The Digital Crown

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity

— Keep the aspidistra flying - George Orwell. Gordon Comstock really is the vilest little sod but I adore him!

Comstock is a character you’ll love to hate. He’s Holden Caulfield in steroid. I think Orwell created him as satire. But, Comstock has a profound effect on me even in a way that he’s everything that I’m not. A sort of anti-hero and I learn much from that character.

As the United States embraces a world of alternative facts under President Trump, it must also embrace alternative spelling. Those hardest hit by these changes are the children who compete in the world of high stakes Spelling Bee competitions.

The once-inaccessible archive of the UN war crimes commission, dating back to 1943, is being opened by the Wiener Library in London with a catalogue that can be searched online.

I wonder why I didn’t see it there before ♪

happy international women’s day!!! :~) this is such an empowering quote by emma watson and i thought it would be perfect to share on this day! 

Elon Musk has everyone excited about Mars, but what if we went back to the moon? It’s a much shorter trip and we already have some lunar mission experience. The European Space Agency wants to have a fully functional village there by the 2030s. (📷 : ESA)

Harry Potter posters by Olly Moss

Reading and walking should be an Olympic sport

some of this week’s best tweets about trump

Corinthian helmet from the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) found with the warrior’s skull inside.