Ha, good question! (To which I don't know the answer.)

Desperate attempt at time travel:

"In 1966 Hockney travelled to Beirut in search of the kind of atmosphere he imagined Alexandria would have had at the time when Cavafy was writing there."

(Link in quoted post)

That's sad, and also embarrassing (and even more sad) because we know it's not an exception.

Print in black on white paper of a a sketch-like drawing. Cavafy's face in the lower left corner, facing us. Behind him, like symbols of a southern city, houses with flat roofs, arches, and palm trees.

DAVID HOCKNEY
(*1937 in Bradford)

Cavafy II, 1966

"The Alexandria-born Greek Cavafy, whom he discovered in 1960, was one of his favourite poets."

(collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O158984...)

Two very important points: "AI" doesn't do what is advertised AND one wonders about the state the people are in who, in fact, want "AI" to take all these joys away. It's frightening, and I really mean it: I'm afraid of these people.

It is! I skim read the article and this was the phrase that stuck with me although there are many other thoughts that would be "worth" emphasizing.

Imagine the inner void if you were in a museum with no curiosity, no desire to stay for a while? This is sold as normal by these freaks.

"Imagine being offered the Louvre, I thought when I read the post, without the desire to linger."

I didn't know about this collaboration AT ALL! Thank you for adding it!

I like sketches and drawings a lot! I was raised with the rule to always "finish" everything, so no room for exercise and practice, it still haunts me.

Thank you for sharing it!

Yehudi Menuhin, (1916~1999) Violin,
Sir Edward Elgar Conductor,
The London Symphony Orchestra.

Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61.

Recorded on July 14-15, 1932
at Abbey Road Studio 1, London.

#MusicSky

youtu.be/1NaXRBrpjZ0?...

Dit is Berlin, wa?

One could write a "History of Germany in 100 Institutions" (basic idea nicked from MacGregor, inst. instead of objects) and the ghastly Humboldt Forum would be the cherry on top, the all encompassing allegory for what's wrong with this country at the moment. (moment broadly understood)

Several drawings in black on beige paper showing St. Peter's in Rome, with umbrella pines and without.

View of St. Peter's, Rome, 1843

Thank you!! I guess there must be a fascinating story behind this omission!

It's really strange, isn't it?

How quiet and peaceful this looks! Such a beautiful view, I'd love to go there, I can imagine how being there restores inner harmony. (Or maybe I'm just projecting because I lack inner harmony...)

Rachel Marsil - Works Works by Rachel Marsil: Sans titre, 2025 , Sans Titre, 2025 , Coquillage (Tibia Fusus), 2025 , La blouse fleurie, 2025 , En attendant que les mangues soient mûres, 2024 , Devant la mer agitée, deux so...

... whose ideas and style immediately spoke to me. The short film on instagram (one doesn't need an account to watch it, I don't have one either) focuses on her paintings but also shows some of her sculptures in the end.

More artworks of hers here:

PROJET𝘚 on Instagram: "As part of the portrait series initiated by PROJETS media (@projets.media) and DOCENT (@docent_art), Rachel Marsil (@rachel.marsil) opens the doors of her Paris studio, where pa... 1,719 likes, 72 comments - projets.media on November 11, 2025: "As part of the portrait series initiated by PROJETS media (@projets.media) and DOCENT (@docent_art), Rachel Marsil (@rachel.marsil) open...

Although I work from home I never manage to do anything creative or productive in my breaks. When I desert my desk I find it difficult to re-enter the focused atmosphere I need for efficiently working my way through a text. So I stay at my desk and "discover" artists. Now I found Rachel Marsil ...

Surprising, yes. I'd also expect "idea" featuring in the table of contents: plato.stanford.edu/contents.htm...

Ich glaube, Paolo Berizzis Buch "Il ritorno della bestia" wäre ein gutes Beispiel dafür, was Sie schreiben: Indem er der Meloniregierung durch seinen Faschismusvorwurf ein "ähnliches Projekt" unterstellt, wie Sie es nennen, bekommen seine Aussagen mehr Gewicht. (Kann das Buch sehr empfehlen!)

On Germany’s strange love for Jews, with Lauren Oyler for @blnreview.bsky.social Airlift Podcast. Full conversation also on youtube: youtu.be/qP3GLRPRApg?...

An excellent interview has just appeared on @philosophybites.bsky.social with my HoPWaG co-author Chike Jeffers (@chikej.bsky.social) on Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois:

philosophybites.com/podcast/chik...

#philsky #philosophy #podcasts #africana

J'ai lu "L'Iliade sent le rance ..." et j'ai pensé à une nouvelle voie d'interprétation.

Thank you for sharing it all!

Sorry for the filter😅, this was originally an IG story that was made into a post by request! YouTube video by csapunch

BEST anecdote on why students need textbooks in addition to info and notes trapped in Google Classroom and Chrome books.

Her daughter was confused and she saw why.

Mom printed everything out and something clicked. Her daughter started highlighting, circling, doing calculations in margins. #EdTech

Someone calls the generation of Danish students educated on digital platforms in the classroom as "the lost generation" in the video.

Yet the U.S. is fully committed to this to effectively eradicate critical thinking of future generations.

The students need books. #EdTech #Pedagogy

Great news, but isn't it frightening to see to what extent scientific knowledge is just thrown out the window when it suits certain decisionmakers?

It isn't buut the way many newspapers report on these cases leads one to believe in "exceptions". I don't know what the name of this journalistic malpractice is but there surely exists a term for it.

Albert Marquet
French,(1875-1947)
Marché à Saint-Tropez, la Place aux Herbes
1905
Oil on canvas
Private collection