A Haute Minute

Snapshots, snippets and words of wit. All things geek, tastebud couture cook, mad mad bibliophile, intellectual deviant, writer.

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Some Bizarre Black Holes Put On Light Shows

Black holes aren't all doom and gloom. Some of these incredibly dense matter-suckers fling powerful jets of light and charged particles — the space version of a fireworks show.

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Debbie Millman and other designers respond constructively to what can be done about the political situation today. 

Also see Carl Sagan on moving beyond us vs. them. 

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…and, especially, decline to accept the end of woman.

Despite the dated language, William Faulkner’s 1950 Nobel speech on the artist’s role as a booster of the human heart is timelier than ever. 

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It's that time of year again! Happy Halloween!

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Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, October 1977.

Read about the 5 cool new Parisian bistros the locals love: here.

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The zombie librarians are in on this week’s The Librarian Is In.

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Heheh

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Hehehe

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Hahaha

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On Black Cat Appreciation Day, LIFE looks back at the time 152 cats auditioned for the title role in Edgar Allen Poe’s 1843 short story “The Black Cat,” which would appear in the 1962 horror compilation “Tales of Terror.” (Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday #catsofinstagram #blackcatappreciationday

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A very important holiday. 😻  -Emily

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Ralph Steadman’s rare and magnificent illustrations for George Orwell’s Animal Farm, published on this day in 1945. 

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So effing true... :P

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Lightning Storms

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Sunset in Tucson, Arizona

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Just chilling...

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Hahaha, for reals!

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* credit: Bertrand Russell wisdom, as pictured within Praise of Idleness by Australian humourist Bradley Trevor Greive