> BREAKING: AP Exclusive: Many Houston ultra-polluted Superfund sites are flooded, concerns about toxins spreading; EPA not on scene. — The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2017 [https://twitter.com/AP/status/904031403985305601] > "Things are working out well," says @POTUS [https://twitter.com/POTUS] on visit to storm…
I was startled to discover a thought of Gandhi last night that pairs very well with a poem of Martin Buber. I had to do a web search to find the poem, which I copied into an old notebook when I first read it some years ago. The idea they…
http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/154122483401/if-by-a-liberal-they-mean-someone-who-looks > Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. -Soren Kierkegaard — Paul Couto (@SantaBarbara_GV) December 6, 2016 [https://twitter.com/SantaBarbara_GV/status/806246493023780864]…
> A #Halloween cartoon by Alex Gregory. #TNYcartoons [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMP5YzHB9Yz/] A photo posted by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Oct 31, 2016 at 6:03pm PDT > pic.twitter.com/HapDceZ19x [https://t.co/HapDceZ19x] — Calvin and Hobbes (@Calvinn_Hobbes) November 1, 2016 [https://twitter.…
> Congrats to the legendary #BobDylan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BobDylan?src=hash], the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature: https://t.co/nKsVNsiaKP pic.twitter.com/EpJgTIVXsW [https://t.co/EpJgTIVXsW] — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 13, 2016 [https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/786558278637682688] > “I’m…
> An eco-friendly burial suit made out of...mushrooms. Would you wear it? https://t.co/TNhaAvSVE2 pic.twitter.com/jqYqsM4sdy [https://t.co/jqYqsM4sdy] — TED Talks (@TEDTalks) October 5, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TEDTalks/status/783646309416927232] The audience reception and the comments at Twitter don't show that…
> "Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders." E.B. White + Louis Armstrong #LitJuke [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LitJuke?src=hash] https://t.co/GjkrnsDFd3 — Maria Popova (@brainpicker) July 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/753590661400715264] A nice pairing.…
> Diego Velázquez's 'The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus')' and 'Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés' in Room 30. 'The Toilet of Venus' is the only surviving example of a female nude by Velázquez. It is first recorded in…