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Just an appreciation of art: Stephen Yang add Alef’s Corner

Karim Adiprasito1 Comment

Three artist friends I wanted to appreciate here. I lack the words of a smarter (wo)man, so I will let the images and links speak for themselves. First Stephen Yang who makes me impatient for my travel to the east coast. Most of his photographs depict the miracle that is New York (though he also captured Henry Kissinger and Tahrir Square), although the city being the city, it could just be any part of the world and none at the same time.

J’Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn

Second, there is a secret friend of mine who is more shy about his identity. Depicting another friend of mine who is not so secret about his identity.

Kabelsalat, Schoolification, science education, flattening PL maps and Ronly Honly Bing

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First bullet point: There is an interesting analysis of the secret deals that led to the war in Ukraine at the moment by the New York Times, as well as an account of the Trump administration involvement.

This post is brought to you by the letter A for anger issues, and the failed attempt to find an HDMI cable. Why is it that usually there are enough of them to choke two species into extinction, rid Paris of her rat-issues and still have enough for the Praelatura Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei to flagellate themselves biweekly, but now I cannot find a single one.

Second: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Ok, I am being overdramatic; though if I was talking about the level of paranoia this country sometimes presents when faced with youth whose skin is not piggy-pink, that could well be appropriate.

I am also not referring to royal family affairs and the queen’s dental care.

Also, the issue is not really restricted to Denmark. I just really wanted to quote Marcellus.

What I am referring to is an increasing effort to make university a school. And as someone who hated school, let me say:

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