Sometimes, a painting in words is worth a thousand pictures. I think about this more and more, in our compulsively visual culture, which increasingly reduces what we think and feel and see — who and what we are — to…
Among other things, the trailer showcased a handful of new Pokemon that players will meet in the game, including Fidough, a fairy-type puppy Pokemon made of dough. We also got a glimpse at a new regional variant of Wooper, as…
“The kid drops his bucket and spade/ And climbs into the sun” are such words. Two short lines that draw to an abrupt and brutal halt the main body of the epic song, “Hollywood.” Complement with Nick’s reflections on creativity,…
Maybe you should work on that skill, given that’s how most of these sites work. That might be the least surprising lede I’ve ever written for an article. If you’ve spent any time on The Apps, you’ve likely noticed there’s…
and cold sweat holds me and shakinggrips me all, greener than grassI am and dead — or almost I seem to me. Because it touches on one of the most universal human themes, Fragment 31 is one of Sappho’s most translated…
Now this show is called “Carpet Remnant World.” … It was supposed to be about idealized notions of society and how we behave as collective groups… But I’ve been a bit busy with one thing or another. It’s not really…
iOS 15.6 includes enhancements, bug fixes and security updates. Apple’s iOS 15.6 is here. Released on July 20, the follow-up to iOS 15.5 is ready to be downloaded to your iPhone. The software update folds in bug fixes, a lengthy list of…
If you have news of the sort that would typically appear on Daily Nous, please share it in the comments. (For examples of such news, see the list in the first of these posts.) As mentioned in my Summer 2022 Plans, to…
Have I not become more and more aware latterly that the things I deeply desire come without struggle? … All the struggle, then, is phantom play. The fighting with shadows. This I know. Complement with poet and philosopher David Whyte…
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The news about Biden comes amid concern about Omicron BA.5, the new, extremely contagious variant of COVID. In a memo released Saturday, O’Connor…
Four weeks before her seventeenth birthday, Mary Godwin eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley, twenty-four and estranged from the wife to whom he was still married. Just before sunrise on July 28, 1814, they departed her father’s home in a carriage…
WarnerMedia’s Warner Bros. signed a licensing deal with NBC Universal years ago, though WarnerMedia’s HBO Max has pulled back the rights several times over the last few years, as each platform seeks the boost a popular franchise can give. Until…