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@perezreverte Cómo Borges, Marías forma ya parte de la constelación sublime de nuestra lengua.

Que Javier Marías haya muerto sin el premio Nobel le quita mucha categoría al premio Nobel.

- Do you have any last words of wisdom? - Seneca: The part of life we really live is small. All the rest is not life, but merely time.

Babylonian numerals were a base 60 positional system. The Babylonians only had to learn 2 symbols to produce their base 60 positional system! 🧐

To celebrate National Pizza Day we decided to revisit this fun fact. Here's a useful counterintuitive fact: one 18 inch pizza has more 'pizza' than two 12 inch pizzas

Tupper's self-referential formula is a formula that visually represents itself when graphed at a specific location in the (x, y) plane.

Was reminded of this image.

Te echaremos de menos Almudena.

Frankie says #DontChooseExtinction. @UNDP agrees.

Covid-19: Senegal e Ruanda acordam com a BioNTech produção de vacinas em África p.dw.com/p/42DFx?maca=p…

This helps to see the relationship between the physical nature underlying modern technologies and their abstract representation in our screens. There is a physicality inherent to digital technologies, we are just deeply unaware of it. Thanks @MIT_CSAIL

H/t: @NjAyuk

“cada poema es el borrador de otro que nunca escribiremos” — OP

Very interesting piece on the @stlouisfed research blog, burying the money multiplier and going full Post-Keynesian

Interesting

Landed in Kabul to lead @UN_Women in #Afghanistan for an interim period. We are here to deliver for Afghan women & girls. We listen, join, & support them, in tackling pressing – unparalleled in the world – and building a country for all Afghans.

Thanks Nokia for hosting us @nokia

Indeed, this book constitutes and interesting description of the patchwork global private law system created by corporate law firms.

BREAKING 🟥 3,8 earthquake caught live in La Palma, Canary Islands amid seismic activity expecting a possible vulcano eruption

@pelluz Ancient philosophy for ancient desires

“Throughout history, the commonest form of intelligence failure has been the failure of civilian and military leaders…” foreignaffairs.com/articles/unite…