A rainy November day in Venice

A rainy November day in Venice

More experiments with electronic music.

More experiments with electronic music.
https://youtu.be/DOCCWJVLksw
https://youtu.be/DOCCWJVLksw

One of those pictures I considered a mistake, but later came to like :-)

One of those pictures I considered a mistake, but later came to like :-)

Looking down a side canal in Venice

Looking down a side canal in Venice

Originally shared by Open Culture

Originally shared by Open Culture

Enter the Pulp Magazine Archive, Featuring Over 11,000 Digitized Issues of Classic Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Detective Fiction
http://www.openculture.com/2018/03/enter-the-pulp-magazine-archive-featuring-over-11000-digitized-issues-of-classic-sci-fi-fantasy-detective-fiction.html

"And what’s noticeable in all this is the irrelevance of the Senate. They refuse to reclaim their treaty-making powers with respect to trade (they could end Trump’s China shenanigans overnight); they have abdicated any influence on foreign policy and war just as they have done nothing to protect the special counsel. They are just like the Roman Senate as the republic collapsed. The forms survive; there is nothing of substance behind them."

"And what’s noticeable in all this is the irrelevance of the Senate. They refuse to reclaim their treaty-making powers with respect to trade (they could end Trump’s China shenanigans overnight); they have abdicated any influence on foreign policy and war just as they have done nothing to protect the special counsel. They are just like the Roman Senate as the republic collapsed. The forms survive; there is nothing of substance behind them."

Originally shared by Gregory B. Sadler

Provocative essay here, using Plato's analysis of the slide of democracy into demagoguery (which both left and right have indulged for far too long) and then into tyranny. I have to say that, unfortunately, I agree with Sullivan.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/america-takes-the-next-step-toward-tyranny.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/america-takes-the-next-step-toward-tyranny.html

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