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Thinking about the late Yayoi Kusama today. We remembered our visit to the art gallery in her home town of Matsumoto where we were moved to tears. #YayoiKusama #JapaneseArt
When I was younger, I was naturally drawn to Saint Augustine. It made sense. He was a brilliant theologian, a Doctor of the Church, and one of the most influential thinkers in Christian history. His words still speak across the...
You likely have come across Fredkin’s paradox without even knowing it has a name. As wikipedia states “Fredkin’s paradox reads “The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them—no matter...
As the years go by, each mothing season gets perhaps more samey. The usual suspects become very familiar, and the NFGs (new for the garden) become few and far between. Obviously, the first season you record everything is NFG, and then...
We covered the story of the civilian-mariner-operated Homeland Security Cutter Ocean (the leased M/V Connor Bordelon) back in June. A 257-foot/3,285 LT “Ultralight subsea intervention vessel” with a 60-ton AHC crane and a 55-foot...
EMCM/MDV (Ret) Mary J. Bonnin has passed in an accident on dry land, near her home in Panama City, at age 63. Wisconsin-born Mary joined the Navy in 1976, finished “A” school to become an Electrician’s Mate (EM), and became one of the...
There’s several facets of AI that sickens me. This is one of them. The price we’re paying is too much to bear.
The projecting beam caught fire, which was luckily caught byfirefighters working in the area. As the Aspen Acres Fire moved toward them in early July 2026, the owners of this historic ranch (clear back to Charles Goodnight, in a way) cut...
1. A pink 18th century bastide above Cassis waiting to be restored 5 bedrooms; 227 sqm; 1,779 sqm garden; €2.79M, found on The Spaces. 2. She painted her late father’s passport into a memory capsule “I have been filling up the pages of...
When King Hermanfrid of Thuringia offered part of Thuringia to Theuderic if Theuderic would help him defeat Hermanfrid's brother and co-ruler Baderic, Theuderic agreed. During the conflict that followed, Hermanfrid reneged on the deal,...
This novel is suffused with loneliness. Each of the characters in The Simp seem desperately lonely, yet have difficulty making real connections with the people around them. What did you think of how Sethi depicts loneliness? Why do his...
Look what I found! Yes, it’s a promo letter from Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson containing three plastic cards (credit card sized). Aww. And a postcard. Aww. Oh well.
This is a charming and zeitgeisty novel which has a strong start and fulfils the promise of its blurb. What if your autonomous vacuum cleaner was sentient and was very sad about your wife's death? It pays obvious homage to the Brave...
Imagine it was all a trap. Right from the beginning. The project: to create a living being. An artificial person. A new kind of intelligence. To replicate the human mind, but take it further. To replicate the human body, but without the...
When I say no one, obviously I don't mean social media, where for every event you can find someone who made a note of it.Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of...