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In ‘Fragmented,’ Expansive Scenes Rendered in Ink by Robert Strati Emanate from Shattered Porcelain Plates | Colossal
APRIL 7, 2023. KATE MOTHES All images © Robert Strati, When an heirloom plate crashed to the floor, rather than trying to glue the pieces back together, Robert Strati had a more creative idea to preserve the spirit of the … Continue reading
Is English getting CHOPPIER? Hard Attack!
How English is increasingly using glottal stops–for Hard Attack. 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Laryngoscopy 1:02 Glottis and Glottal Stop 2:18 Hard Attack 3:28 German Glottisschlag 4:59 Smooth Old RP 6:16 Contemporary Hard Attack 8:16 ‘the’ and ‘to’ 9:35 Presentational Speech & … Continue reading
Yanis Varoufakis on why we should ‘let the banks burn’ | UpFront
Are we in the midst of a new banking crisis? The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank in early March threatened to destabilise major banks in Switzerland and Germany, triggering fears of a wider downturn like the one that led … Continue reading
Air Travel is FINALLY Changing… Thanks to NASA?
[…] Aviation is a passion of mine, but I can’t help but feel that so little ever changes. Airplanes have more or less, looked the same for decades, and for good reason. Qualifying a new airplane to ensure safety is … Continue reading
Clara Holt Reimagines Ancient Myths and Decorative Traditions in Vivid Ceramic Vessels | Colossal
APRIL 5, 2023. KATE MOTHES Terracotta Blues’ series wheel thrown by Chiara Zoppei. All images © Clara Holt Drawing on the long history of Mediterranean ceramics, Italian artist Clara Holt covers the surfaces of vessels, tiles, and tablets with playful, … Continue reading
Quantum Computers, explained with MKBHD
[…] You’ve heard about quantum computers. Maybe you’ve seen the “race for quantum supremacy” between governments and companies, or read that quantum computers will break all encryption, or heard terms like “qubits” or “superposition” or “quantum mechanics” in a confusing … Continue reading
