Celebrities & Pop Culture

Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself

"In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. "

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The Marginalian

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boingboing.net

Trump's participation trophy heads to the Big Apple

Trump's giant, 10-foot-tall gold participation trophy honoring his "enthusiastic participation" in the Iran War is moving from Washington, D. C. , to New York…

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Boing Boing

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openculture.com

How a 13th-Century Monk Created a Prayer Manuscript by Writing Over—and Accidentally Preserving—Archimedes’ Groundbreaking Mathematical Works

In Jerusalem of the year 1229, there lived a Greek Orthodox monk named Johannes Myronas. Needing some parchment for a prayer book, he grabbed some already-used…

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Open Culture

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Shopify CEO endorses stripping voting rights from poor and pensioners

Tobi Lütke, CEO of online commerce giant Shopify, endorsed banker Eric Thor's suggestion for a "weighted voting proportional to the amount of income tax you pa…

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Boing Boing

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‘Jumanji: Open World’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black Return for Third and Final Movie

Sony has unveiled the trailer for the third entry in the “Jumanji” franchise, titled “Jumanji: Open World. ” The teaser offers fans the…

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rory rn

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Ebay and former execs to pay $55.7m after harassment campaign against journalists

If large corporations are supposed to prefer subtle and well-lawyered forms of misconduct, no-one told Ebay, whose global security team ended up facing crimina…