“Brenning Ved Hanko,” 1890, by Hans Gude. (Public domain)
Arts & Tradition
Art exploration for the young and young at heart
The New Year offers an apt opportunity to reflect upon life and work.
Life is full of refreshing cycles. Marked by a process of gradual growth and...
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How a Strange Grid Reveals Hidden Connections Between Simple Numbers
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | InterestingInteresting numbers problem. mrossol https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-a-strange-grid-reveals-hidden-connections-between-simple-numbers?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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This is not how civil wars start
January 15 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, InterestingUnHerd 1/12/2022
I moved recently to a remote part of Northern California, where in a couple weeks an election will decide whether or not allies of the local militia take control of the county government. It’s a fraught situation, in a part of the country that’s often described by journalists, myself included, as being on the verge of...
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Why You Should Re-Read Paradise Lost
January 10 | Posted by mrossol | Education, Interesting, LiteratureMilton’s Paradise Lost is rarely read today. But this epic poem, at over 350 years old, remains a work of unparalleled imaginative genius that shapes English literature even now. In more than 10,000 lines of blank verse, it tells the story of the war for heaven and of man’s expulsion from Eden. Its dozen sections are an ambitious attempt to comprehend... Read more
Astronomers Discover Massive Planet 10 Times Bigger Than Jupiter
December 10 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, ScienceThe Epoch Times and Nature, 12/9/2021 By Katabella Roberts
A group of astronomers has discovered one of the biggest planets ever found orbiting a massive and extremely hot two-star system, despite previously believing that such an environment was too inhospitable for a planet to form in.
The planet was discovered by Markus Janson, a professor of astronomy at Stockholm University, and colleagues, according to research published...
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