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Sunset on Diadem Mountain, Tahiti. John Lefarge, 1891
January 3, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Sunset on Diadem Mountain, Tahiti. John Lefarge, 1891
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Merry Company on a Terrace, by Jan Steen Dutch, 1670
December 31, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Merry Company on a Terrace, by Jan Steen Dutch, 1670
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Forty years ago, The Times newspaper invited some prominent authors to write about their resolutions and hopes for the New Year of 1984. Samuel Beckett’s contribution came by telegram:
December 31, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Forty years ago, The Times newspaper invited some prominent authors to write about their resolutions and hopes for the New Year of 1984. Samuel Beckett’s contribution came by telegram:
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My Reading Year.
(My last Guardian Books cartoon of 2023)
(My last Guardian Books cartoon of 2023)
December 30, 2023 at 11:23 AM
My Reading Year.
(My last Guardian Books cartoon of 2023)
(My last Guardian Books cartoon of 2023)
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I am almost done my biography of Chester Arthur. I feel the need to show you that he was once gifted a portrait of himself dressed as a samurai.
December 30, 2023 at 4:37 AM
I am almost done my biography of Chester Arthur. I feel the need to show you that he was once gifted a portrait of himself dressed as a samurai.
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Thanks to the keen eye of @aotearoabadger.bsky.social I am now the proud owner of an Australian Research & Space Exploration flight jacket. It’s very nifty and I need to get invited back to NASA facility *immediately*.
December 21, 2023 at 1:46 AM
Thanks to the keen eye of @aotearoabadger.bsky.social I am now the proud owner of an Australian Research & Space Exploration flight jacket. It’s very nifty and I need to get invited back to NASA facility *immediately*.
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You've heard of resting bitch face. But have you heard of resting 50 year old haggard man face
December 13, 2023 at 10:54 PM
You've heard of resting bitch face. But have you heard of resting 50 year old haggard man face
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Philip K. Dick: In my book I invented the Minority Report as a cautionary tale
Tech companies: At long last we have created the Minority Report from the classic sci-fi novella Don't Create the Minority Report
Tech companies: At long last we have created the Minority Report from the classic sci-fi novella Don't Create the Minority Report
Oh this is gonna be so racist.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
December 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Philip K. Dick: In my book I invented the Minority Report as a cautionary tale
Tech companies: At long last we have created the Minority Report from the classic sci-fi novella Don't Create the Minority Report
Tech companies: At long last we have created the Minority Report from the classic sci-fi novella Don't Create the Minority Report
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Again, if your understanding of “campus politics” focuses on powerless left wing students and not influential right wing donors, you don’t have an understanding of “campus politics”
The story at UPenn is only getting worse. Check out the list of questions that the donor spurring the resignations sent to the Board.
"While recognizing the complete academic freedom of the faculty and the freedom afforded administrators as individuals...."
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"While recognizing the complete academic freedom of the faculty and the freedom afforded administrators as individuals...."
www.inquirer.com/education/ma...
Penn faculty fear the donor who started the effort to oust Liz Magill is attempting to set the agend...
Marc Rowan, who co-leads Wharton’s board of advisors, is asking questions about instruction, faculty hiring, free speech, and political orientation.
www.inquirer.com
December 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Again, if your understanding of “campus politics” focuses on powerless left wing students and not influential right wing donors, you don’t have an understanding of “campus politics”
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"The property in question to be developed is City-owned, currently used for vehicle storage"
Cars can have homes, people can't. I fucking hate everything.
Cars can have homes, people can't. I fucking hate everything.
December 13, 2023 at 4:01 PM
"The property in question to be developed is City-owned, currently used for vehicle storage"
Cars can have homes, people can't. I fucking hate everything.
Cars can have homes, people can't. I fucking hate everything.
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Infuriating. The same people who complain about visible homelessness also don't want to provide shelter.
www.theurbanist.org/2023/12/13/k...
www.theurbanist.org/2023/12/13/k...
Kenmore Council Rejects 100-Unit Supportive Housing Facility Following Backlash - The Urbanist
Kenmore could be flushing $30 million in grants and the 100 affordable homes they were intended to fund. Following a marathon public hearing that ran until late Tuesday morning, the Kenmore City Counc...
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December 13, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Infuriating. The same people who complain about visible homelessness also don't want to provide shelter.
www.theurbanist.org/2023/12/13/k...
www.theurbanist.org/2023/12/13/k...