YouTube video by Eames Office Powers of Ten™ (1977)

I have no recollection of seeing this film as a child, but I must have because its concepts and perspective informed the rest of my life. Still an indelible classic:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKB...

Indy Johar: Civilizational Optioneering Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas.

Excited to host @indyjohar.bsky.social on Jan 27 @longnow.org. While options for the future feel increasingly narrow geopolitically & climatically, how can we preserve possibilities for future generations of many forms of life – biologic, institutional, synthetic? longnow.org/talks/02026-...

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

So proud of my niece who is working in this lab, just featured in @nytimes.com on monarch butterfly magnetic perceptions / magnetoreception.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...

Love this Paul, thank you🙏

“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.” — John Cage

Fascinating-

Hooray!! So glad you’re getting more eyes on the issues👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Ha! 🤪👈

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.

HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

Love the waxing and waning slivers - new moon tomorrow 🌑

This morning's shy moon. People get all excited about seeing transients like eclipses but forget that astonishing beauty like this appears every day over their heads if they would just look up.

Have you seen the documentary film about Joe?

Loved his wonderful spirit🙏

YouTube video by TED Could an Orca Give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker | TED

Just discovered the late Karen Bakker's extraordinary work. Supplement this w/ her posthumous book: Gaia's Web: How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, & Regenerate the Earth mitpress.mit.edu/978026204875...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvch...

So good!

That turned out beautifully Denise! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🌊

Ukraine Day One: Punk Medical Surgeon, Kids Art Workshop, Athletes Competing Under Attack Stories of bravery, service, and resistance are everywhere

Ukraine Day One: Punk Medical Surgeon, Kids Art Workshop, Athletes Competing Under Attack

After a 20-hour long haul from Bangkok and a 13-hour jaunt through the Polish and Ukrainian countrysides, a first day in #Ukraine for my cross country journey.

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Brian Gruber (@briangruber) Sound healing or terrorist alarm clock? After my 20 hour jaunt from Bangkok to Warsaw through Abu Dhabi, I’m in Warsaw for two days with my Koh Phangan pal Konrad Rymuza. He grilled an amazing early d...

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YouTube video by Brian Gruber Time to Go: A Video Descriptor of My Ukraine Project

I leave tomorrow for Warsaw then across the border to Ukraine for my monthlong jaunt gathering stories of life, love and art during the time of resistance to the Russian invasion. Here is a short video describing the project with ways for you to follow along and participate. #Ukraine

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

6C48: Taxiing the Planet | Brian Gruber | Substack Dispatches from the road—interviews, stories, and reflections on art, love, and resistance. Click to read 6C48: Taxiing the Planet, by Brian Gruber, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

🌍 New Adventures. New Name. Same Mission.

I’ve just relaunched my Substack as 6C48: Taxiing the Planet—a tribute to my father’s NYC cab and to the stories that move us across borders.

The first dispatches will be coming from Ukraine next month.
You can follow along at:
👉 briangruber.substack.com

Updated Plans for "My Fabulous Ukrainian Vacation: Get Involved! Art and Love in the Time of Resistance

I wil be traveling across Ukraine in August gathering stories and music. If you know Ukrainian artists, teachers, activists, public servants, or storytellers who deserve an audience, please contact me. Details at: briangruber.substack.com/p/updated-pl... #Ukraine #resistance #Kyiv #Kharkiv #Odesa

Do you know any comms geniuses? Exciting opportunity with a special and wholly unique organization – spread the word!

Ouch🙏

You are a bird sanctuary dearest Paul🙏

YouTube video by New Scientist Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Inside the telescope that will change how we see the universe

Humans have built the largest camera in history, which will scan the entire southern sky every three nights over a period of ten years! Its data will be made public every 2 days after the scans, and its first images will be shared June 23.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBlF...

“You’ll Do Fine If You Believe ‘I Do My Best.’”
- Me from the commencement keynote.

The red sea : SVA Class of 2025 coverage by Kylie Eric Mitchell

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Credit: Joseph Sinnott

Harvard Law School’s ‘copy’ of Magna Carta revealed as original - Harvard Law School British researchers have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300.

Amazing discovery! And...I will bet $$$ that Trump will demand Harvard turn it over so he can hang it as a trophy in the Oval Office...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...

The new digital globe at Stanford University Libraries Rumsey Map Center. It can display hundreds of maps including Mars and the Moon - and yes, that is a handheld digital magnifier!

So enjoyed the conversation today with TLS - makes reading your posts even more enjoyable. IF we all could use metaphors more eloquently… thank you 🙏