Bellini's Presentation in the Temple returns to the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in a new sensory display From July 10, 2025, Giovanni Bellini's Presentation of Jesus in the Temple returns to the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. A new immersive and sensory installation has been created for the occasion.

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ha, I knew as soon as I saw that thing that an architect was involved. The "structure of the Cocoon, designed to accommodate the painting, explores the contrast between rigidity and softness.""will be accompanied by an original soundtrack and olfactory texture, in an immersive sensory journey."

That’s a great architecture tour, highly recommended

35th Street between Cedar and Hiawatha is in desperate need of traffic calming. The house at the end of my block (26th Ave S) has had to replace their garage and the front door of their house because of out of control vehicles crashing into them!

Hope you have a speedy recovery! Looking forward to seeing more great pictures of flowers when you’re feeling better

Or cast it off to avoid its terrible curse, now unleashed upon the world

The trouble with free bees, I can tell you as an entomology curator, is that the bees may be free but their curation costs money and no one wants to pay.

Fantastic!

You know Dick Proenneke? Alone in the Wilderness is fantastic

7,000 year old bison teeth found at the Cherney Bison Site. For a donation of $200 or more you can get your very own bison tooth as a thanks for helping fund the excavation of this incredibly unique fossil site in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

7,000 year old bison teeth found at the Cherney Bison Site. For a donation of $200 or more you can get your very own bison tooth as a thanks for helping fund the excavation of this incredibly unique fossil site in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

This 23-year-old right-wing YouTuber from Utah was granted rare access to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the authoritarian mega-prison in El Salvador.

Strangely enough, he also happened to be in Minneapolis on the very day Trump’s federal forces descended on Lake and Bloomington.

Bumblebee on an iris

Bee on a rose

Bumblebee on developing raspberry

Bees!

Oops. That was meant to be a reply under Erin’s comment. But anyway, my uninformed guess is someone bigger like cicadas

Bare ground with a few dozen holes. Each hole has a little loose dirt surrounding it

These are, I’m pretty sure, bee holes. But this was taken April 13 (in Minneapolis)

Salmon-y pink peonies with yellow stamens

Peonies!

A big orange-red poppy behind paler orange roses. A couple of purple irises and chive flowers behind.

Poppy! #gardening

The badge that’s hard to read says Fridley Detective

I think Point Blank is the best movie inspired by the Parker novels, but The Outfit may be the best adaptation -- i.e. the movie that feels most like reading one of Stark's stories. & features a murderers' row of character actors: JDB, Robert Duvall, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr, Robert Ryan (!)

Really nicely browned grilled cheese on whole wheat

Made one yesterday that was so nice I took a picture and now I’m posting it on the internet

Frey, sweaty and afraid

Q:What’sthe plan here?

great photo but [shudder]

Can Trump have epaulettes?

Yay Moon Palace!

cucumber with a little mint and lime +++++

coffee + low dose edible👍

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life

an unkempt little brown furry fly with a sharp proboscis

i would love to know what this little guy is

excellent bug