Aeternam – Bernat Vivancos
I have recently discovered the work of the Catalan composer Bernat Vivancos. Here is “Aeternam” from the album “Vivancos: Requiem”. The sleeve notes describe this (a prelude to the Requiem proper)…
Category: complexity
Extinct in Ireland, September 22nd – the purple sea urchin -Paracentrosus lividus
One of the themes I have found emerging from my project of blogging about species extinct in Ireland since human habitation is how hidden much of this biodiversity loss is.…
You Are Not A Product: Johnny Ryan, Brave, GDPR and Ted Nelson’s dream
Readers may have recently seen news that the Brave browser has jointly filed complaints against Google relating to their sharing of personal data. Recently I posted a link to NIthin…
Russian Modernism and Byzantine Iconography – another false dichotomy
A recurrent pattern in the history of ideas is a dominant narrative creating dichotomies that, at the time, did not exist. I have blogged about these before – false tension…
“The Forgotten Beasts in Medieval Britain: a study of extinct fauna in medieval sources” Ph.D thesis by Lee Raye
Over the course of my September posts on extinct species in Ireland, the importance of archaeology and literary scholarship in determining which species have been extant in Ireland is striking.…
Nithin Coca – “How I Fully Quit Google”
Could you stop using Google products? Completely? Not just Google Search, but Gmail, Calendar, and all the rest of their stable of products and services. Nithin Coca has done just…
A prayer of gratitude for creation – Fiona Murdoch, Eco-Congregation Ireland
On the Irish Franciscan’s Praying Nature page, there is a section of “eco prayers”: A Franciscan presence and spirit requires living a way of life that cherishes Gospel values as St. Francis…
Is the elderly scientist correct? Roy Sorenson on Arthur C Clarke
Following on from yesterday’s post, here is the answer from Roy Sorenson’s Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities: “The elderly scientist is certainly correct. The reason is that any assertion of an…
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