as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
Exciting news in a somewhat exhausting week!
The rare "every political party in NZ does the absolutely correct thing with absolutely no reservation" moment is happening today www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Legislation giving family violence survivors the power to quickly dissolve abusive marriages is expected to pass with unanimous support today.
I mean, *I* knew. I'm a cartoonist, so of course I do. But gotta wonder how many people might've read this obituary through like three or four times, going "...wait. What?"
In 1693, a Manila Galleon full of goods and bound for Acapulco, wrecked on the coast of what is now Oregon, never reaching its destination. A craftsman from the Nehalem-Tillamook and Clatsop peoples made this arrowhead (in the Tillamook Pioneer Museum) out of Qing dynasty porcelain from the wreck.
Creativity is a lifelong journey: "Satoru Abe (b. 1926) is one of the most significant artists in the history of Hawai‘i. In his 90s, he has been remarkably prolific and exploratory, producing 318 paintings since 2019. Satoru Abe: 100 New Paintings features 100 of these dynamic new works." Links:
That is unthinking evil indeed! One of my favorite openings. LibraryThing has first and last lines and some quotes on its book pages, and keen volunteers keeping an eye out for rubbish being added www.librarything.com/work/23117
Click to read more about The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers
Georges Seurat's famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (1884) in real life along Beloit's riverfront in Wisconsin, in 2006. All participants are wearing contemporary clothes with umbrellas substituted in for the 19th-century parasols.
