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[ad_1] Satirical musical artist Tom Lehrer passed away on July 26, 2025. Lehrer is best remembered for his sharp wit, engaging musical compositions, and timeless social commentary. In 2020, Lehrer proactively disclaimed his rights under copyright to his lyrics and musical compositions, allowing others to re-use his works without his permission. Lehrer’s dedication of his … Read more
[ad_1] Picture of the day The Victorious Youth is a Greek bronze sculpture, made between 300 and 100 BCE, in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, displayed at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California. It was found on this day of 1964 in the sea off Fano on the Adriatic coast of … Read more
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[ad_1] The language is archaic—full of quirky spellings and uses of the “long s”—and the content is bizarre. Those familiar with this type of writing, whether through historical study or the work of more recent interpreters like Aleister Crowley or Madame Blavatsky, will recognize the many formulas: The tracing of magical correspondences between flora, fauna, … Read more
[ad_1] The following guest post from free-range archivist and software curator Jason Scott is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now. Originally, it was something as simple as a website where rolling your mouse over a button made it light up or play … Read more
[ad_1] Picture of the day This painting on the ceiling in Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, a church on Via Veneto in Rome, depicts the Virgin Mary being assumed body and soul into heaven. Today is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary in much of Western Christianity or the Dormition of the Mother … Read more
[ad_1] “At Sunwich Port, Complete” by W. W. Jacobs is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in the quaint coastal town of Sunwich, where the lives of several characters, including the disgruntled Captain Nugent and his loyal steward Mr. Wilks, unfold amidst a backdrop of maritime intrigue and interpersonal … Read more
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[ad_1] For Giambattista della Porta, polymath author of Natural Magic (1558), a book of natural philosophy and alchemy filled with magic tricks and scientific experiments, the camera obscura was a space for “see[ing] all things in the dark, that are outwardly done in the Sun, with the colours of them”. This evocative phrasing suggests the … Read more
