A quotation from C. C. Colton

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 131 (1822)

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A quotation from Joubert

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 16 “Des Mœurs publiques et privées; du Caractère des Nations [On Morality and the Character of Nations],” ¶ 38 (1850 ed.) [tr. Calvert (1866), ch. 12]

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Vegeversary (2022) [4 min] by Sarah Schmidt | #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6hDSrv6_GE

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Ah yes -- Thanksgiving ahead.

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A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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I believe I drank too much wine last night at Hurstbourne; I know not how else to account for the shaking of my hand today. You will kindly make allowance therefore for any indistinctness of writing, by attributing it to this venial error.
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Digital Schlaraffenland - an ode to binary architecture (2022/24)
50.000 modified dice, black box

The work "Digital Schlaraffenland" is a cybernetic ball pit offering unlimited possibilities analogous to the land of milk and honey. The work consists of 50.000 dice with zeros and ones, so-called bits, the basic unit of the digital. The 50.000 bits enable 2 to the power of 50.000 combinations, a number so large that it is almost impossible to visualise.

However, this impossibility becomes immediately tangible here as a "virtual reality" in its literal form. The work shows the logic and variety of options of digital technology using data to create representations of everything and everyone. With a binary-numerical representation of the world, simply everything can be transformed into pure numerical shapes, into algebraic structures of zeros and ones, the grammar of the digital.

What is specific about the digital is its unspecific character and almost ubiquitous form - previously reserved only for the presence of Gods and the use of writing. In the case of "Digital Schlaraffenland" an incredible amount of information with an infinite capacity for recombination is on offer. The same technology, zeros and ones, can produce and control the most diverse things; it is even more translatable than f.e. language, into almost any situation.

Most data is invisibly hidden in the "black boxes" of devices. When they become visible they might cause discomfort, for example, in the form of revelations about our preferences and behaviour. However, here in the digital land of milk and honey or Schlaraffenland, comfort is paramount. It allows to play endlessly with the possibilities and write data without any limits.

The work is part of the exhibition "Decoding the Black Box" @Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen

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A quotation from Antrim, Minna:

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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
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https://wist.info/antrim-minna/65848/

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Is The “#BuryYourGays” #Trope Finally #DyingOut?

The #overindulgence in the ‘bury your gays’ trope has befallen many #iconic #queer #lovestories.

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https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/bury-your-gays-queer-romcom

A quotation from Child, Julia:

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Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. You need to enjoy the good things in life, but you need not overindulge.
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https://wist.info/child-julia/61865/

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