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The Irish Times

Red poets society: The Stasi Poetry Circle’s battle for hearts and rhymes

4 min · 2022-02-12 · The weird and wonderful world of East Germany’s Working Circle of Writing Chekists · Shared by 133, including Alyssa C, Essaadi, Ines Bieler
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Creative writing classes at the workplace were a common feature of East German life, in keeping with the regime’s pronounced intention to steel the brain and hand of its workers with equal vigour.
Brain Pickings

How to Find Your Voice: Nick Cave on Creativity

4 min · 2022-01-20 · “Your imagination… is mostly an accidental dance between collected memory and influence… a construction that awaits spiritual ignition.” · Shared by 566, including Simon C, Stephanie A Kowalski, Gabriele, Charles Duhigg, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Alyssa C, Richard MacManus, LARRY ELKAN
creativity
howto
words
people
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Nothing is original because everything is an influence; everything is original because no influence makes its way into our art untransmuted by our imagination
CBC News

She saved 200,000 books from the landfill, and hopes to find them all a home

2022-01-17 · Myriam Gaudet gives a new lease on life to books that aren't flying off the shelves at local thrift stores, but her success in amassing a wealth of literature has posed a problem: how to store all these books until the right buyer comes along. · Shared by 14, including Alyssa C
The Atlantic

Photos: Cicada Summer Is Here

6 min · From 2021 · In parts of the eastern, central, and southern United States, trillions of Brood X cicadas are now emerging. · Shared by 20, including Alyssa C
photography
Brain Pickings

Schopenhauer on the Power of Music

4 min · From 2017 · “The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.” · Shared by 18, including Alyssa C
music
creativity
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Music expresses in an exceedingly universal language, in a homogeneous material, that is, in mere tones, and with the greatest distinctness and truth, the inner being, the in-itself, of the world, which we think of under the concept of will, according to its most distinct manifestation.
Los Angeles Times

Photos: An uncomfortable look at homelessness during the pandemic

2 min · From 2021 · The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue of homelessness in Southern California. We share images reminiscent of the Great Depression. · Shared by 22, including Alyssa C
society
poverty
inequality
The New York Times

Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000

6 min · From 2021 · A fast-growing market for digital art, ephemera and media is marrying the world’s taste for collectibles with cutting-edge technology. · Shared by 491, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Jamie Burke ⛺️, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻‍♂️, Cade Metz, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Phillip Murphy, Sam Proud, Gabriele, Cliff Bleszinski, Neeraj K Agrawal, Tyler Winklevoss, Christian Hartmann, Paul Bloom, Scott Monty, Alyssa C, Maggie Koerth, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
technology
art
culture
nft
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But true believers remind people that most big things in tech — from Facebook and Airbnb to the internet itself and mobile phones — often start out looking like toys.
Open Culture

“The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken”: The 1927 Solvay Council Conference, Featuring Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger & More

3 min · From 2021 · A curious thing happened at the end of the 19th century and the dawning of the 20th. As European and American industries became increasingly confident in their methods of invention and production,… · Shared by 151, including Carla Gentry 🎶, Alyssa C
science
history
photography
youtube.com

Google Maps Hacks by Simon Weckert

From 2020 · 99 smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red ... · Shared by 188, including Sylvie Reinhard, Antonio Vieira Santos, Dr. Alec Couros, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, hernannadal, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ethan Marcotte, Mark Kaigwa, Jörgen Camrath, Dan Ariely, Anthony Hamelle, Geeks are Sexy, Fabrizio Bianchi, CyberCodeTwins, Kenneth Kalmer, jennifer daniel, Tregg 🤘, Mathew Ingram, Scott Murray
berlin
google maps
My Modern Met

Whale Shark With Over 50 Fish in Its Mouth Wins Underwater Photo Contest

7 min · From 2020 · This incredible photo tops an impressive selection of the best scuba diving photography from around the world. · Shared by 23, including Alyssa C, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
photography
photos
scribendi.com

The 30 Best Writing Websites of 2020

6 min · From 2020 · Written by Scribendi Updated in Feburary 2020 to reflect the best writing websites currently online. Every writer needs a toolbox. A writer's toolbox is filled with gadgets and gizmos that help a… · Shared by 81, including Katja Evertz, Alyssa C, Jochen Burkhard, Anita Leirfall, Stephanie A Kowalski, Neil Hart 💙
writing
The Guardian

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

3 min · From 2018 · Some of the finalists in this year’s competition, sponsored by the Born Free Foundation and designed to raise awareness of the natural world · Shared by 37, including Raul Krauthausen, Alyssa C, Philippe, Bilal Aslam, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
photography
animals
The Guardian

Wildlife photographer of the year 2020 winners

14+ min · From 2020 · Sergey Gorshkov’s image of an Amur Tiger hugging an ancient Mancurian fir tree has won the prestigious wildlife photographer of the year 2020 award. The intimate moment, in which the tigress is… · Shared by 52, including Alyssa C, Damian Carrington, Fern, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, John Freeman
photography
wildlife
WIRED

Publishers Worry as Ebooks Fly off Libraries' Virtual Shelves

3 min · From 2020 · Checkouts of digital books from a popular service are up 52 percent since March. Publishers say their easy availability hurts sales. · Shared by 97, including Nicolas Babin, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Alyssa C, Marsha Collier, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Gutly Myrat, Mathew Ingram, Backchannel
books
The Wall Street Journal

It’s a Jungle Out There

From 2016 · Paul Theroux’s ‘The Mosquito Coast’ follows a character’s ill-fated attempt to build a microcosm of a better civilization. · Shared by 8, including Alyssa C, Paul Theroux
The Guardian

Drone Awards 2020: the world seen from above

10 min · From 2020 · The winners of the international awards dedicated to aerial photography have been announced. Here we showcase a selection of the shots that will be on display in Siena Awards Festival in Italy from 24… · Shared by 220, including Christian Surchi, Simon C, Esther Schindler, Dr Jim Walsh, Matteo Furia, Alyssa C
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