happy bday German writer/philosopher Friedrich Schiller, b.1759.
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”
“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”
10.11.2025 13:38 — 👍 109 🔁 19 💬 5 📌 4
An octopus doesn't have ears but it can detect low-frequency sounds using organs called statocysts. The brain is also decentralized; in addition to the one in the mantle, each arm has brain-like abilities.
07.11.2025 08:32 — 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
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Love is the greatest gift you can give and receive 😊
Buddha
#Love #Gift #Rose #Buddha
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'Friday Night', Hammersmith (1958) by Ruskin Spear
(De Beers Art Collection)
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A headline from The Times, with Nick Clegg saying that requiring permission from copyright holders to train AI on their word would 'kill' the AI industry. Boo fecking hoo.
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
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Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the programme!
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Post a pic you took with no description to bring some zen to the timeline
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Post a pic you took with no description to bring some zen to the timeline
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'The Magnolia, St James's Courtyard, Piccadilly, February 2020' by Peter Brown
peterbrownneac.com
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Some of us are working hard to make something of the ambition that a symphony demands - great work from Huw Watkins, among others - and my own very recent and recently recorded
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Perhaps it’s not dead - only sleeping!
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So incredibly sad. I will miss you so much Laura.
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Guess I’ll start with a (partially) blue sky
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