The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander, who was born in the third year of the 42nd Olympiad, or 610 BC, and who lived until c. 546 BC, was a polymath, lending his prodigious talents to the realms of pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, cosmology, and politics.
A few social commentators saw teddy bears as ominous: They feared that some girls’ preference for soft animals over humanlike dolls would become all-consuming, replacing the female urge to nurture babies—and eventually lead to childless marriages.
A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to explore Claterna, a bygone city described by officials as a “magical place” holding relics dating back 2,000 years.
So let’s imagine a DS9 sequel series or TV movie is green lit and you’re the producer. Does Jadzia come back? If so how? Or does Terry Farrell come back in some other way? Or is she not in it at all?
Alchemy is one of Jackson Pollock’s earliest poured paintings, executed in the revolutionary technique that constituted his most significant contribution to twentieth-century art. After long deliberation before the empty canvas, he used his entire body in a picture-making process that can be described as drawing in paint. By pouring streams of commercial paint onto the canvas from a can with the aid of a stick, Pollock made obsolete the conventions and tools of traditional easel painting. Surrealist notions of chance and automatism are given full expression in Pollock’s classic poured paintings, in which line no longer serves to describe shape or enclose form, but exists as an autonomous event, charting the movements of the artist’s body. As the line thins and thickens it speeds and slows, its appearance modified by chance behavior of the medium such as bleeding, pooling, or blistering.
When Alchemy is viewed from a distance, its large scale and even emphasis encourage the viewer to experience the painting as an environment. The textured surface is like a wall on which primitive signs are inscribed with white pigment squeezed directly from the tube. Interpretations of these markings have frequently relied on the title Alchemy; however, this was assigned not by Pollock, but by Ralph Manheim and his wife, neighbors of the Pollocks in East Hampton.
I’ve always liked old Jack the Dripper from the first time I ever saw his work when my elementary school teacher showed me black and white pictures of his art from one of her art books. He’s definitely not the best human being but I’ve always really responded to his art.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.
People can have self control. It’s possible through nothing more than willpower to choose to eat less and just do it. Just like how there are people who choose to stop drinking alcohol. They chose to be sober and then they worked at being sober. Some people get help with support groups but there are a lot of sober people who just chose to stop drinking. People can infact choose to eat less. I’m not saying it isn’t hard but it is possible. No one can choose to have a house through willpower alone.
You can downvote me all you want. It doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Because I think it’s so incredibly weird how every little imperfection now needs the pharmaceutical industry to sell you a pill to fix it. Medicine is one thing. Antipsychotics, schizophrenia, ADHD medications, etc. there are plenty of things that require medication. But weight loss? Come on. Unless you have some diagnosed underlying condition, which I imagine is rather rare, then you don’t need a pill to lose weight. You are capable of doing on your own.
I believe yes. I think it’s hard but I think you can. Weight loss drugs, liposuction, stomach stapling, etc none of those methods helps someone learn to control their cravings or redirect their cravings. We live in a world of excess. There’s food everywhere you turn. It’s like a recovering alcoholic. He or she needs to learn to live in a world where alcohol is omnipresent but they have chosen to not indulge their inner cravings. Someone can be craving horrible food and choose to eat salads without creamy dressing. You can choose to not drink sugary drinks. You can crave ice cream but choose to eat raw carrots instead. Is it as fun? No. But alcoholics walk by bars and liquor stores every single day and they choose to not indulge their cravings. It isn’t as fun but they do it regardless.
The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called “The Boxer at Rest” from 330-50 BC is one of the most realistic of all ancient Greek sculptures and also the most touching and emotive works of art from that period, reminding us that the pain and difficulties of human life are universal and beyond the bounds of time.
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
Fountain is a readymade sculpture by Marcel Duchamp in 1917, consisting of a porcelain urinal signed “R. Mutt”. In April 1917, an ordinary piece of plumbing chosen by Duchamp was submitted for an exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, the inaugural exhibition by the Society to be staged at the Grand Central Palace in New York. When explaining the purpose of his readymade sculpture, Duchamp stated they are “everyday objects raised to the dignity of a work of art by the artist’s act of choice.”
Hackers have reportedly found a way to use the Google Calendar as command & control (C2) infrastructure which could create quite a few headaches in the cybersecurity community.
First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander (greekreporter.com)
The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander, who was born in the third year of the 42nd Olympiad, or 610 BC, and who lived until c. 546 BC, was a polymath, lending his prodigious talents to the realms of pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, cosmology, and politics.
The Teddy Bear Was Once Seen as a Dangerous Influence on Young Children (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Inspired by a moment of empathy from President Theodore Roosevelt, the huggable toy had a rocky start before it became the stuff of legend
18+ The Death of Messalina (upload.wikimedia.org)
Fernand Lematte (1850 - 1929)...
3,000 ancient coins and gems unearthed at Italy's "Pompeii of the north" — with only 10% of the site searched so far (www.cbsnews.com)
A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to explore Claterna, a bygone city described by officials as a “magical place” holding relics dating back 2,000 years.
Nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than $19 a day (www.illinoispolicy.org)
Living on less than half of the federal poverty level is considered “deep poverty.” That describes 53% of impoverished Chicagoans.
Happy Birthday Terry Farrell (i.imgur.com)
To the Trill with the license to thrill, happy 60th birthday!
Nan Hudson Playing Patience at Auppegard, France (d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net)
Ethel Sands (1873–1962)...
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis to the Public for the First Time (www.artnews.com)
For the first time, the Vatican is allowing the public to enter a necropolis....
Le Messager (The Messenger) (media.tate.org.uk)
Wolfgang Paalen 1905–1959...
A New Immersive Experience in Dublin Invites Visitors to Step Into the Pages of a Storied Medieval Book (news.artnet.com)
360-degree projections will tell the story of the Book of Kells, a 9th-century illuminated manuscript.
Alchemy (www.jackson-pollock.org)
Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)...
A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq (news.artnet.com)
The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.
'Monkstone Point from Saundersfoot' watercolour by Naomi Tydeman (lemmy.ml)
Found here
Christian photographer wins right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ couples (www.lgbtqnation.com)
His win is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s decision in a pivotal LGBTQ+ rights case.
Colorado funeral home owner, wife, arrested on charges linked to the handling of at least 190 bodies (apnews.com)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.
FDA approves new version of diabetes drug Mounjaro for weight loss (apnews.com)
A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday....
Gambino family Mafia crackdown: 16 arrests by New York feds and Italian authorities (www.cnbc.com)
Sixteen defendants were arrested in New York and Italy on charges related to Mafia activities, authorities said....
Sculpture of Ancient Greek Boxer Still Haunts Viewers Today (greekreporter.com)
The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called “The Boxer at Rest” from 330-50 BC is one of the most realistic of all ancient Greek sculptures and also the most touching and emotive works of art from that period, reminding us that the pain and difficulties of human life are universal and beyond the bounds of time.
A $10 billion battle is brewing over ownership rights to a 300-year-old sunken warship believed to hold the biggest maritime treasure ever (www.businessinsider.com)
A US salvage company is suing Colombia for half of a shipwreck’s estimated $20 billion treasure....
Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform (www.engadget.com)
The long fight to make Apple’s iMessage compatible with all devices has raged with little to show for it. But Google (de facto leader of the charge) and other mobile operators are now leveraging the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA), according to the Financial Times. The law, which goes into effect in 2024, requires...
Behind the Curtain: What AI architects fear most (in 2024) (www.axios.com)
Brace yourself: You will soon need to wonder if what you see — not just what you read — is real across every social media platform....
Elizabeth Hirschhorn moves out of Brentwood Airbnb after 570 rent-free days. She said she had a right to stay (news.yahoo.com)
Elizabeth Hirschhorn, the Brentwood tenant who did not pay rent for her luxury Airbnb rental for 570 days, moved out of the unit on Friday.
4 men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet titled ‘America,’ at Churchill’s birthplace (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
Even Google Calendar isn't safe from hackers any more (www.techradar.com)
Hackers have reportedly found a way to use the Google Calendar as command & control (C2) infrastructure which could create quite a few headaches in the cybersecurity community.
Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline (www.theguardian.com)
Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline