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Amelia Earhart deep-see diving off Block Island, 07/25/1929....
Amelia Earhart deep-see diving off Block Island, 07/25/1929. This photograph, part of the series Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, was taken a day after Earhart’s...
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Migrant – wonderful children’s book about how the...
Migrant– wonderful children’s book about how the world’s millions of migrant workers live, a sort of Alice in Wonderland for the modern immigrant experience, illustrated by the great Isabelle Arsenault.
View Article"In a groundbreaking study, researchers reveal a host of new genes involved...
“In a groundbreaking study, researchers reveal a host of new genes involved in schizophrenia, making it possible to develop desperately needed treatmentsIt took 80,000 genetic samples, seven years and...
View Article"Goodnight Moon does two things right away: It sets up a world and then it...
“Goodnight Moon does two things right away: It sets up a world and then it subverts its own rules even as it follows them. It works like a sonata of sorts, but, like a good version of the form, it does...
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For beloved children’s book author Ruth Krauss's birthday...
For beloved children’s book author Ruth Krauss's birthday today, I’ll Be You and You Be Me– her wonderful 1954 ode to friendship and the imagination, illustrated by young Maurice Sendak.
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Fantastic New Yorker profile of Brian Eno. Also see his Oblique...
Fantastic New Yorker profile of Brian Eno. Also see his Oblique Strategies, Eno’s creativity prompts from the 1970s, mentioned in the first paragraph of the piece. It’s interesting to consider the...
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If you read one thing today, make it C.S. Lewis on suffering and...
If you read one thing today, make it C.S. Lewis on suffering and the question of free will.
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A visual compendium of bioluminescent creatures by Seattle-based...
A visual compendium of bioluminescent creatures by Seattle-based artist Eleanor Lutz, reminiscent of Ernest Haeckel’s pioneering drawings from the early 1900s. Also available as a poster.Pair with the...
View Article"Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed....
“Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don’t show up. They want to be missed when they’re gone.” - In another excellent episode of...
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George Bernard Shaw, born on this day in 1856, on marriage, the...
George Bernard Shaw, born on this day in 1856, on marriage, the oppression of women, and the hypocrisy of monogamy
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Stanley Kubrick, born on this day in 1928, on the meaning of...
Stanley Kubrick, born on this day in 1928, on the meaning of life in a rare Playboy interview he gave when he was 30.
View Article"It seems to me quite reasonable to think that the death of the fly is...
“It seems to me quite reasonable to think that the death of the fly is entirely insignificant and that it is at the same time a kind of catastrophe. To entertain such contradictions is always...
View Article"YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAID TO THIS MAN…"
“YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAID TO THIS MAN…” - From Upworthy to Godworthy – McSweeney’sbuzzfeedifies the 10 commandments. Somewhere, Tolstoy is smirking.
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Aldous Huxley, born 120 years ago today, on drugs, democracy,...
Aldous Huxley, born 120 years ago today, on drugs, democracy, and religion.
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For Carl Jung's birthday, the iconic psychiatrist on human...
For Carl Jung's birthday, the iconic psychiatrist on human nature and the meaning existence in a rare BBC interview
View Article"Long-term, if you’re really trying to get the most out of people, you got to...
“Long-term, if you’re really trying to get the most out of people, you got to build people up not tear them down. And I think that’s something that I learned about not just myself but other people....
View ArticleWonderful cinematic profile of Old Town Music Hall, an original...
Wonderful cinematic profile of Old Town Music Hall, an original silent film theater in El Segundo, California, from This Must Be The Place, who also gave us the spectacular This Is My Home.
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For Aldous Huxley’s 120th birthday, gorgeous vintage and modern...
For Aldous Huxley’s 120th birthday, gorgeous vintage and modern illustrations for his only children’s book
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A glorious read: Jeanette Winterson on reading, writing, and the...
A glorious read: Jeanette Winterson on reading, writing, and the role of art in our everyday lives
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7 illustrated life-learnings from 7 years of reading, writing,...
7 illustrated life-learnings from 7 years of reading, writing, and living
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