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Sleep and the Meaning of Life: Fernando Pessoa on the Existential Dimension of the Horizontal Hours

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The Meaning of Nolan’s The Odyssey

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From BBC Earth, the trailer for Evolution , a...

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Isolated, Scared, Forlorn: The Heartbreaking Final Months of Virginia Giuffre’s Life

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The Skinner revolution

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A Stolen Dove Takes Flight Again

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Beyond Greece and Rome

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The power of positive argument

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The World’s Greatest Song That Simply Shouldn’t Exist: The Making of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life”

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Where Did the Monk’s Haircut Come From? A Look at the Rich and Contentious History of the Tonsure

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From Mitochondria to Minds: The Illustrated Science of the Psychedelic Dream Called Life

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Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being

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Pointless banality and the uncanny valley

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Borges on How to Conquer Time

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How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity

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Edwin Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art

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Imminent, urgent, trending and important

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The Art of the Sacred Pause and Despair as a Catalyst of Regeneration

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A Living Memorial to Palestinian Activist Alex Odeh Takes Flight

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Trevor Winkfield’s Cheerfully Sinister Worlds

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Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatally Stabbing NYC Vogue Dancer

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Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem

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My Mother Died On Screen But Survived Hollywood

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A View From the Easel

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‘Voices in the Mirror’ Honors the Legacy of Pioneering Photographer Gordon Parks

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How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”

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Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled

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Transit of wonder

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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Resources and focus

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The Radical, Unclassifiable Art of William Blake

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A Walk Through Homer’s Odyssey: A Guide to the Epic Before Seeing Christopher Nolan’s Film

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De Profundis: Patti Smith Reads Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Letter on Suffering and Transcendence, Penned in Prison

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Pat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize

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Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online

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Manhattan DA’s Office Returns Three Antiquities to Mexico

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TV Appearance of Lincoln Assassination Witness

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Required Reading

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What Training My Chaotic Dog Taught Me About Power,...

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Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments by 90%

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Building a World Map With Only 500 Bytes .

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The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics

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Four Centuries Later, We Still Don't Get Caravaggio

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How Are Memories Stored Inside Your Brain?

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From the Brooklyn Public Library, a list of “the...

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The Real Life Mermaids of Florida’s Weeki Wachee Springs

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New-to-me podcast that looks really interesting: Time...

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The Wild Iris: Nobel Laureate Louise Glück on the Door at the End of Your Suffering

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Trompe-L’œil Paintings by Jason Limon Reveal a Hidden Skeletal World

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Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll’s.

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