Former President Joe Biden last night: "In over 50 years of elected public life, this is the worst I've seen. Truth be told, our democracy is at stake... America should be a place not of extremism and fury, but of decency and grace. Our democracy is worth fighting like hell for."

BREAKING 🔴 Last night, Hamas handed over what it claimed were the remains of a hostage. The remains were identified as Ofir Tzarfati, whose body the IDF had already recovered nearly two years ago, shortly after he was taken hostage. Hamas kept parts of Ofir’s body and returned

🇬🇷🌿🌸 Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, «Άσμα ηρωϊκό και πένθιμο για τον χαμένο ανθυπολοχαγό της Αλβανίας» (2) ____ #lex_poetry #28οκτωβρίου

Αλήθεια, γιατί δίνει «άφεση αμαρτιών» ο Μπέννυ στις ραδιουργίες Τσίπρα; Αν προλειαίνουν συνεργασία, θα είναι το πιο βαρύγδουπο χαρακίρι της πολιτικής για το πασοκ ως ιστορικό κόμμα κ θα το αποτελειώσει. #katana #samurai

« Au fond de moi, je me sentais Un peu coupable Je regardais le bleu du ciel Et j'étais bien. » 🎨 Giotto

This morning, the Russian army struck a children’s hospital in Kherson. They could not have been unaware of where they were striking. This was a deliberate Russian attack specifically against children, against medical personnel, against basic guarantees of life in the community.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

This was painted in the 1420/1430s in a workshop in Bruges. The level of detail was very much unmatched and Jan van Eyck truly was one of the greatest painters ever.

No matter where you stand on what he’s doing with tariffs or deportations or anything else, we can ALL agree that Donald J. Trump is an utterly horrible human being. He is the absolute worst of us.👇

The Italian rhythmic gymnast, Sofia Raffaeli, dances; she is definitely not from this world.

🚨 Trump’s Surgeon General nominee is facing her Senate hearing today and she has no medical license and never completed a residency. You can’t make this up. The Surgeon General… who’s never practiced medicine.

Terracotta bust of Persephone with a wreath of pomegranates on her hair, symbolic of the 6 seeds she ate from the fruit of the dead while in the Underworld. Thus, Hades binds Persephone for 6 months until her cyclical return to earth in spring-3rd c. BC from Alexandria, Egypt.

It was absolutely incredible to have the honor of giving the “Mendel Lecture” at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno, where Mendel lived and worked. While Mendel is the greatest hero of genetics, the lessons from his story were never learned. Back then, it took almost 40 years for his

in one pompeian thermopolium excavated in 2020, the counter’s jars still held the day’s menu: duck bone, pork, goat, fish and land snails. at the bottom of the wine jar were ground fava beans used to lighten the colour and tweak the taste; and on the counter frame someone

Blau Wassily Kandinsky.

Art of Vincent van Gogh

Tik Tok! Stay away from windows!

#Ιταλία: Στην #Ελλάδα το «Βραβείο Παλμίρα» για την καλύτερη αρχαιολογική ανακάλυψη του 2024 -«Εξαιρετική ανασκαφή», λέει η Μενδώνη iefimerida.gr/politismos/ita…

🤔 Interesting! Empirically, I would agree.

Στα πανηγυριώτικα είμαστε καλοί! 😜 Πάντως το χαλλούμι ως εθνικό τυρί, με τα μαχαιροπήρουνα, τρώγεται καλύτερα (κυριολεκτικά κ μεταφορικά)🤔