Category: General
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Il clima di Qom, sei mesi dopo la rivoluzione, nel quale si è svolta l’intervista
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in GeneralIl giorno in cui si autoproclamò capo supremo delle forze armate, una valanga di militari a riposo marciò con mezzi improvvisati sul Kurdistan per obbedire al suo ordine, cogliendo di sorpresa l’esercito. E’ stata una rivoluzione religiosa, non libertaria, ed è troppo prestoper dire se è fallita. Le donne non possono farsi pettinare da parrucchieri…
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L’intervista di Oriana Fallaci a Khomeini
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in GeneralDurante l’intervista esclusiva dell’inviata del Corriere, pubblicata il 26 settembre 1979, Fallaci si tolse il velo definendolo«cencio medievale» e parlò di«segregazione». «Il chador? Porta quell’abito chi ha fatto la rivoluzione», disse Khomeini. «Non sono persone eleganti e truccate come lei, in giro tutte scoperte con dietro un codazzo di uomini»
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Dune Genesis by Frank Herbert
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in GeneralThis essay was originally published in the July 1980 issue of Omni Magazine Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster. Do you want an absolute prediction? Then you want only today, and you reject tomorrow. You are the ultimate conservative. You are trying to…
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Elizabeth Kolbert: «La sesta estinzione è in corso»
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in Generalll suo nome, Elizabeth Kolbert, può non essere noto ai più, nonostante sia la firma di punta del prestigioso settimanale americano New Yorker in tema di ambiente e clima e abbia vinto anche il premio Pulitzer. Il suo libro La Sesta estinzione, però, è considerato oggi una delle pietre miliari in tema di cambiamento climatico e molto di più: uscito…
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Litany against Fear
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in General“I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.I will face my fear.I will permit it to pass over me and through me.And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
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Keith Jarrett and the Koln Concert
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in GeneralHow Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the Best-Selling Piano Album of All Time (1975) (Open Culture)
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Byrne’s Euclid
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in GeneralThe First Six Books ofThe Elements of EuclidWith Coloured Diagrams and Symbols A reproduction of Oliver Byrne’s celebrated work from 1847 plus interactive diagrams, cross references, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux
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Lilies & Roses Restored illustrations of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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in GeneralFrom Open Culture:Behold a Digital Restoration of 655 Plates of Roses & Lilies by Pierre-Joseph Redouté: The Greatest Botanical Illustrator of All Time Pierre-Joseph Redouté made his name by painting flowers, an achievement impossible without a meticulousness that exceeds all bounds of normality. He published his three-volume collection Les Roses and his eight-volume collection Les Liliacées between 1802 and 1824, and…
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Leaving Stripe
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in GeneralI did the thing you’re not supposed to do. I quit my job at Stripe without another lined up.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art – Open Access
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in GeneralNew York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is making all public domain works in its collection available online for both scholarly and commercial purposes, it announced today. The new Open Access policy also introduces partnerships between the museum and Creative Commons, Wikimedia, Artstor, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Art Resource, and Pinterest. https://www.metmuseum.org/policies/image-resourcesTo identify these images, look for the…
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The Human Rights concerts
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in GeneralThe “Human Rights Concerts” is the collective name of the series of concerts presented by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Amnesty International in the years 1986-1998. 2013 is the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – the Magna Carta of the human race that inspires Amnesty International.…
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Foundation universe – Wikipedia
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in GeneralThe foreword to Prelude to Foundation contains the chronological ordering of Asimov’s science fiction books. Asimov stated that the books of his Robot, Empire, and Foundation series “offer a kind of history of the future, which is, perhaps, not completely consistent, since I did not plan consistency, to begin with.” Asimov also noted that the books in his list “were not…
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An artist confronts photos of her father’s past lovers
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in GeneralLondon-based photographer Caroline Furneaux faced these questions after sifting through boxes of her father’s 35mm slides in the years following his sudden death in his 70s. She’d had a complex relationship with him, and felt as if his death in 2011 left things unresolved, she explained in a phone call. She let the archive sit for some…
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Come il riscaldamento climatico ha cambiato l’Italia
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in Generalè sparito il freddo, Roma mai più sotto zero, a Milano boom di notti tropicali. Quarant’anni di rilevazioni ora per ora: così il riscaldamento climatico ha cambiato il nostro Paese. I dati choc città per città, raccolti da ilMeteo.it per il Corriere. Rieti la peggiore (+4 gradi di aumento medio). Al Nord le giornate di…
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50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time
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in GeneralRolling Stone ranks the 50 best live albums ever, from Jimi Hendrix at Monterey to Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
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The 11 Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Cartoons
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in GeneralEleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons have been withheld from syndication since the nineteen-sixties due to their content.
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Barrett, footnote 2, or Why Mr. Smith should stay in Washington
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in GeneralAcross the history of Supreme Court opinions, some cases are known more for a footnote than for a holding. If the nation is lucky, Jack Smith will follow the cue in footnote 2 of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s concurrence in Trump v. United States, allowing us to forget the mess that is the rest of that…
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Cammino Retico
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in GeneralUn itinerario di sette giorni attraverso suggestivi paesaggi seguendo le tracce dell’antico popolo Retico.Il percorso attraversa altipiani, valli, e borghi montani, toccando luoghi storici come il santuario di San Vittore e Corona, il fiordo Feltrino del lago del Corlo e la città murata di Feltre.
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Da Milano a Lecco in bicicletta, pedalando tra la Martesana e l’Adda
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in Generaldue splendidi percorsi nel verde – la ciclabile della Martesana e la pista ciclabile dell’Adda – che rendono possibile arrivare da Milano a Lecco in bicicletta in un solo giorno
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Trekking da fare in estate e autunno: i dieci cammini più belli (e freschi) d’Italia
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in GeneralUna selezione di cammini da fare in Italia in estate e autunno, da Nord a Sud passando per il Centro Italia, tra montagne suggestive, valli estese, dolci colline o percorsi vista mare. Si possono percorrere a piedi (o in bicicletta) tutto l’anno, ma si consiglia di sceglierli tra settembre e ottobre per godere appieno di…