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"The Kodiak bear is the largest brown bear in the world, found exclusively on the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwestern Alaska. Adult males stand up to 10 feet tall and weigh up to 1,500 pounds. A Kodiak bear possesses the strength to lift up to 5,000 pounds."

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January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, 1571–1610.
The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1600.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

― Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013.

German classical violinist Julia Fischer performs Adagio, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, composed in 1775.

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January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, French painter, 1830–1901.

"Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings. He started his apprenticeship at the Fine Art School of Paris in 1852, in Hippolyte Flandrin’s studio."

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📷 Virtual Art Museum
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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And she’s off! Let the Kalman kids invasion of Paris commence. Manna sets off for a semester abroad in the City of Lights, to join her older brother and sister, who have been living, studying, and working in Paris the past few years. Good luck, sweet Manna!

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January 14, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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The moment before the blizzard hits...

"The Giant Mountains, known as Karkonosze in Polish, are the highest range of the Sudetes in the Bohemian Massif, forming a natural border between Poland and the Czech Republic."

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📷 Photo by Radek Dlubak©️ | Ancient Forests
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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"Hazy morning in Baranya county, southern Hungary."

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📷 Photo by Tibor Rubinszki©️ | Ancient Forests
January 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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“You cannot kill the truth. You cannot kill justice. You cannot kill what we are fighting for.”

— Jean Dominique, Haitian democracy activist.

South Korean-German violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, composed in 1806.

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January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Born on this day, January 16, 1754.
Paul Theodor van Brussel, Dutch painter, 1754-1795.
Flowers in a Vase, 1792.
Oil on wood.

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📷 The National Gallery, London | Virtual Art Museum
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter, 1862–1918.
Fir Forest I, 1901.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland | Painting and Fine Arts
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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"The book begins with a simple, devastating idea: We are not born with purpose; we invent it. Jean-Paul Sartre doesn’t tell you how to live; he hands you the unbearable truth that no one can. It’s your burden, your freedom, your life to define."

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📷 Classic Literature
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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A flock of Kercerécék (Common Goldeneyes) soar over icy Lake Balaton, Hungary.

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📷 Photo by Péter Molnár©️
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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"Compassion is the ultimate beauty. Compassion is the elegance of heart."

— Unknown

South Korean concert pianist Yunchan Lim performs the beautiful ending to Andante con moto, Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4, composed in 1806.

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January 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Claude Monet, French painter, 1840–1926.
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art | Painting and Fine Arts
January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Alas, it's been two years to this day. January 17, 2024.

We miss you, TG.

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For those of us who were fortunate to know him on Twitter, TG22110 became a cherished friend and staunch ally in the eternal battle of good vs. evil.

On the one-year anniversary of his passing, let us continue to lift each other up with kindness, and keep fighting the good fight.

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#ThankYouTG
January 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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On the two-year anniversary of TG's passing, sharing a Twitter thread from 2024, for those who may not have known him.

In memoriam. Rest in Peace, sweet soul.

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January 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity."

— Martin Luther King Jr., 1956.

Oh, how far this nation has fallen.

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January 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Sending out this timeless, ethereal melody In Memoriam of our beloved Twitter friend TG, who passed away two years ago today, on January 17, 2024.

May his memory be a blessing.

Mariam Batsashvili performs Adagio, Bach-Marcello, Concerto in D Minor, composed in 1714.

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January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Lionel Walden, American painter, 1861-1933.
Les Docks de Cardiff, 1894.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Musée d’Orsay, Paris | Painting and Fine Arts
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Few movements reveal Ludwig van Beethoven's true genius like Andante con moto, Piano Concerto No. 4.

The stark, startling contrast between the frenzied, high-energy wall of sound from the orchestra, met by gentle, delicate piano chords; the manifestation of Yīn and Yáng.

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January 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, 1571-1610.
Basket of Fruit, 1596.
Oil on canvas.

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📷 Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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"Winter dusk outside Gelej, a small village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary, known for its rich archaeological history, especially from the Copper Age and Bronze Age."

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📷 Photo by István Baggins©️
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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The White House announced that President Donald Trump was awarded the Peacocke Dance Trust Ballet award for 2026, in Auckland, New Zealand.

"I was presented with the Peacocke Dance Trust Ballet award for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect."

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January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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"Danish billboard outside Copenhagen Airport."

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📷 The Other 98%
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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The iconic photograph of the "Big Three"—Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin—seated together at the Yalta Conference, with Donald Trump behind them, awarding himself a Peace Prize, was taken in February 1945 at the Livadia Palace in Yalta, Crimea.

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January 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM