Trump: "We destroyed everything, absolutely everything in Iran." Macron:"Yes, six months ago we were told everything was destroyed and leveled. Do you think we’re fools again? Trump is neither elegant nor at the required level." 😂😂

Trump is so idiotic it is beyond description even for the guy who wrote PET SEMATARY and MISERY. I can’t even.

According to Strauss, the reason Socrates refused to sleep with Alcibiades, the great Athenian statesman, on whose initiative the Athenian navy undertook the disastrous Sicilian expedition that led to its sinking and thus to the ultimate defeat of Athens by Sparta in the

Samanta Schweblin habla sobre el superpoder más grande que hay en la humanidad: la atención (El País).

Charlemagne's death shroud. Manufactured in Constantinople.

“if you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. give in to it.”

La Nuit étoilée Van Gogh - 1890

The Boat (Virgin with Corona) 1898 Odilon Redon.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Three Marys at the Tomb, 1876

Portrait of a Young Peasant - 1889 #artbots #vangogh

I love the latin phrase "solvitur ambulando" which translates to "it is solved by walking". I make sure to walk to 1-1.5 hours every day it sparks some of the best ideas in my head.

Angelus Novus, 1920 • Paul Klee •

Well yes. This is why one has to pass exams in German (and French, for that matter) at the beginning of Classics graduate study. Without access to vast bibliographies in those languages (Italian should be on the list, too), you’re flying blind.

To everyone asking why Iran is making LEGO videos… do you know the literacy rate in the United States???

"Miramos el mundo una sola vez, en la infancia. El resto es memoria". Louise Elisabeth Glück

Borges, sobre por qué nos cuesta levantarnos a la mañana

In 1905, Jo van Gogh-Bonger organized a retrospective of over 400 works at the Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam saw what Paris had missed—Van Gogh revealed not as tragedy, but as vision. #artbots #vangogh

Relieve en piedra del Imperio aqueménida en Persépolis: una mano sostiene una flor de loto, símbolo de paz, armonía y eternidad. Esta imágen refleja la estética serena y el orden simbólico del arte persa antiguo. #Iran

Academics are often accused of researching questions ordinary people don't care about. In this paper, I consider why they do that

Are universities building AI fluency… or just AI rules? Artificial intelligence is now part of everyday academic life. Students use it to explore ideas and draft text. Researchers use it to analyse data, summarise literature and assist writing. Universities use it in