Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and originated 2,500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe in reincarnation of the soul, and that, by following the teachings of Buddha, or dharma, people can reach an enlightened state called nirvana and stop the cycle of reincarnation.| education.nationalgeographic.org
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by Angela LaScala-Gruenewald Author’s note: This blog post would not have been possible without the anonymous input of students. All credit goes to the students in my Introduction to Law and Societ…| Visible Pedagogy
We wrote to Ed Miliband because the blanket bog can’t. The bog is on the same side as Ed Miliband and net zero. For thousands of years, blanket bog has been the biggest natural climate regula…| Save And Restore Walshaw Moor
This site, which was short-listed for the Society of Architectural Historians (GB) Colvin Prize in 2019, presents my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. Comments, especially in the form of corrections, additional information or new illustrations, are very welcome. Please use the Contact Form in the right hand side bar to contact me privately or the comments facility at the bottom of the page to make a public comment.| landedfamilies.blogspot.com
Berkeley of Spetchley This branch of the Berkeley family is descended from Thomas Berkeley (d. 1484), fourth son of James de Berkeley (c.139...| landedfamilies.blogspot.com
Frequently asked questions about the Fediverse promo video I recently published. "What is its license?" "Will there be foreign versions?"| Elena Rossini
1917 hat die 24 jährige Anna Pauline Hille meinen Opa Paul Pape geheiratet. Der hatte seine erste Frau verloren und brachte eine 5 Monate alte Tochter mit in diese Ehe, die beide noch im 1. Weltkrieg schlossen.| Privater Blog von Karlheinz Pape
Thoughts About the Second Brain| scottnesbitt.online
This article, part of a series updating "Teaching AI Ethics," explores the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI. It emphasizes the need for transparency in AI's energy usage, highlights the resource-intensive nature of training and using AI models, and prompts educational discussions on sustainable technology practices.| Leon Furze
This post initiates a nine-article series revisiting the "Teaching AI Ethics" resources from 2023 exploring bias in GenAI.| Leon Furze
Various modes can be set on channels. Use /mode #channel to list current channel modes and /msg ChanServ info #channel to list modes set with MLOCK.| Libera Chat
by Oriana Mejías Martínez Learning experiences can come from different kinds of practices that nourish and enrich students beyond the confines of the classroom, enhancing, in turn, curricular conte…| Visible Pedagogy
Meine Großeltern väterlicherseits sind schon lange tot. Als Kind habe ich sie nur als Rentner erlebt. Von ihrem Leben davor möchten meine Geschwister und ich gern mehr erfahren. Schließlich haben sie zwei Weltkriege überlebt, mit wirtschaftlich schweren Zeiten dazwischen. Die formellen Lebensdaten (Geburt, Hochzeit, Tod) sind bekannt – und ein bisher nicht gesichteter Fundus alter weiterlesen...| Privater Blog von Karlheinz Pape
[This post is adapted from our forthcoming book, Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future.] Today we want to clarify something important about preserving government information. There is a difference between the government changing a policy and the government erasing information, but the line between those two has blurred in the digital age. When a| Free Government Information (FGI)
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Do you find writing tests hard? Especially writing them first? Don’t let smug Internet thought leaders tell you what to do. Instead, embrace the new software paradigm that lets you just do whatever comes easiest.| Bitfield Consulting
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A Shkadov thruster is a type of megastructure which involves constructing a gargantuan orbital mirror next to a star. In this lesson, we'll start off by discussing how such a stellar engine works. The orbital mirror is placed in a position next to a star where it acts as a statite: that is, the star| Greg School
BEHAVIORAL ARMS CONTROL AND EAST ASIA| Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability | We hold that it is possi...
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A December 1941 photograph of a disabled British Matilda tank near Tobruk during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)| World History Encyclopedia
A February 1942 photograph of a column of US-made Grant tanks of the British 5th Royal Tank Regiment during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)| World History Encyclopedia
The allure of buying stuff without tracking| scott.mn
Don't use Vim for the wrong reasons. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.| Gist
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Author’s remix of The Battle of the Pictures, 1745. William Hogarth (1697-1764), Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0Is it possible for the same digitised public domain work by the same artist to be considered both in and out of copyright by different museums within the same legal jurisdiction? The answer is yes.| Douglas McCarthy
The new relevance of tenant organizing| scott.mn
by Jeff Voss Last year, during my WAC Fellowship at Kingsborough Community College led by the inimitable Cheryl Hogue Smith and Elizabeth Dill, Hogue Smith would repeat a line so simple yet so bril…| Visible Pedagogy
As part of preparing for a bicycle race in my local city I wanted to look at the climbs of the bike route and evaluate their difficulty. Since all the (free) online tools only provided basic analysis tools, I decided to write my own....| alex-hhh.github.io
With the future of Travis uncertain, I started looking for a Continuous Integration alternative and since Microsoft advertised Azure DevOps everywhere I went on the web, I decided to give it a try. I now moved all my Racket packages to Azure Pipelines, pl...| alex-hhh.github.io
A Garmin fitness device can use workouts during a bike or run activity: they are a collection of steps with a duration and intensity (such as heart rate, pace or power). While running or biking, the device keeps track of the duration and will sound an ala...| alex-hhh.github.io
by Kristine Riley This is part two of a four-part series on abolitionist pedagogy, Star Wars’ Andor, and aspirations for teaching and learning at CUNY. In my previous post, I explored some challeng…| Visible Pedagogy
Short Review - A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences| scottnesbitt.online
You know you need to do estate planning for your cryptocurrencies, because if you don’t your family likely won’t be able inherit them. You’ve probably been thinking about it for awhile, but it hasn’t made it to the top of your “to-do” list yet (it probably never will). Instead of waiting until you’ve got the time/resources/energy to devote to building an entire estate plan, here’s a simple template that you can complete in less than 5 minutes; it might be the difference betwee...| Empowered Law
by Pedro Cabello del Moral I am sure that anybody reading this post has at some point used (or considered using) media in the classroom. Whether for making lectures more appealing, for illustrating…| Visible Pedagogy
You may not know it, but Vim already does what you installed a Jedi plugin to do| Vimways
Your nick is how people on Libera.Chat know you. If you register it, you’ll be able to use the same nick over and over. If you don’t register, someone else may end up registering the nick you want. If you register and use the same nick, people will begin to know you by reputation.| Libera Chat
These (still) aren't the SCs you're looking for …| patrickhlauke.github.io
What we do The CC Open Culture Platform is coordinated by the CC Open Culture Program, and provides a space to share resources, enhance collaboration and raise awareness on open access to digital cultural heritage, working with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) professionals and open advocates. Read more about how our members have benefited […]| CC Global Network
Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, What can I do with this work? The CC License…| Creative Commons
The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient relic from the late Roman Empire that changes colour depending on how it is lit.| calpaterson.com
Fixfest UK 2023 was a gathering for the UK repair movement to discuss how to connect repair to our communities and normalise repair in the UK| Fixfest
When less is more for healthy conversations| scott.mn
MAESTRO (MIDI and Audio Edited for Synchronous TRacks and Organization) is a dataset composed of about 200 hours of virtuosic piano performances captured wit...| Magenta
