As Catherine Milner suggests:
'the national curriculum seems designed to regiment & quash any nascent creative spirit, rearing generations that are materially & culturally illiterate'.
The anti-arts bias of our political class has patterned education in the UK for too long; if AI really does strip out menial mental work, then for many workers creativity will be the key to 'good work'!
Schools that cannot foster creativity are a betrayal of the young.
#arts #education
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Children starved of art lose their creative spark – and the country its cultural future
You can’t buy a crayon with the amount spent on arts education in some schools – leaving pupils without the skills for tomorrow’s jobsCatherine Milner (The Observer)
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Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940sBenjamin Johnson (The Texas Observer)
Dvorák's 'Rusalka' with Fagan, Philip, Sporsén, Flor and Leoson from Stockholm - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
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27 September 1881 | A Pole, Tadeusz Dąbrowski, was born in Tarnów. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 27 May 1942.
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He perished in the camp on 7 September 1942.
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Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_0…
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Nes four score e cartucce Soccer Gyromite Gremlins 2 - Questo è un post automatico da FediMercatino.it
Prezzo: 70 € + spedizione
Lotto per Nes composto dal Four Score e tre cartucce: Soccer, Gyromite, Gremlins 2.
Condizioni buone in generale, non si vedono danni alle plastiche o etichette eccetto dei segni dovuti all'usura ed età. Il Four Score ha un angolo consumato che però non pregiudica la resistenza della custodia.
Non ho modo però di testare i giochi o il controller, perciò non posso offrire garanzie di funzionamento.
Posso scambiare anche con materiale per retrocomputing e retroconsolle (Commodore 64/128, zx spectrum, amiga, atari st, pc dos, sega megadrive).
Disponibile il ritiro in zona.
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Non-Destructive Fun » Linux Magazine
It's been a long wait, but the latest Gimp release offers a non-destructive workflow and an improved codebase that promises future enhancements.Linux Magazine
@Morpurgo One in which information is not lost For example, erasing is nojn-destructive because you can go back later ad unerase. But you can't go back and modify a single brush stroke after doing lots of other things you don't want to lose.
With non-destructive filters, you can apply, say, a blur, do lots of other stuff, then come back to the layer, click on the fx, and change the blur, or even remove it.
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Im am. Original des Blockbusters “Stirb langsam” (Die Hard) sind die Bösewichte dt. Terroristen die auch Deutsch sprechen. In der dt. Version sind die Kriminellen radikale Iren. Sogar die dt. Namen (Hans, Karl usw.) wurden geändert (Jack, Charlie)
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🔒 This World Tourism Day, the tourism industry faces rising cybersecurity threats as it evolves. Key challenges include protecting customer data and securing networks against hacks. As travel grows, so do vulnerabilities.
What measures should the industry prioritize for better security? #Cybersecurity #Privacy #WorldTourismDay
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'Nature's Commute' by Adrian Bik
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Nature's Commute
Nature’s Commute Another surreal piece - inspired by the Tokyo metro Made completely in Blender 4.5 clay render and water simulation!Blender Artists Community
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Atletico thrash Real Madrid 5-2 in thrilling derby as Alvarez grabs brace
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Atletico thrash Real Madrid 5-2 in thrilling derby as Alvarez grabs brace
Julian Alvarez scores twice as Atletico came from behind to inflict a first defeat of the season on city rivals Real.Al Jazeera
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@Paul Kater - Antifa what about wrapped in warm clothing, double socks, a shawl and a blanket?
winter is coming, at last!
Poche ore ancora e la palla a spicchi verrà lanciata in aria su tutti i campi della B interregionale. Attesa per il debutto del rinnovato Basketball Club Lucca che giocherà domenica (ore 18) sul difficile parquet dell'Arezzo. La squadra biancorossa è inserita nel girone C della Conference Centro. Dopo la lunga fase precampionato si comincia a fare sul noitv.it/2025/09/bclucca-da-pr…
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Damals...
Damals im Sommer, als es noch warm war und die Sonne schien. Könnt ihr euch noch erinnern? Das waren noch Zeiten. Das obere Foto entstand Anfang Juli und das untere Ende August. Und beide stammen aus dem Botanischen Garten an der RUB.Markus Kniebes (kniebes.com)
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👑 🗺 🎮 Сейчас будет необычный для этого канала контент.
Я хочу рассказать про компьютерную игру.
Встречайте: свободный, бесплатный и улучшенный вариант Civilization V (ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meie…) — Unciv.
Системные требования меньше, чем у виндового блокнота, идёт на любом утюге (за исключением АйУтюгов, но на маки можно).
Приятная и чёткая графика, мультиплеер!
Мультиплеер несколько своеобразный пока: нет списка игр. Чтобы поиграть с другом нужно запросить у него его ID, а потом дать ему ID созданной игры. Звучит путанно, на деле же минутное дело.
Более того, можно играть одну партию (мультиплеер или одиночку) сразу с разных устройств.
99% текста переведено на русский.
Куча модов (есть мод с правилами 6 цивы, Beyond Earth, мод на постапокалипсис и так далее).
Залипаю уже не первую неделю.
⬇️ Скачать можно на гитхабе (github.com/yairm210/Unciv/rele…), либо, если для ведроида, то F-Droid (f-droid.org/en/packages/com.un…) или же гоглплее (play.google.com/store/apps/det…), для ценителей ithc.io (yairm210.itch.io/unciv) тоже есть.
Кто желает партейку-другую? ;)
#games, #Игры, #Цивилизация, #Civilization, #Unciv, #OpenSource, #Free, #FOSS
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Portland says, all due respect, keep out.
Totally! I was invoking The Sopranos. I will edit the post and add that hashtag.
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All good, and I'm sure you're not the only one. I just watched it last year. If and when you are able, I highly recommend it.
🔴 #A7Radio > #Sport > #CANENG 13 - 33 ✅
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L'Angleterre dominée au début à reprit la main et s'est imposée en puissance !
Un tournois passionnant s'achève.
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La stream @7 Radio 100% Mix est un flux musical qui diffuse les créations audios @7 Productiona7productions.blogspot.com
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Trump Says Government Will ‘Have To Shut Down’ If Democrats Don’t Drop Demands - NewsBreak
The president attended a golf tournament in New York on Friday, with just four days left until the federal government shuts down.NewsBreak
Lovely to see the Canadian commentator talking to Gabby Logan wearing Canadian First Nations earrings 👏👏👍💕
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Why oh why does everything have to viewed in terms of economic growth? Can't we learn for the sake of it? Can't we even (gasp) learn something today and put it aside for a rainy day?
P.S. ditto "design"
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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Yes, education for education's sake is the humanist approach, certainly.... but ignoring the economics of work is a luxury not available to everyone - that said this issue of continuing economic growth is a different issue (which is why I pointed to 'good work' - as in the RSA report from some years ago)
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
To avoid the 'economics of work' you're going to need more that MMT, and even a UBI would be dependent on some workers actually paying the taxes to provide some level of UBI.... even in the quasi-communist states of 1930s/195os, the economics of work continued to be a thing.... so I'm not sure we'll be able to ignore it in our lifetimes
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in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
Indeed, but that in no way would limit the economics of work... unless you have a society where the state controls all labour, and even then as an incentive there might well be different rates of pay even within single enterprise (see Yugoslavia's experiment with worker run industries in the 1950s/60s
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Given a factory producing widgets with a cooperative structure would this work?
In the current year each member of the coop receives an equitable (*) monthly payment guaranteed by the Central Bank (**) based on last year's sales minus capital and input costs divided by the total membership.
* The membership to interpret 'equitable.'
** The Central Bank would charge an insurance fee to average fluctuations in annual sales (similar to how crop insurance works in Canada).
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
Well, the answer is we don't need thought experiments, we can look either at the historical example from Yugoslavia, or we could look at Mondragon in Spain... in both cases co-operative structures still have retained (did retain) some level of pay hierarchy - so as you suggest the issue is what level of differentiation would still count as 'equitable'
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"The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled." John Kenneth Galbraith
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
err... how has Mondragon failed?
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
Aha, OK I slightly misunderstood your point, fair enough.....
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to furniturelink • • •@furniturelink
Agreed; I quite often find myself refining positions in the replies due to a phrasing for length that disrupted my intent.... so know the Q. & thanks for the clarification (earlier)
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in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •All that will be required of us is to be able to frame instructions for the AI program to which we are allocated; the poetry, prose and graphic arts will then flow unrestricted for all humankind to purchase for its momentary pleasures.
Erm...
Typewriters.
Chimpanzees.
Shakespeare.
There'll be a lot of rubbish!
Then again: perhaps someone will instruct an AI program to produce a wonderful new suit of clothes (and the marketing spiel) for the Emperor Donald XLVII. 😉
h4890
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •What is "creative spark"?
I always hated art class in school, and it was a complete waste of time. I think that "art" should best be done (if one has the need) at home on ones own time, so school can be used more for work, and less for play.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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Its an interesting issue; certainly my experience has been students who have been active in the arts at school often have better communications skills.... but, in a crowded curriculum many feel as you do.
My problem is the allowing a space for the 'creative spark' to is seen as a luxury while I think actually it is part of a humanistic education.
Whether it happens at home is often dependent on parents themselves having had encouragement to be creative when they were young(er).
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I know this is going to sound like I'm avoiding an answer, but I really do think any time spent fostering creativity of any sort cannot (almost be definition) be a waste of time... which I know is avoiding answering with a criteria & threshold - sorry
h4890
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Well, in a way it _is_ an answer. Because if we cannot agree on what creativity is, how to facilitate it, and how to measure it, how can we teach it?
After all, there is creativity within math, physics, programming etc. it is something which is inherent in all human activities.
I think that the idea that children _have_ to doodle on a piece of paper in order to learn creativity is erroneous and not very productive when discussing education.