Stephen

“I do not believe that any man can adequately appreciate the world of today unless he has some knowledge of...[and] some feeling for...the history of the world of the past.”

#Santorini sky turns orange with dust clouds from #Africa #Greece

Incredible. Someone used Grok Imagine to create a full short film on Constantinople. Credit u/Mikloza

قبل ستة عشر عامًا، وقف رجل وحيدًا على تلة عشبية في مهرجان موسيقي بولاية واشنطن الأمريكية، وبدأ يرقص بمفرده. نظر إليه الناس ثم صرفوا أنظارهم. ضحك البعض. انحنى زميله في السكن وحذره من أن الناس يصورونه. لم يتوقف. ثم نهض رجل غريب وانضم إليه. ثم أخرى. ثم انحدر جانب التل. وفي غضون دقائق، كان مئات الأشخاص يركضون من جميع أنحاء الحقل ليكونوا جزءًا من شيء كان قبل ثلاثين ثانية مجرد رجل واحد يتعرض للسخرية في الحقل. قال شخص ما كان يصور من أعلى التل بهدوء: "انظروا ماذا يستطيع رجل واحد do. رجل واحد يستطيع تغيير العالم". انتشر المقطع على الإنترنت عام ٢٠٠٩. وعرضه رجل الأعمال ديريك سيفرز في مؤتمر تيد لشرح كيفية بدء الحركات في الواقع. وأوضح أن الأمر لا يبدأ بأول شخص شجاع بما يكفي للبدء، بل بأول شخص مستعد للانضمام إليها. قال كولين وينتر، الرجل الذي كان يرقص بمفرده، لاحقاً إنه لم يكن يعلم أنه فعل شيئاً مميزاً. لقد سئم فقط من مشاهدة الجميع وهم جالسون بلا حراك.

Many stave churches in Norway were built between the XII and XIII century. They are a group of medieval churches almost only present in Scandinavia, built with wood only and without using a single nail.

Coolest photo ever? Coolest photo ever. 📸 @mattfraser_9

Happy 158th Birthday to the University of California! On March 23, 1868, Governor Henry Haight signed "An Act to Create and Organize the University of California," to be established on land in Berkeley, donated by the Trustees of the College of California. 💙🐻💛

Akira Kurosawa — Visual Poetry

Boats bring in fans for the first game at Candlestick Park, 1960. San Francisco's brand new ballpark sat right on the edge of the Bay, and on Opening Day, some fans skipped the traffic and arrived by water.

A brilliant blue glacier illuminating Iceland’s remote, frozen wilderness.

DUNE PART THREE

Westeros is actually just Britain with an upside-down Ireland underneath.

A scene looking out through a window at the Mill Valley Public Library in California.

The Dinosaurs but it's just Morgan Freeman saying the names of the dinosaurs.

I love @TheEconomist and the obituaries section is one of the best parts of the newspaper. This fails to adequately address the many crimes committed over the years under his leadership—save for an afterthought mention at the end. Disappointing to say the least. A pious man does not murder tens of thousands of people.

Here’s Matt Cain’s final out of his perfect game for no reason at all. Enjoy your weekend!!

The golden age of 1980s San Francisco. We lived in the best time and place. We're homesick for our teenage bedrooms.

This is what it was like to drive on the Embarcadero Freeway in 1985. There was also a little variety in the billboards. Today, every single billboard in San Francisco exists to force AI down our throats.

This is what it looked like in 1997 before the ballpark in San Francisco was built. Eight months later, on December 11, 1997, construction of the ballpark officially began. It opened on April 11, 2000. source footage🎥: Chris Carlsson

She touches the ball four times without it hitting the ground.

Please urgently need a lawyer. 😂