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Because I keep reading that Escher's work entered the public domain today. From 2003:
andrewlipson.com/escher/relati

Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.

She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning.

Photo: Lynn Conway

My first completed artwork of 2023 is a Kingfisher. Kingfishers are said to symbolize freedom, courage, adventure, and abundance - all things that I wish for all of us in the new year.

I don't normally add backgrounds to my animal paintings so this is a bit of an experiment for me (courage!) and I'm not sure I love it but here we are :)

Acrylic and watercolour on watercolour paper, 10 x 15 inches.

#Art #Painting #Birds #ArtOnPaper

PLATO: will you teach me philosophy

SOCRATES: why

PLATO: thank you

#COVID Poll
Please boost to get a bigger response.

Starting right now, you can get tax credits to install more energy efficient appliances for your house. Electric ovens, solar panels, heat pumps: you name it.

Save money while fighting climate change.

Want to learn more? Head over to CleanEnergy.gov.

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Heard this today...

"What’s the difference between COVID and Southwest Airlines? COVID is airborne.

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived.

His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sláva Ukrayíni!

Mastodons originated in Europe and then rapidly spread worldwide after a cataclysmic event.

Archeologists believe the cataclysmic event was either an asteroid impacting the atmosphere, a super volcano, or a bozo billionaire.

From the entire Biden family to yours: Merry Christmas, America.

On this day I’m thinking about Ukrainians struggling without electricity, trying to stay warm, fearful of Russian violence and hoping to stay alive amid a war that is so unnecessary. May the coming year bring an end to the madness.

Don’t know who took this shot but it’s kinda epic: a Great Grey Owl lands on a photog’s camera.

⏪ 2022 rewind: A digital radio antenna was installed on top of the Eiffel Tower, making the Paris monument taller by 6 meters

Someone asked why we don’t have our blinds open, as is the #Chanukah tradition, with menorahs in the window. This is #Ottawa today, #Canada today. As the recipient of multiple #antisemitic death threats, it isn’t safe to indicate that our home is Jewish. Let that #hate sink in.

THIS IS A BABY EEL. Many eels live in the open ocean when young & are barely recognizable (this may be a conger eel). They're at the mercy of the currents, never sure what will happen. Their lives are mysterious, perilous, & beautiful.
Video: Fan Zhang bit.ly/2sfG7gH

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