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New York Today

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And Never Mind What Time It Is

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A Magical Chuvash Horse from the "Winter Life" Series by the Artist Ivan Mikhailov, 2011, Cheboksary

Screenshot of an encyclopedia article on Ivan Vladimirovich Basov: a photo of a bearded, short-haired man in a checked shirt on the right, biographical text on the left.

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Screenshot of an article on Ivan Basov, inventor in the field of data storage systems

NB! · Observations · Society · Humour

I am trying to work out whether this is the same Ivan Bassov who in 1993 was battling "dogmatic teaching of Marxist-Leninist theory" at the Faculty of Radio Electronics and Informatics in Rybinsk, and who in 2025 is holding forth in Israel on why the Pale

I am trying to work out whether this is the same Ivan Bassov who in 1993 was battling "dogmatic teaching of Marxist-Leninist theory" at the Faculty of Radio Electronics and Informatics in Rybinsk, and who in 2025 is holding forth in Israel on why the Palestinians killed

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“Thumbelina and the Beetle”, a papier-mâché Christmas tree decoration, 1900s–1910s

NB! · Architecture · Faith · Art · Paris

The sculptures "Angel with a Censer" and "Angel with an Incense Boat", created in 1840 by Antonin Moine for the Church of the Madeleine in Paris

NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Observations · Mores

Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra play with inflatable toys on the grass under the supervision of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at their residence, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire, in October 1940

Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra play with inflatable toys on the grass under the supervision of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at their residence, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire, in October 1940. I have never before seen inflatable figures used for play away from the water

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Another good year lived happily, and for that I am grateful

NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations

For New Year cheer I am, for the moment, relying on a bauble bearing a sketch of a space object by Rostan Tavasiev, from the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

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Psst, how many days to New Year?

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