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Moneygall, Ireland
Merry Christmas from the midlands of Ireland. Our house can be seen in the distance, a bit right of center…two fields from town and just above the wee tree.
Lower life expectancy and twice the cost…
Single. Payor. Now.
Booth tour of our interesting bits at the Boston ABAA book fair, 2025. Enjoy.
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Touch base…have passes.
My #book #history students were excited when Mike Kelly of @AmherstCollege Special Collections told them of the upcoming Boston fair
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I was pleased that he in particular recommended Lux Mentis books to them @luxmentis@glammr.us @luxmentis.bsky.social
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Expanded playlist….fitting for today.
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and creates a new form, the ensuing violation of the medium employed is the most perfect assurance of the author's convictions. A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.” [Man Ray, 1934]
riences. For, whether a painter, emphasizing the importance of the idea he wishes to convey introduces bits of ready-made chromos alongside his handiwork, or whether another, working directly with light and chemistry, so deforms the subject as almost to hide the identity of the original,
precludes all psycho-analytical classification or assimilation into an arbitrary decorative system. Questions of merit and of execution can always be taken care of by those who hold themselves aloof from even the frontiers of such expe-
like the undisturbed ashes of an object consumed by flames, the recognition of this object so little representative and so fragile, and its simple identification on the part of the spectator with a similar personal experience,
No plastic expression can ever be more than a residue of an experience. The recognition of an image that has tragically survived an experience, recalling the event more or less clearly,
Seized in moments of visual detachment during periods of emotional contact, these images are oxidized residues, fixed by light and chemical elements, of living organisms.
Read me against the AI art debate:
“It is in the spirit of an experience and not of experiment that the following autobiographical images are presented.
The new NatGeo limited series on the remarkable work of the volunteers at DNA Doe Project goes live Aug 2nd with all episodes available on Hulu on Aug 3rd. Love Fire you to join our [virtual] watch party… and *please* consider supporting DDP’s work.
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Please consider donating to my ‘watch party’ for the debut of Naming The Dead. All 6 episodes will debut on Hulu on Aug 3rd. Even if you join from afar, please donated to support the remarkable volunteer-driven work done by DDP.
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Hosting an east coast watch party for the debut of naming the dead… Please consider joining and even if you're not able to join, please support the exceptional work of DDP.
Fuq fascism.
Love that first sale in TX is this.
Angus. #Maine
That boi, by George.
Thanks to all who have grown this playlist. Seems like a good time to post the newest version.
No kings.
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Some context folks may need to understand this decision:
A promise of funding from NIH/NSF can now be taken away at any time. This can put unis and lead researchers in a tight spot financially and reptuationally. Grant apps make promises that only funding can keep. 🧵🧪
📚#Skybrarians
Word of the Day: gazumping
"The vendors, as honourable people, are opposed to the practice of gazumping [accepting an offer from another party in excess of the agreed amount]. In light of our agreement, we would expect that you, being equally honourable people, also cease viewing other properties.
This.
I loathe the short sighted, callous, and mean spirited nature of far too many in this country.
You judge a person…and a country…not by how they treat their wealthy privileged class, but how they treat their most vulnerable and struggling.
This country deserves to burn.
