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Jun
13
Jun
Black hole bonanza in ‘next door’ Andromeda galaxy.
Twenty-six new black hole candidates have been discovered in the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy. According to the astronomers involved, these could be just the tip of the iceberg. Details of the find will be published in the 20 June issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
Photograph: Dimitar Todorov/Alamy
“One of my favorite places to bike, with a trail that winds through woods, farmland, and historical sites.”
Made With Paper by fledglingartist
nypl:
Happy Birthday William Butler Yeats! Born in 1865 in Dublin, this poet was the first Irishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. You can check out the works of this Nobel Prize winning poet from the Library.
07
Jun
Happy birthday to Paul Gauguin, born today in 1848.
pictured: Gauguin’s “The Seed of the Areoi” (1892)
via MoMA’s Permanent Collection
—Maxine Kumin, Poetry, August 1976
Maxine Kumin was born on this day in 1925.
I have always loved this poem, and I’m not ashamed.
One of the crucial principles of waging peace is increasing your empathy, and as I increased my empathy I was able to better understand why people think in different ways and find better ways of dialoguing with all kinds of people.
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via confessionsofamichaelstipe
via poetrysince1912
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