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Hannah Arendt ( 1906 - 1975 ) German-American historian and philosopher. She was one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Her works cover a broad range of topics, but she is best known for those dealing with the nature of power and evil, as well as politics, direct democracy, authority, and totalitarianism. She is commemorated by institutions and journals devoted to her thinking, the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thinking, and on stamps, street names, and schools, amongst other things. More

Coney (Cephalopholis fulva) camouflaged on a rock, Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil.

João D'Andretta, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Christopher Courtney assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Det. 16 assists his team members during Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) training from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) shown below the helicopter was launched on this day 50 years ago.

United States Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Gabrielle Aplin performing live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. Today is her birthday.

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Illuminated manuscript of the Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Book of hours for Parisians), or "Book of Hours of Charles VIII" King of France (1468 - 1498). The folio shows Saint Denis, first bishop and patron of Paris, walking with his head in his hands after his execution. Today is the feast day of Saint Denis.

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S-charl, rapids in the mountain stream Clemgia, a tributary of the Inn.

Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.