Cinema · Observations · Society · Pop Culture
It is good that the chief villains of Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Tom Felton, in fact support J. K. Rowling, refusing to join the pile-on against her and openly showing their gratitude to this woman. Remember the interesting observation J. K. Rowling once made about
Faith · Art · Society
Live with that Illustration: “Civil War. Decossackisation”, Dmitry Shmarin, 2000
Observations · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
The United States has stopped minting the penny, that is, the copper one-cent coin. A vast country, a great economy, space-age technology, and yet things did not work out with one small piece of copper. They counted, they reckoned, and they discovered that producing a one-cent coin
Moscow · Museums · Observations · Society
I know the news is stale, and that everyone has spent the past week and a half in embarrassment and has even stopped talking about it. But since I was away travelling for a long time and did not follow events closely, I am doubly unhappy about this innovation. Though,
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Patriarch Kirill on Orthodox anime:. …a few words on church art as an instrument of the Orthodox mission. Church art, in its most varied forms, has always been a vital component of our national culture. Of late, a new and highly ambiguous style of icon painting has gained currency, in
NB! · Faith · Observations · Heritage · Society
Non-stop vandalism in churches, cemeteries, squares and memorials across Europe. But the most frightening thing is that this is only the beginning
Books · Science · Society
Vast masses of people, who have never in the history of mankind been so susceptible to hypnotic suggestion as they are now, have become puppets of "public opinion", manipulated by newspapers that serve, of course, whatever actual power prevails. What is printed in the morning editions of the
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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
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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
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