prior probability

I discovered this haunting piece of instrumental music via the “Chill” station on SiriusXM (channel 53).

These multifarious football clubs, spread across eight different soccer leagues, are all based in London. Hat tip: u/andreidost.

Today (March 25) is one of the most important days for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians: the Feast of the Annunciation, which commemorates the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary and which used to mark the beginning of the New Year. (See here, for example.) Pictured below is El Greco’s rendering of the Annunciation.

That is the title of this autobiographical 2017 lecture by Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Sounds and words; papyrus and scrolls; books and pamphlets; photographs and movies; vinyl records and mp3 files — what will the next major media revolution look like? On this day (March 22) in 1896, the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, screen a movie for the first time at a meeting of the Société pour l’Encouragement à l’Industrie. (Below is an enhanced version of one of their first films.)

The Old Hem, a beloved pub in Kharkiv dedicated to the memory of Ernest Hemingway, was destroyed by Russian shelling last week, and two civilians were killed in the attack. Via George Wright of the BBC, the full story is here.