@floheinstein@chaos.social2026-03-12 19:12:11
Nice here in the fediverse.
But have you ever been to Ankh-Morpork?
City of a thousand surprises
#GNUPterry #gnuterrypratchett #GNUSirPterry
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-13 20:30:53
Demand for Russian oil is falling! Even India has turned away! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/demand-for-russian-oil-is.html
@salrandolph@zirk.us2026-03-12 20:32:26
As bombs have been falling across the Middle East, I’ve been re-reading Etel Adnan, Lebanese-American poet and painter, especially her book The Arab Apocalypse.
At the same time I have returned to her paintings, which I first encountered at Documenta 13 in 2012. These paintings are small, yet they offer expanses of color and light that fill the eye and lift the spirit.
I thought you might like to see them too.
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-02-10 12:09:00
I have some thoughts on the role of art in our lives, in society, and in evolution. https://filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2026/02/10/some-notes-on-the-role-of-art/
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-02-09 16:07:00
The little owl, Athena noctua, is well-known as the companion of the goddess Athena, though it is uncertain how she became associated with the nocturnal birds. In Europe, the owl therefore represents wisdom and is the symbol of many a university.
The ancient Greeks showed #Athena with her favourite bird in their art, like for instance this bronze statuette of Athena flying her owl, dated ca.…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-10 23:32:25
Russia is not following the agreements: what next? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/russia-is-not-following-the.html
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu2026-02-11 11:06:34
Writing: the art of staring at a sentence until it behaves.
People think authors glide into inspiration. I trip over it, apologise, and pretend it was intentional.
#writersofmastodon #authors
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2026-02-10 11:09:15
That time when Johnny Klimek (composer for Cloud Atlas and many others of Tom Tykwer films) and Dr. Motte (founder of the Berlin Loveparade) got together in 1996 to create their one-off project Holy Language...
Fireplace (original version, 9 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgL3DNn7OGE
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-11 04:26:37
More than 11,000 subscribers without power in Zaporizhzhia following Russian drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/more-than-subscribers-without-power.html
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-10 06:55:29
Oil depot fire reported in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast following drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/oil-depot-fire-reported-in.html