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‘This is a quantum universe,’ said Spike, ‘neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene.’
‘What do you suggest I do ― to intervene?’
Spike leaned forward and kissed me. ‘Bend the light.’
― Jeanette Winterson
‘What do you suggest I do ― to intervene?’
Spike leaned forward and kissed me. ‘Bend the light.’
― Jeanette Winterson
In a week, I'll be leaving for a two-month stay on the African savannah. It's work-related (science and writing). I'll be crossing five borders in my 4x4, but my focus won't change. How can biodiversity and paleoecology inform conservation more effectively? I will only sporadically be online.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In a week, I'll be leaving for a two-month stay on the African savannah. It's work-related (science and writing). I'll be crossing five borders in my 4x4, but my focus won't change. How can biodiversity and paleoecology inform conservation more effectively? I will only sporadically be online.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Mending the Earth.
#Photography Robert & Shana Parkeharrison
#Photography Robert & Shana Parkeharrison
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Mending the Earth.
#Photography Robert & Shana Parkeharrison
#Photography Robert & Shana Parkeharrison
#Photography Martin Usborne, from his 'The Silence of Dogs in Cars'.
/Magnum Photos
/Magnum Photos
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#Photography Martin Usborne, from his 'The Silence of Dogs in Cars'.
/Magnum Photos
/Magnum Photos
"Verlassen sind wir doch wie verirrte Kinder im Walde."
(We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods.)
-- Franz Kafka Letter to Oskar Pollak (8 November 1903)
#Photo (Kafka, 5 years old, Prague)
(We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods.)
-- Franz Kafka Letter to Oskar Pollak (8 November 1903)
#Photo (Kafka, 5 years old, Prague)
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Verlassen sind wir doch wie verirrte Kinder im Walde."
(We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods.)
-- Franz Kafka Letter to Oskar Pollak (8 November 1903)
#Photo (Kafka, 5 years old, Prague)
(We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods.)
-- Franz Kafka Letter to Oskar Pollak (8 November 1903)
#Photo (Kafka, 5 years old, Prague)
#Photography Marc Riboud, Paris, France.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
#Photography Marc Riboud, Paris, France.
#Words butterfly effect
/ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˌfɛkt/
noun
(in chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
/ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˌfɛkt/
noun
(in chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#Words butterfly effect
/ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˌfɛkt/
noun
(in chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
/ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˌfɛkt/
noun
(in chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
'Sometimes,’ she said, ‘at special moments like that, people feel a pain alongside their happiness. I’m glad you watch everything so carefully, Klara.'
-- Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
#BookSky
-- Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
'Sometimes,’ she said, ‘at special moments like that, people feel a pain alongside their happiness. I’m glad you watch everything so carefully, Klara.'
-- Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
#BookSky
-- Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
'I live my own dream,' she said. 'It's 'the only one no one can take away from me.'
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
'I live my own dream,' she said. 'It's 'the only one no one can take away from me.'