Observations · Mores
I was talking to a friend of mine, who is 92 and was recently moved from intensive care to a palliative ward, from which he emerged alive by some miracle. No one believed in it any longer. A colonel, a highly educated and active man, he said these words: "
Art · Books · Mores
They would often make the slaves drink wine until they were insensible, and lead them out in that state into public places, to show the young men what a hideous spectacle a man presents who has lost his reason to wine. They also made them dance indecent dances and sing
Observations · Education · Society
Since 1980, California has built 22 prisons and 1 university. In fact, three more colleges have opened in that time. Do you think this is a case where correlation points to causation, or not? After all, it is quite possible that the number of criminals in California has grown since
Art
Keep Calm, It's a Day Off. “Sleep”, a sculpture by the contemporary American artist Kristina Botwell
Books · Observations
I ran into a problem: my Kindle has stopped opening books of any kind. Apparently, many people have encountered it. Some managed to restore everything by resetting the device to factory settings, others blame trouble with Amazon's servers. I, for my part, once again thanked God for my
Books · Observations · Science · People
When it comes to the process of self-cognition carried out by absolute thought in the person of man, it is language that turns out to be the privileged form of outward manifestation in which this process both begins and ends. It is in language that thought finally returns to
Observations · Science · Society
Yet another strange use of AI. For some reason, the Academia website has begun automatically generating podcasts from the articles uploaded to its system. Naturally, all users are already aware of the far from sensible policy of this resource, but now, on top of the extortion, we are to have
Faith · Art · Books · Saint Petersburg
I love beneath the vaults a grey-haired quiet, the wandering of requiems and memorial services, and the moving rite to which all are bound: the funeral service at St Isaac's. I love the priest's unhurried step, The broad bearing-out of the winding-sheet, And
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NB! · Monarchies · Society · Paris · Pop Culture
One of the scandalous dolls of the beheaded Marie Antoinette is up for sale in Paris. The disgrace of the Olympic Games opening ceremony that cannot be forgotten
Observations · Heritage · Society · Paris · Humour
Macron posted an amusing video yesterday in which he chats over FaceTime with a representative of some tribe, apparently answerable to France, and takes into consideration a certain demand of the elder. I did not go into the details; the video, after all, was not recorded for that, but for