The Smoker 1626 Joos van Craesbeek

A masterpiece of Renaissance goldsmiths' work, Wheellock Pistol-Sword, France.

In Paris, I discussed the Japanese Taizō maṇḍala 胎藏曼荼羅, which was brought to Japan from China around 806. The original Indian maṇḍala perhaps was titled something like Garbhakośa (although other reconstructions are proposed, e.g., Garbhodaya). The Tibetans also received

Life hack: your hobby and your job must never be the same.

cs used to be a cheat code… high pay, low overhead, tight feedback loops. now the baseline is commoditized & the bar for differentiation moved up stack, toward taste, product sense, compounding execution, actual leverage.

A cynical response would be: Japanese with serious problems are invisible. They either stay at home or spend their time working. Almost impossible to meet such characters as outsider. 😕

Burg Eltz. (The place is even haunted by a *cute* damsel!)

It would be the sole fault of 民主進步黨 Democratic Progressive Party if their confrontation with the Mainland led to a bloodbath. President Ma (中國國民黨 KMT) was arguably correct in his assessment of the situation.

Did Greta get a nose job?! 😐

'Night and Day' Ceiling of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran 🩵🧡 Completed in 1619 during the reign of Shah Abbas the great. 📷: satrapi.iran | IG

Once again: A bunch of Chinese-made toys just destroyed a third of Russia's nuclear bombers. War has changed, and anyone who's not an idiot will be scared as hell.

Ukraine: bays loudly for the Taurus. Sounds almost like they are out of options. Also Ukraine: somehow pulls off the single most devastating strike on enemy air power I’ve ever seen with nothing but FPVs onna truck. Meticulously planned. Flawless execution. Even the most

A French film swept Japan in the '50s — and its impact on Japanese animation was immense. Among its fans were Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and their co-workers at Toei Doga. We explore how they saw it, why they loved it and what they learned: ─➤animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-french-f…

What ever happened to the NFT ape bros? Are they still around?

Fascinating. “Crash-out” meaning “hysterical breakdown” is a new emerging linguistic item!

People dying within the next ten years must feel rather peeved, eh?

I feel like Chinese parent-kid emotional bond is quite low. Chinese parents CARE a lot about their children on a rational level, but emotionally speaking, you don't get the feeling that they LOVE them as much. Which is probably why tiger parenting is an Asian trademark. And I

For you post-Internet & smartphone kids, how do you imagine the pre-2000 world without mass online access was like?

I hate Banksy so much bros. This is well deserved