Church by Vasily Kandinsky, 1907 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137209

"This observational acuteness brings out for the reader an understanding of why Russians might be supporting Putin, why they so senselessly support the war in Ukraine." fivebooks.com/best-books/r...

A shooting at a bus stop in the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday morning left at least six people dead and several more seriously wounded, according to Israel’s ambulance service and hospital officials. Read more: nyti.ms/46cgLPI

Jorge Santos, ele é morador de Guaratuba, deixou sua câmera gravando por 3 horas… O resultado foi INCRÍVEL!🦜🐦‍⬛🐦

Hoje, na minha coluna para a @folha.com, escrevo sobre o que Hilel pode nos ensinar. Confiram! www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/juli...

my bluesky

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

That moment when you complete what feels like the final version of your paper, only to realize you still want to add one more quote. 🙄

Americans have become obsessed with pumping as much protein as possible into every drink, snack and meal. Our reporter explains the origins of this latest nutrition craze. nyti.ms/3VqMurb

Fiz uma caixinha de papel (origami) cheia de caixinhas de papel para usar quando precisar. E preciso o tempo todo. www.youtube.com/shorts/gMnb8...

Batement II https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/batement-ii

Na newsletter de hoje, uma lista com as minhas leituras do primeiro semestre. ahoradaestrela.substack.com/p/newsletter...

Eu estava com 200 no Chess.com e agora estou com 154. É o diabo isso! 🫠

Hoje, na minha coluna para a @folha.com, trago um pouco de Kafka e de Talmud para refletir sobre o meu processo de escrita. Confiram! www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/juli...

#OPINIÃO 📝 Ruy Castro | Deus, pátria e família para palerma ver. Se as instituições se curvarem aos Bolsonaros, o Brasil pode reivindicar a 51ª estrela da bandeira americana.

“Ireland produces nine times more beef and dairy output than it consumes. Because of this it has an unusual greenhouse gas emissions profile, with a far higher share of methane emissions than most other countries.” #Ireland #ClimateEmergency www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

saiu na Folha @folha.com

I learnt about this recently while reading a book on the Banality of Evil. www.berliner-zeitung.de/en/how-the-n...

Iggy Pop na trilha sonora de Vale Tudo. ❤️

Raquel metendo a mão na cara de Odete: “Racista nojenta!” Que cena! Isso era tudo que eu queria ter coragem de fazer com os antissemitas de plantão.

Eu comecei a fazer aulas de xadrez em julho e, desde então, o meu jogo desenvolveu bastante.

Voltei com a minha 'Newsletter da Semana'. Confiram! open.substack.com/pub/ahoradae...

Please do join us if interested in phenomenology and mental health - a chance to meet colleagues, and get some support for your work #PhD #ECR #Academia #AcademicSky

The Trump administration “is engaged in an increasingly wide-ranging effort to erase data or to prevent the collection of new data that contradicts its political agenda,” the editorial board writes.

Looking forward to the next Enlightenment.

🌿 Auch bei grauem Himmel einen Besuch wert: Der Alte Jüdische Friedhof in der Rat-Beil-Straße ist eine Oase im Norden der Stadt. Wer von Euch war schon dort? Wir laden Euch herzlich zu einer Friedhofsführung am Donnerstag, 7. August um 17 Uhr ein! Weitere Infos hier: tinyurl.com/bdfcdnf2

Classic Vienna. -- Street lamp in the first district. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky

I’m making a list of #philosophy departments on Bluesky and found fewer than expected. Do you administer or belong to a philosophy department (including in non-English speaking locales) that’s on Bluesky but not yet on the list? #PhilSky bsky.app/profile/did:...

Vem estudar Talmud com a gente no primeiro curso do Torá com Fritas que estamos oferecendo! Inscrições através deste link aqui: forms.gle/Q3yLsQDKGhyJ...

Classic Vienna. -- 22 Graben. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky

The canary in the coal mine just dropped dead. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

Isso tem acontecido direto comigo nas últimas partidas. Perco a oportunidade de dar o mate e entro em uma valsa sem fim com o oponente. Alguém tem alguma dica de como evitar esse tipo de situação? Check out this #chess game: thestardust84 vs Ippi68 - www.chess.com/live/game/14...

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation https://on.ft.com/4o5I46b

Hi everyone, is Libgen down?

Hoje, na minha coluna para a @folha.com, escrevo sobre a doença e a morte a partir de relatos de Preta Gil e Oliver Sacks. Confiram. www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/juli...

„Daseinsanalysis in Scientific Discourse – Openness, Critique, Responsibility, Connectedness“ Call for Papers - Conference - 23 January 2026 | Online | Language: English www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/07/23/d...

Chess for the sake of chess - or perhaps the illusion that there is such a thing - is the reason chess thrived in the Soviet Union. Same for mathematics.

Reminds me of Emanuel Lasker's saying: On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

That feeling when you think you still have 10 more pages to read but it turns out to be all references and bibliography.

Charlotte Knowles - Danielle Petherbridge - Aisling Swaine Special Keynote Plenary: “Phenomenological Explorations of Coercive Control & Complicity” #BSP2025UCD: ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying #Phenomenology’ 27/28/29 August - Dublin Registration Open Now sites.google.com/view/licdubl...

Singer of the Comic Opera by Paul Klee, 1923 #artbots #guggenheim https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137940

“The lovers of ‘chess for the sake of chess’, aptly compared by their liquidator with the lovers of ‘art for the sake of art’…” Chess in Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism.

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.

I sat on my couch and phoned up royalty, spoke to ambassadors, irritated a senior adviser at Blackstone, and left squeaky voicemails for what must constitute a considerable percentage of the world oligarchy.

UCD College of Social Sciences and Law is delighted to see four of our subjects ranked in the QS World Top 100: - Archaeology - Philosophy - Social Policy & Administration - Library & Information Management 🔗 bit.ly/44sq12w

Is it just my impression or are the players at Lichess much better than those at Chess.com?

“Ten years have rolled into the abyss of the past since he took leave of earth.” From a memoir of Samson Raphael Hirsch by Bernard Drachman. What a way to capture a sense of profound loss.

YouTube version here, many thanks for putting this together Jess and Keith. youtube.com/shorts/aSOZZ...

My birthday is on Monday but today I received a gift from my family in Brazil. It’s a tiny coffee machine for my desk. It looks lovely! I can’t wait to use it. 🥰

Just a cat enjoying some fresh air.