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Month March 2021
Our Greatest Misunderstanding About Love: Philosopher-Psychiatrist Esther Perel on Modern Loneliness as Ambiguous Loss and the Essential Elements of Healthy Relationships
On the lifelong art of feeling worthy of wanting and worthy of receiving. By Maria Popova [embedded content] Art from Trees at Night by Art Young, 1926. (Available as a print.) Complement with Fromm on what self-love really means, his…
Drone footage gets incredibly close to Icelandic volcano eruption – CNET
In the wake of that eruption, incredible footage of the volcano, and the lava spewing from it, has been released. The results are absolutely gobsmacking. Photo by JEREMIE RICHARD/AFP via Getty Images It marks the first time the volcano has…
Of Trees, Tenderness, and the Moon: Hasui Kawase’s Stunning Japanese Woodblock Prints from the 1920s-1950s
As he began his next series, nature and night beckoned to him more and more . The master accepted him, conferring upon him the lyrical name Hasui — an ideogram of his family name fused with the name of his…
Stephen White (1983-2021)
Professor White’s death was owed to complications from heart surgery. The Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University has created a memorial fund to support a scholarship or prize in Professor White’s name (the specifics of which will be determined by…
Jeep splashes out with Magneto Wrangler EV, Jeepster Beach for Easter Jeep Safari – Roadshow
A bevy of Jeep beauties. Jeep I’m super-stoked about this Magneto BEV concept. Jeep recently debuted its plug-in hybrid Wrangler 4xe, but this takes things a few steps further, incorporating a full battery electric vehicle powertrain. This two-door Rubicon gets…
The largest asteroid flyby of the year is almost here: How to watch – CNET
2021 EQ3 will pass closest above us at roughly 9:45 p.m. PT Monday night, at a distance of around 173,000 miles (278,000 kilometers) — that’s 72% of the distance from the Earth to the moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech Asteroid 2021 EQ3, however,…
The Herd, the Hive, and the Human Spirit: Eula Biss on Immunity, Sanity, and Health as Communal Trust
Complement On Immunity — a redemptive and salutary read in its entirety — with Virginia Woolf on illness as a portal to self-understanding and Bessel van der Kolk on the science of how our minds and our bodies converge in…
Best massage gun for 2021 – CNET
It comes with four head attachments, including a four-pronged one that works magic on the lower back and hamstrings. The long handle is ergonomically designed so that you can hit hard-to-reach spots. This massage gun is the only one that…
Philosophy Majors Nominated for an Oscar
Kenny and Keith Lucas, aka The Lucas Brothers, both philosophy majors at The College of New Jersey (prior to both attending law school, both dropping out just before graduation, and then pursuing a joint career in comedy), have been nominated…