A roseate spoonbill in flight with broad pink wings, a long bill and dark legs against a blurred green background.

NB! · Observations · Nature

The roseate spoonbill, an ibis family bird of North, Central and South America

Good Lord, what a beautiful bird! The roseate spoonbill, of the ibis family, is found in South America, Central America and the south of North America

Faith · Art

The symbolism of the cherry in the Christ Child's hand in a work by Jacobello da Messina

Madonna and Child, Jacobello da Messina, 1470s. In his left hand the Christ Child holds a cherry, which carries an apocryphal meaning as one of the symbols of the infant Christ, and also of joy, virtue, meekness and the tender love between mother and child. Cherries often appear in the

Art · People

Stalinosaurus, 1988

Andrey Kinsbursky (born 1952)

Books · Monarchies · Observations · Science

Samovlastye in Dahl's dictionary and samovlastnost as an equivalent of Bataille's souveraineté

Ivan the Terrible Ruled as an Autocrat, Now Wisely and Sagely, Now Recklessly and Cruelly. Autocracy (samovlastye), according to V.I. Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary, is unlimited power, strength, will, or the right of disposal, constrained by nothing, felt and perceived as a right or a quality. The word

Archive · Paris · People

Vincent van Gogh's funeral on 30 July 1890 and the brothers' graves at Auvers-sur-Oise

The graves of the brothers Vincent and Theo van Gogh in the municipal cemetery at Auvers-sur-Oise, 30 km from Paris. Vincent van Gogh was buried here on 30 July 1890, the day after his death. The local newspaper ran the following notice: “On Sunday, 27 July, a certain

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Hernán Cortés as Rendered by the Contemporary American Digital Artist Craig Mullins

Stone sculpture of Mary Magdalene with long flowing hair and hands joined in prayer, against a dark background.

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Sculpture of Mary Magdalene, 1311–1313, from the west portal of Notre-Dame Church in Écouis

Stone sculpture of Mary Magdalene from the church of Notre-Dame in Écouis, made between 1311 and 1313. The sculpture adorned the west portal

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The Archangel Gabriel from the "Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence"

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Incidentally, Trump is rather like Mussolini

NB! · Cinema

Stills from the 1940 film The Mark of Zorro

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In essence, ChatGPT and Tom Riddle's diary are phenomena of one and the same demonic nature

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Alexandr Radayev