In a 1939 children’s book by Virginia Lee Burton. With light edit.

As I read about Putin’s ceasefire violations in Ukraine (no surprise), I think of the mid-morning prayer: “O Lord, save my soul from lying lips, from the tongue of the deceitful… I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for fighting.”

That is… impressive

Moi quand on demande de faire une matinale de radio à 6h.

“The intoxication with power is worse than drunkenness with liquor and such, for he who is drunk with power does not come to his senses before he falls.” –Mahabharata

This week again missiles and bombs have fallen on civilians, the elderly, children, and pregnant mothers. All this is inhuman! Indeed, it is also sacrilegious because it goes against the sacredness of human life, and this comes before any strategy! #Ukraine #Peace

Come to Scotland for our world class universities but stay for our museums, castles and culture. Stay for friends you'll cherish and moments you won't forget. Come to study, find Scotland 📚 #ScotlandIsNow

The unexamined life is becoming more popular

One hundred thousand Ukrainians, in the words of those poets Simon and Garfunkel, have come to look for America. I hope they find it.

Busto de Marciana. 130-138. Mármol. MET. #ieda

“Let’s not reduce humans to the level of merchandise,” he tweeted. At once and with no more than a flinch, the ML algorithm incrementally refined the vectors representing his humanity, all the better to produce that quintessence of technomorality: the targeted ad.

There are a lot of things that are wrong in the world, but one small thing that gives me hope for humanity is interlibrary loan

Independence is great, but I’m glad we’re still good friends, UK

Managed 7 days. Give me another 70 years I'll be able to speak Latin.

There are a lot of people on Twitter (including those who I follow, and who follow me) who seem to have never said a single kind word to or about anyone. I think civility tells me just about all I need to know about a person.

Being a scholar is just saying “I haven’t read it yet but it’s on my list” every day until you die.