Astronomical Odds: How Cosmic Collisions Force Scientists to Think Like Gamblers Milky Way residents caught a lucky break this week as astronomers downgraded the chances of a collision with nearby Andromeda to about an even-money proposition. Earlier studies had concluded that the...

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U.S. born citizen and immigration attorney is directed by government to leave the country.

Full story at NBC 10 Boston.

an invitation to a ceramics exhibition in Lasalle, Québec, vernissage on May 3rd

We’re strongest when we’re united. So we must protect the things that bring us together — like CBC/Radio-Canada.

Poilievre back door to Trump
#ElbowsUp
Vote wisely #Canada

Unfortunately, Canadians such as me will not be attending NCECA this year for obvious reasons

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.

Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”

Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”

Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

The corporatocracy at work.

Works as advertised

Map of the Gulf of Mexico, the islands, and countries adjacent : for the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. In upper right margin: Vol. 1. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A 1784 map from
The Library of Congress:

www.loc.gov/item/2010593...

showing the Gulf of Mexico

Terracotta "basket vase" | Helladic, Mycenaean | Late Helladic IIIA | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Excavated from a tomb in Rhodes (“Collection … de E.G.”, 1904, p. 8, no. 47)<br/><br/> Between 1891 and 1894, excavated from a tomb in Rhodes; [until 1904, with Edouard Geladakis, Paris]; [May 1904, p...

Montreal just recently received over 70 pms of snow, so we're all working from home today. Instead of heading out to the studio, I'm browsing around at the Metropolitan Museum:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

This afternoon, my son's family's dog died surrounded by her people. This is one of my favourite photos of Daisy and my grandson, August 2024

From the Boston Globe? I’d like to check the source before reposting

This disparaging expression was used by Voltaire (1694–1778) in his novel Candide (1759) to ridicule the war between England and France for Canada...In his various writings, he mutliplied his sarcasm about Canada, remarking on its cold temperature, its wild beasts, and its waste of public money.

This disparaging expression was used by Voltaire (1694–1778) in his novel Candide (1759) to ridicule the war between England and France for Canada. He was a steadfast opponent of colonial ventures in Canada, preferring the consolidation of Louisiana, which had for him more value. In his various writings, he mutliplied his sarcasm about Canada, remarking on its cold temperature, its wild beasts, and its waste of public money.

"Quelques arpents de neige"

The Big Snit This wonderful wacky animation film looks at two simultaneous conflicts, a macrocosm of global nuclear war and a microcosm of a domestic quarrel, and how each conflict is …

This seems timely: www.nfb.ca/film/big_snit/

Hitomi and Takuro are thrilled to be teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School this July! This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment. Our session, Wild Clay: Process and Place, will explore working with raw clays and Japanese style pottery making. It’s a hands-on, immersive experience perfect for artists eager to refine their skills and connect with tradition. The application deadline is February 15th—don’t miss this opportunity! We’d love to see you there and work together this summer. John C Campbell Fork School @johnccampbellfolkschool Hitomi @studiotouya @hitomishibataceramics Takuro @takuroshibataceramics #AppalachianCraft #MentorshipProgram #CraftEducation #JohnCCampbellFolkSchool #TraditionalCraft #folkschooltoday #jccfs

Hitomi and Takuro are thrilled to be teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School this July!

This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment.

The application deadline is February 15th.

Lebensraum | Meaning, Policy, Ratzel, & Significance | Britannica Lebensraum, policy of Nazi Germany that involved expanding German territories to the east to provide land and material resources for the German people, while driving out Jewish and Slavic people. The ...

www.britannica.com/topic/Lebens...

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Wishing you a happy, healthy and productive Black history month !

I’ve added you to the starter pack which is called Goregama and other wood kilns… Hello!

The expansion of my library of raw materials - Internation Academy of Ceramics presentation YouTube video by Amélie Proulx

-- The expansion of my library of raw materials --
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

I think I have more to say about my posts here than I did on IG and FB and often have to continue in the comments. I think it’s because I am more aware of the context in which we’re all posting

More than traditionally functional

So many people have participated in racist conspiracy thinking when the actual conspiracy has been happening in plain sight.

… even if the current administration in the US is trying to cancel it