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There is no limit. When you get the itch to go for it you can keep going all the way to the top. No one will tell you to stop. You can study and study …

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In Jack London’s novel, Martin Eden personifies debates still raging over the role and purpose of education in American life - by Nick Romeo Read at Aeon

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This is a video of musician Abraham Cupeiro playing the Cornu de Pompeii, a replica of a capital G shaped horn found in the ruins of Pompeii that he and María Ruíz reconstructed. It sounds …

Emma Willard was a pioneer in Women’s education, opening the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York in 1821—the first institution of higher education for women in the United States. The school was later renamed …

It’s International Workers Day, still celebrated as the May Day public holiday here in Queensland, at least when the Labor party is in office. So, it’s a good day for me to set out some …

A superb poster for a brilliant gig last night at Future Yard.

Declaring it here: Dragon Quest IX has the best battle music in the series.

‘If you’re tossing and turning at night due to heartburn, sleep apnea, or other health issues, your sleeping position could be the culprit – or the solution. According to Lifehacker, for heartburn sufferers, “lying on …

https://pudding.cool/2023/06/groove/This interactive website exploring the way legendary hip hop producer J Dilla creates his wonky grooves is fun to play around with.

Filmmaker Andrew Lavers uses his passion for editing in digital and analog ways, including creating YouTube films, mixing tactile activities into his digital work, and turning articles into poems through blackout poetry. Blackout poetry “is …

The second issue of Road Snacks is out featuring an interview with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jack Van Cleaf. I like his song Rattlesnake, maybe you will, too. Road Snacks is semi-regular interview series between an ice …

There I Ruined It imagines what “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine would have been like if the song was recorded in 1926.

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There’s this cartoon by, oh, let’s say Don Martin: a comedian on stage holds up a sign that says I’M FUNNY. —Noncommittal titters from the audience. Next panel, the comic’s swapped signs for one that …

Image: Steel rebar construction for the concrete foundation of a wind turbine in Gilliam County, US. Image by Goose Chap, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Trapped in the Iron Age In 1836, Danish antiquarian and …

I have news: Next month, I’m opening a brick and mortar cabinet of curiosities in Paris. It’s only been a few months in the making – a rather spontaneous decision spurred by the lease on …

Robin Sloan, in his latest newsletter, on the “phase change” of AI training. When capability increases so substantially, the activity under discussion is not “the same thing, only faster”. It is a different activity altogether. …

Every detail of Boba Fett's getup is perfect as he sets out on his adventure. Everyone knows who he is supposed to be, but once he makes it to a galaxy far, far away, he …