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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 4d

A New Search Engine Lets You Explore 4 Million Works of Art & Historical Photographs from Museums and Libraries Around the World

We live in an age when you can describe practically anything you want to see in words, then see it almost immediately. Nobody will ever have laid eyes upon that particular sight before — and quite pos...

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November 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM

CtrlVReality

@ctrlvreality.eurosky.social

How Our Brain Tricks Us, part 1/2 (audio mostly in French, English subtitles available; available until 19.5.2026) #Documentaries #Free_resources
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How Our Brain Tricks Us (1/2) - Me and My Brain - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

Our brain uses mental shortcuts so that we can filter the countless stimuli in our environment and react to them. However, this strength of the brain is also its weakness. Using optical illusions and ...

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May 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM

CtrlVReality

@ctrlvreality.eurosky.social

"Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove" #Culture #Free_resources

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Apr 11

Jacobs went on to record more than 10,000 concerts, with increasingly sophisticated equipment, over four decades in Chicago and other cities. Now a group of devoted volunteers in the U.S. and Europe is methodically cataloging, digitizing and uploading them one by one.

Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove

Aadam Jacobs went on to record more than 10,000 concerts, with increasingly sophisticated equipment, over four decades in Chicago and other cities.

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April 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM

CtrlVReality

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These are great. #Art #Free_resources

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Mar 4

Download 60,000 Works of Art from the National Gallery, Including Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rembrandt & More

As a young amateur painter and future art school dropout, I frequently found myself haunted by the faces of two artists, that famously odd couple from my favorite art history novelization—and Kirk Dou...

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March 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM

Thalia [tə'lɪə]

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The wealthy contributed a lot more to society between 1930-1980 than they do today.

We’ve had 40 years of experimenting with trickle down economics, maybe it’s time for THEM to tighten their belts again.