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Private View: El Racó – NOWNESS
Catalan sculptor Joan Gardy-Artigas has worked alongside some of the leading artists of the twentieth century, from Picasso and Miró to Giacometti and Chagall. Here, Barcelona-based director Marc Puig takes us into El Racó, the artist’s farmhouse studios to reflect … Continue reading
Jamaican Jonkunu/Jonkunnu/Jankunu Explained
At Irie Camp Jamaica, we believe that educating our campers about Jamaican culture can lead to appreciation of what we have. Many people fear Jonkunnu performers, and that fear stems from a lack of context and exposure. Before the performers … Continue reading
AFRICAN TRADITION FOR CHRISTMAS IN JAMAICA (Jonkunu)
https://mangosalute.com/magazine/the-… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkanoo Jonkanoo or Jonkunu as is pronounced by many Jamaicans is a traditional affair stemming from Ghana Africa, where costume and dancing of great significance is done around Christmas time. In this video we talk about how we have … Continue reading
When Our World Became a de Chirico Painting: How the Avant-Garde Painter Foresaw the Empty City Streets of 2020 | Open Culture
This past spring, media outlets of every kind published photos and videos of eerily empty public spaces in cities like Beijing, New York, Milan, Paris, and Seoul, cities not known for their lack of street life. At least in the case … Continue reading
HOW TO SEE | Francis Picabia
Among the great modern artists of the past century, Francis Picabia also remains one of the most elusive. In this short film, MoMA curator Anne Umland explains how Picabia vigorously avoided any singular style, and instead found inspiration in painting, … Continue reading
How To Count Past Infinity
Sources and links to learn more below! I’m very grateful to mathematician Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard, for taking the time on multiple occasions to discuss this topic with me and help me wrap my (finite) … Continue reading
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Cantor’s Infinity Paradox | Set Theory
Cantor sets and the nature of infinity in set theory.
Coffee and the Maya | DW Documentary
An old idea has been freshly brewed in Guatemala: the cooperative. With private funding from Europe, indigenous small-scale coffee farmers are defying the most adverse conditions in a country that’s been plagued by a bloody civil war. By forming a … Continue reading
Google’s Hidden CIA Connection – The Full Story
— ColdFusion Podcast links — Google Podcasts – http://bit.ly/2xo8doR Apple Podcasts – https://apple.co/2WI2IeU Spotify – https://spoti.fi/2KT1taB Stitcher – http://bit.ly/2WI4f4E Script by Fil Zivko Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018… https://pando.com/2016/03/21/new-clin… https://listverse.com/2016/09/21/10-i… https://www.newsweek.com/assange-goog… https://techonomy.com/2013/06/how-sta… https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-o… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://www.cia.gov/library/readingro… https://www.wired.com/2010/07/exclusi… https://healthland.time.com/2012/03/2… View at Medium.com https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/us… https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim… https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim… … Continue reading
Seven Million Years of Human Evolution
Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they … Continue reading
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