights #animals

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