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How languages steal words from each other
This is the only pirate reference you’re getting from me. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen’s podcast has an episode all about this: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/6847274… • More Language Files: • Tom’s Language Files Gretchen’s book BECAUSE INTERNET, all … Continue reading
Inside Berlin’s Tegel airport three years after it closed – BBC News
Berlin’s Tegel airport was for decades the city’s gateway to the world, transporting millions of passengers ever year to and from the German capital. When it closed in 2020 there was one big question – what to do with such … Continue reading
Hyperion Knight on the World’s Longest Piano
A very wonderful and informal recording by Hyperion Knight of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring. 3 pieces recorded in only 2 hours! He hapened to be traveling through. https://www.hyperionknight.com/ / mengelberg I started building the Alexander Piano when … Continue reading
You’re a Dream of the Universe (According to Science)
[…] Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources… Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and … Continue reading
Beautiful Minds: The Enigma of Genius
Immanuel Kant, who coined the term genius in the 1700s, defined it as the rare capacity to independently understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person. Since then, the spectrum of abilities that we call genius … Continue reading
Ememem Playfully Revitalizes Cracked Pavement With Vibrantly Patterned Tiles | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 KATE MOTHES Lyon, France. All images © Ememem Ememem, also known as “the pavement surgeon,” continues to scout out gaps in the pavement that he fills with colorful tiles. No crack in a wall, step, or curb … Continue reading
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