Category: words

  • thegetty: With a few strokes of a brush, the fear of isolation and desperate fragility of us aging mortals overtakes the page. He Can No Longer at the Age of 98, about 1819-1823, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes. J. Paul Getty Museum.

  • seedtoshirt: Medellín, Colombia – I don’t think I’m in Bangladesh anymore. Que Bonita, Medellín! And welcome back to the states, Team Bangla! (@joshabla/NPR)

  • techartgeek: Splinter Dad! Playing around with the idea of Splinter being a dad to much younger turtles. Single Dad four kids.

  • alexainslie: How to Choose Colours Procedurally

  • othergeeks: In the academic world Dover Publications is widely known for publishing standard texts in mathematics. To me they’re known for publishing books with the best cover designs around, which truly make them stand out among the boring rest.

  • seedtoshirt: Somewhere over DC – Home skies never looked so fine. Safe travels to Columbia Josh! Cheers, k (@kainazamaria/NPR) Colombia, not Columbia

  • seedtoshirt: JFK Airport, NYC – Off to see the women’s t-shirt this week. Next stop, Medellín! (@joshabla/NPR)

  • There were lots of places in the United States that offered free education until the ’70s. It was once nationally mandated to think of higher education as a public good—that it was simply good for democracy. Now, education is a piece of private advantage you purchase in the big competition for jobs. Look at President…

  • our term (ten week quarters) begins monday. lots of post queued up with students in mind will begin to appear in this stream. caveat emptor.