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Bacon was the only artist who could fully face up to the reality of his time because he had no beliefs, religious or political. The show is subtitled Human Presence, but Bacon is not even sure we can call ourselves “human”. — Read on www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/09/francis-bacon-human-presence-review-national-portrait-gallery-london

List of extinction events – Wikipedia — Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinction_events

Timeline of the far future – Wikipedia — Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

Some actors have a very strong inner life and a strong visceral power. He did and more: it was as if a live electric wire ran through him. You’d touch him and get a shock. He used that power with great intensity. — Read on www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/04/leonard-rossiter-rising-damp-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin

Like a lighthouse that helps sailors avoid crashing into rocks, Lighthouse Parents provide firm boundaries and emotional support while allowing their children the freedom to navigate their own challenges. They demonstrate that they trust their kids to handle difficult situations independently. The key is learning when to step back and let them find their own…

“Connectomics is the beginning of a digital transformation of neuroscience … and this transformation will extend to brain simulation,” Seung said. “This is going to be a rapid acceleration of the way in which we do neuroscience.” — Read on www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/02/fruit-fly-brain-connections-wiring-diagram-neuroscience

AI-powered products seem to come in different flavors. Some are big and dramatic, talking about reimagining the world and a bold new future. These solutions are exciting – and potentially frightening – but they also feel quite far away. Others are smaller and pragmatic, typically focusing on productivity. They promise to make you twice as…

I do think that it inherits the novel’s formal concerns with gender and sexuality, and does so in a way that enriches both Ulysses itself and the tradition of novel writing in which it participates. As a reader, I find the book extraordinarily moving: I care very deeply about Molly’s relationship with Bloom, Bloom’s relationship…