Without effort and change, human life cannot remain good. It is not a finished Utopia that we ought to desire, but a world where imagination and hope are alive and active.
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| — | Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals (via philosophybits) |
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Within the wood paneling of a hallway in the British House of Commons, there was a small brass keyhole.
Members of Parliament and staff walked past the tiny hole each day. The rare person who noticed the hole took it for an electrical cabinet.
Enter a team of historians planning the much-needed restoration of the Palace of Westminster, which is home to the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The oldest part of the estate, Westminster Hall, dates to 1099 and is still in use.
Long-Forgotten Secret Passageway Discovered In A Wall At U.K. Parliament
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Fr? Lemme check this out
Here’s the link to all of the free online classes offered by Harvard:
https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx
But TBH I prefer the MIT Open Coursewear approach. Feel like taking a class on the policy and economics of nuclear engineering? MIT’s got you covered:
In fact they’ve got you covered with A LOT of their courses, everything from fine arts to immunology.
Have fun :)
It was cold this morning but that doesn’t seem to bother him. Also his mane fell over last night but I think I am going to let it grow back out again.
How to make your own low-tech vertical farm
The Belgian professor Willem Van Cotthem seems to have designed a do-it-yourself vertical kitchen garden system that truly deserves the low-tech label. On his blog, “Container gardening”, he explains how to transform normal plastic bottles into efficient containers (and a container rack) for growing all kinds of plants, even young trees (to be transplanted when reaching sufficient height). The beauty is that the water supply can be automated without the use of electricity
