How to get into modern classical #music: http://lukemuehlhauser.com/how-to-fall-in-love-with-modern-classical-music-4/
The guide contains the more approachable composers, modern classical music in film OSTs, and other stuff.
Randomly came across this video abt Japanese archery "Kyudo". It's pretty engrossing and touches on both the science and art of the sport. For example: Japanese bows are much longer and held about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom. There's also an 8-step form for firing the arrow.
@n i’ve discovered the wonders of weight lifting shoes. but other than that, core training helps a lot too at least for me.
close stance ftw!
Microsoft Bug Testers Unionized, Then They Were Dismissed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17830381
#hackernews #tech
This is a photograph of Earth and the Moon taken from 1.44 billion km away, on July 19 2013.
Everyone you've ever known is living out their life here, on this little blue jewel, glittering faintly in the sunlight.
This tiny, delicate planet is all we have in the vastness of the Universe. Every living thing on it is part of our extended family.
All of us together, against a backdrop of unending darkness.
💙
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
The black one is Charlie, my grandma's dog. The chihuahua is named Molly. She's a horrid little goblin, but I love her. The golden retriever was called Tybee. She's gone now, but she was very chill and sweet. #mastodogs
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