Prospero, Duke of Milan
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Book and other citations. Past and present. For a more positive and thoughtful world.
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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#PPOD: Toward the middle of 2012, a long-standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space, producing an energetic coronal mass ejection. The filament had been held up for days by the Sun's ever-changing magnetic field, and the timing of the eruption was unexpected. Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO 🧪 🔭
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#PPOD: Toward the middle of 2012, a long-standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space, producing an energetic coronal mass ejection. The filament had been held up for days by the Sun's ever-changing magnetic field, and the timing of the eruption was unexpected. Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO 🧪 🔭
Listening to The Call of the Big Baboo from Laurent Garnier — was my generation the origin of this mess or was it foresight?
#music #noquotes #reflections
#music #noquotes #reflections
September 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Listening to The Call of the Big Baboo from Laurent Garnier — was my generation the origin of this mess or was it foresight?
#music #noquotes #reflections
#music #noquotes #reflections
Mark these words.
September 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mark these words.
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Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
It was amazing!
Shibboleth, Tate Modern, 2007 by Colombian born artist Doris Salcedo #womensart
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
It was amazing!
Time is precious. Time is money. Time is wisdom.
September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Time is precious. Time is money. Time is wisdom.
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A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as EVNautilus encounter the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.
August 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as EVNautilus encounter the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.
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'On the beach' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #WomensArt #August
August 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
'On the beach' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #WomensArt #August
A few corrosive quotes from “The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb.
1/ “Economics is the most insular of fields; it is the one that quotes least outside itself.”
#quotes #economics #reflections
1/ “Economics is the most insular of fields; it is the one that quotes least outside itself.”
#quotes #economics #reflections
August 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A few corrosive quotes from “The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb.
1/ “Economics is the most insular of fields; it is the one that quotes least outside itself.”
#quotes #economics #reflections
1/ “Economics is the most insular of fields; it is the one that quotes least outside itself.”
#quotes #economics #reflections
Tibor Scitovsky: “Pleasure results from incomplete and intermittent satisfaction of desires.” — not to forget!
#quotes #economists #reflections
#quotes #economists #reflections
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tibor Scitovsky: “Pleasure results from incomplete and intermittent satisfaction of desires.” — not to forget!
#quotes #economists #reflections
#quotes #economists #reflections
After a long silence, here is a quote from Lao Tzu: « Do not seek revenge! Sit by the river and soon you will see the corpse of your offender float by. »
#quotes #philosophy #reflections
#quotes #philosophy #reflections
August 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After a long silence, here is a quote from Lao Tzu: « Do not seek revenge! Sit by the river and soon you will see the corpse of your offender float by. »
#quotes #philosophy #reflections
#quotes #philosophy #reflections
From “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin:
“What is it that people beg for, dream about, torment themselves for? They want someone to tell them, once and for all, what happiness is — and then to bind them to that happiness with a chain. The ancient dream of paradise…”
#quotes #religion #reflections
“What is it that people beg for, dream about, torment themselves for? They want someone to tell them, once and for all, what happiness is — and then to bind them to that happiness with a chain. The ancient dream of paradise…”
#quotes #religion #reflections
July 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin:
“What is it that people beg for, dream about, torment themselves for? They want someone to tell them, once and for all, what happiness is — and then to bind them to that happiness with a chain. The ancient dream of paradise…”
#quotes #religion #reflections
“What is it that people beg for, dream about, torment themselves for? They want someone to tell them, once and for all, what happiness is — and then to bind them to that happiness with a chain. The ancient dream of paradise…”
#quotes #religion #reflections
From “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin:
1 — “A true algebraic love of mankind will inevitably be inhuman, and the inevitable sign of the truth is its cruelty.”
#quotes #religion #reflections
1 — “A true algebraic love of mankind will inevitably be inhuman, and the inevitable sign of the truth is its cruelty.”
#quotes #religion #reflections
July 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
From “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin:
1 — “A true algebraic love of mankind will inevitably be inhuman, and the inevitable sign of the truth is its cruelty.”
#quotes #religion #reflections
1 — “A true algebraic love of mankind will inevitably be inhuman, and the inevitable sign of the truth is its cruelty.”
#quotes #religion #reflections
From “Program or be programmed” by Douglas Rushkoff:
1 — “We shape our technologies at the moment of their conception, but from that point forward they shape us.”
#quotes #technology #reflections
1 — “We shape our technologies at the moment of their conception, but from that point forward they shape us.”
#quotes #technology #reflections
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
From “Program or be programmed” by Douglas Rushkoff:
1 — “We shape our technologies at the moment of their conception, but from that point forward they shape us.”
#quotes #technology #reflections
1 — “We shape our technologies at the moment of their conception, but from that point forward they shape us.”
#quotes #technology #reflections
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom — Isaac Asimov
#quotes #science #reflections
#quotes #science #reflections
June 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom — Isaac Asimov
#quotes #science #reflections
#quotes #science #reflections
Luck favours the prepared — Louis Pasteur.
June 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Luck favours the prepared — Louis Pasteur.
A few citations from the amazing Edward M. Forster (The Machine Stops):
« The civilization that had mistaken the function of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of bringing things to people. »
#quotes #scifi #reflections
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« The civilization that had mistaken the function of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of bringing things to people. »
#quotes #scifi #reflections
1/4
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A few citations from the amazing Edward M. Forster (The Machine Stops):
« The civilization that had mistaken the function of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of bringing things to people. »
#quotes #scifi #reflections
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« The civilization that had mistaken the function of the system, and had used it for bringing people to things, instead of bringing things to people. »
#quotes #scifi #reflections
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My son just drew this…
May 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My son just drew this…
We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability? — Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale).
#quotes #sciencefiction #reflections
#quotes #sciencefiction #reflections
May 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability? — Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale).
#quotes #sciencefiction #reflections
#quotes #sciencefiction #reflections
Saturday evening read by the fire: The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin.
#history #literature #reflections
#history #literature #reflections
May 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Saturday evening read by the fire: The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin.
#history #literature #reflections
#history #literature #reflections
I had no idea that the genetic material we inherit from our parents is more than their DNA. We also inherit the mitochondrial DNA of our mother, and just hers! Science is amazing.
#evolution #science #reflections
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitocho...
#evolution #science #reflections
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitocho...
Mitochondrial DNA - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I had no idea that the genetic material we inherit from our parents is more than their DNA. We also inherit the mitochondrial DNA of our mother, and just hers! Science is amazing.
#evolution #science #reflections
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitocho...
#evolution #science #reflections
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitocho...
Two morning considerations from « What money can't buy » by Michael Sandel.
#quotes #society #reflections
#quotes #society #reflections
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Two morning considerations from « What money can't buy » by Michael Sandel.
#quotes #society #reflections
#quotes #society #reflections
One to chew on — Tom Morello: « America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, … »
#quotes #activism #reflections
#quotes #activism #reflections
May 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
One to chew on — Tom Morello: « America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, … »
#quotes #activism #reflections
#quotes #activism #reflections
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations. Still so thoughtful, after 1000+ years. Translated from the French version with #LeChat
#quotes #stoicism #reflections
#quotes #stoicism #reflections
May 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations. Still so thoughtful, after 1000+ years. Translated from the French version with #LeChat
#quotes #stoicism #reflections
#quotes #stoicism #reflections