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Satchmo Slogan: Leave It All Behind Ya

July 6, 2021Louis Armstrong

Marking 50 years since Pops’ passing. For all things Pops, there is no better resource than Ricky Riccardi.

Herzl’s Bicycle

July 3, 2021Israel

(This repost marks Herzl’s death on July 3rd). The top photo is of a mini sculpture near the Budapest synagogue and is based on the second photo on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. The third photo is of the actual bicycle, also on display in the Vienna Jewish Museum. Read Herzl’s The Jewish State here; an audio book is freely available here.

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Jim Morrison: gone 50 years

July 3, 2021jim morrison

This book released to commemorate his passing.

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Between Form and Faith: Graham Greene and the Catholic Novel

July 2, 2021catholicism

This about-to-be published book seems well-worth a closer look.

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What termites and cells have in common

June 25, 2021stigmergy

Here’s a press release for an open access technical paper.

This shows that morphing of cells is not solely guided by an unidirectional information flow from extracellular cues, but is also determined by the morphology of the cell itself as shaped by prior events.