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Retired from University of California, IT, business, teaching, and library.

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08.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BBC Audio | The Global Story | The death of reading What do we lose when screens replace books?

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27.12.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can we save travel's most beloved tradition? Digital communication and social media let us stay in instant touch when we travel, but snail-mailed postcards are still uniting travellers.

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The short bursts of activity that could help you live longer From running up stairs, to rigorous gardening: these everyday activities could boost your health and help you live longer.

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Why travellers keep queueing for viral food Experts explain how FOMO, social proof and performance culture have turned ordinary snacks into global must-queue experiences.

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Why humans enjoy a good feast together For thousands of years, humans have come together in small groups to feast on food. Why is it important – and why do we still continue the tradition?

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27.11.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Indian study finds music helps patients heal under anaesthesia A new study finds patients who listen to music during surgery wake faster and need fewer painkillers.

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David Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things This author, who committed suicide in 2008, is more timely now than ever beforeβ€”for the worst possible reasons.

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Why 'best time to visit' no longer applies Climate change is rewriting the rulebook for trip planning – and travellers need to adapt.

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8 ways to travel more sustainably in 2025 From eco-tourism and Indigenous-led tours to low-impact journeys and mindful accommodation, these are some of the practical ways people are making travel more responsible this year.

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What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideolog...

🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark?

From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian Brewster Kahle talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever.

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Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: β€œTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
β€˜My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: β€œTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: β€˜My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Ozymandias

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This takes a minute to absorb.

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The first page of an article from the July-August issue of Recreational Computing, laying out an approach by which a Star Trek adventure might be approximated through English dialogue instead of screens of the usual grids. In the bottom right, a still from "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" is displayed.

The first page of an article from the July-August issue of Recreational Computing, laying out an approach by which a Star Trek adventure might be approximated through English dialogue instead of screens of the usual grids. In the bottom right, a still from "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" is displayed.

STAR TREK - a dialogue approach

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Logo for the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, with Wayback in red and Machine in black.

Logo for the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, with Wayback in red and Machine in black.

πŸ”— Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. πŸ•°οΈ πŸ’Ύ

πŸ“Œ Try it now: web.archive.org/save

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Why forgetting is beneficial Imperfect memory and false recollections are essential elements of a flexible mind, argues neuroscientist Charan Ranganath in a new book. David Robson asks him why.

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