"Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not."
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist.
- women are all stupid cheating evil whores - men are all stupid raping abusive monsters
why can’t these two damaged humorless groups just get together and solve their deep hurting loneliness problem and quit shitting up every area of the internet with their misery
Duga, outside of Chernobyl, was a Soviet experimental over-the-horizon radar system. It was developed for the Soviet ABM early-warning network. The system operated from 1976 to 1989. #brutgroup Photo: [Dirk McMurphy](https://www.facebook.com/DirkMacMurphy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjpPdpssJxu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
“There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars.”
- Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen in Lumet’s NETWORK (1976)
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed.
Ayn Rand
The King of Comedy (1983) dir Martin Scorsese
It’s hard to lose a friend, even one who has let you down. You always hope you can patch things up. You know, a guy like me doesn’t make friends that easily. Why didn’t you just listen to the tape when I asked you? Then I wouldn’t have to be doing all this. Was it really too much to expect, a few minutes of your time to listen to something I’d worked on my whole life?
Wilbur Wright – Scientist of the Day
Wilbur Wright, the elder of the aviating brothers, died May 30, 1912, at age 45.
LAURENCE FISHBURNE and KEANU REEVES JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023) dir. Chad Stahelski
Staff Pick of the Week
In 1846 the British and Americans finally settled their land dispute over the Oregon Territory, potentially preventing another war from breaking out, as both countries had begun to populate the land. One year before the treaty was finalized, the British sent out Lt. Henry J. Warre and another officer to do a reconnaissance mission of the territory. The primary goal was to get a lay of the land if war was truly to break out. While taking military notes, Lt. Henry J. Warre also completed at least 80 sketches of the natural environment and the groups of people they encountered. Although his findings were never used since both governments had reached peace before his journey was completed, a folio of his work started to circulate in London, published two years after his return. Why the artwork had been made wasn’t released to the public.
Our edition of Warre's Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory was published in Barre, Massachusetts by the Imprint Society in 1970 and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company in Connecticut in an edition of 1,950. Warre’s 71 watercolors were reproduced from the originals in four-color duotone offset lithography. The font is Monotype Bell set A. Colish in Mt. Vernon, New York, on paper made by the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. Finally, the binding was done by the Russel-Rutter Company in New York.
I really liked the art in this book, especially how soft the colors are, and even though there isn’t a lot of details, Warre managed to capture the beauty of his environment. It’s also fascinating that his evocative watercolors were not made simply to capture the beauty of the journey but were an act of reconnaissance. Flipping through the pages truly gives you an idea of what his journey looked like and what he thought was important to capture. When I picked this book up I didn’t realize it had such a cool story behind it!
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- Sarah W, Special Collections Undergraduate Intern