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Tom Lehrer: Mathematician-musician

Originally posted on Knowledge in Civil Society:
In 1959, the mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer — who turns 90 this month — performed what he characteristically called a “completely pointless” scientific song at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (He was…

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Port Urbanism, Blackness, and the Shipping Crate in ‘Collapse: Works by Dewey Crumpler’ — a conversation with curator Sampada Aranke

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
Dewey Crumpler, Untitled 3 (2017). Photo by Yosef Chaim Kalinko, Seattle University. “He would do these walks along the port, and see these shipping containers come in and out, and became particularly interested in the way…

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Have a Cheat Day Treat… with Manchester’s Yes! Doughnuts

Originally posted on Jess' Random World:
The first thing that pops into my head when I think about doughnuts is American cops stuffing their face while on a stakeout (not that I don’t want to do that at least once…

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Frank’s Photo Challenge – History (Manchester)

Originally posted on Nature Knows Best :
This week’s Photo Challenge set by Frank (author of fab blog “Dutch Goes The Photo”) has set HISTORY. See https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2017/07/04/tuesday-photo-challenge-history/ I’ve just spent a couple of weeks in my beloved Manchester (UK) which is brimming with…

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Smelly Humans

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Allegorical car on Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Delicious Fancy Food with Edible Flowers

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focus

Originally posted on qualcosa di bello:
Abruzzo, Italy I’m reminded of where my focus ought to be when I see a sunflower. In their perfect condition, when they bloom and flourish, sunflowers turn their bright petals towards the sun, towards…

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Forgotten sambas and voices of WWII

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Originally posted on Deep Rio:
Over at BBC Brasil, there’s a lengthy article (in PT) on the forgotten voices and sambas of Brazilian soldiers in WWII, including a 20-minute documentary (in PT, with PT subtitles) called Os Sons Esquecidos dos…

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Brazil Workers Keep Lula’s Presidential Bid Alive

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