"Their wives protected them from interruptions; their housekeepers and maids brought them breakfast and coffee at odd hours; their nannies kept their children out of their hair. Martha Freud not only laid out Sigmund’s clothes every morning, she even put the toothpaste on his toothbrush. Marcel Proust’s housekeeper, Celeste, not only brought him his daily coffee, croissants, newspapers and mail on a silver tray, but was always on hand whenever he wanted to chat, sometimes for hours. Some women are mentioned only for what they put up with, like Karl Marx’s wife – unnamed in the book – who lived in squalor with the surviving three of their six children while he spent his days writing at the British Museum.
Gustav Mahler married a promising young composer named Alma, then forbade her from composing, saying there could be only one in the family. Instead, she was expected to keep the house utterly silent for him. After his midday swim, he’d whistle for Alma to join him on long, silent walks while he composed in his head. She’d sit for hou
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"Their wives protected them from interruptions; their housekeepers and maids brought them breakfast and coffee at odd hours; their nannies kept their children out of their hair. Martha Freud not only laid out Sigmund’s clothes every morning, she even put the toothpaste on his toothbrush. Marcel Proust’s housekeeper, Celeste, not only brought him his daily coffee, croissants, newspapers and mail on a silver tray, but was always on hand whenever he wanted to chat, sometimes for hours. Some women are mentioned only for what they put up with, like Karl Marx’s wife – unnamed in the book – who lived in squalor with the surviving three of their six children while he spent his days writing at the British Museum.
Gustav Mahler married a promising young composer named Alma, then forbade her from composing, saying there could be only one in the family. Instead, she was expected to keep the house utterly silent for him. After his midday swim, he’d whistle for Alma to join him on long, silent walks while he composed in his head. She’d sit for hours on a branch or in the grass, not daring to disturb him. “There’s such a struggle going on in me!” Alma wrote in her diary. “And a miserable longing for someone who thinks OF ME, who helps me to find MYSELF! I’ve sunk to the level of a housekeeper!”" - theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
For more on this subject, I recommend the book "who cooked Adam Smith's dinner".
Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – Belarus and China exchanged their experience in implementing programs to support working mothers during the 2nd China-Belarus Women's Forum held in Nanjing of China, BelTA has learned.
Neue Hürden für Export nach China kosten Nvidia Milliarden
Der US-Chiphersteller Nvidia erwartet wegen der Lieferbeschränkungen nach China Milliardenverluste. Zuvor hatte die US-Regierung Exportkontrollen für den H20-Chip nach China verhängt.
Der US-Chiphersteller Nvidia erwartet wegen der Exportbeschränkungen nach China Milliardenverluste. Zuvor hatte die US-Regierung Exportkontrollen für den H20-Chip nach China verhängt.
Testing the political faithful Holy week. Holidays. Travel time. Everyone packing up their shmattas to schlep to some outpost in some who cares country that didn’t like us in the first place.
#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!
Wednesday has finally wended its way past Tuesday & looks thoroughly unpromising. Very overcast & grey with temperatures not expected to hit double figures.
Toying with a shopping trip this morning if I can gather some motivation together.
Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖
I'm looking forward to seeing a ballet this afternoon, but following that with a Patish Council meeting, so down to earth with a bump. Have a great day
Harvard did not act quickly. But it acted clearly. That clarity must be contagious. Because unless every university in America is ready to say no to federal ideological coercion, this moment will not be a line in the sand. It will be a footnote in the obituary of academic freedom.
#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!
Wednesday has finally wended its way past Tuesday & looks thoroughly unpromising. Very overcast & grey with temperatures not expected to hit double figures.
Toying with a shopping trip this morning if I can gather some motivation together.
Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖
In spring of 1991, a U.S. Consulate employee in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, decided the fate of my life. They stamped my passport with a tourist visa, allowing me to visit my uncle that summer.
This is incalculable harm to coordination of infosec response; via Brian Krebs: MITRE has announced that its funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and related programs,…
EU demands of Serbia same as protesters: commissioner BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The EU's enlargement chief has backed calls by protesters in Serbia to tackle corruption and boost the rule of law, as she insisted the country get ba…
AOC and Bernie Sanders filled the theater in Bakersfield, CA earlier today. I heard that there were still lines outside when they had to stop letting people in. Inside it certainly looked full, with some people standing against the back wall. The audience section holds 3000 people plus there were maybe 1000 on the stage.
"The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment against a captive civilian population. As famine tightens its grip and American-made bombs rain from the sky, global leaders stand by—paralyzed,
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The last full-price AAA game I bought cost £34.99 in 2001. That's about £64 adjusted for inflation and that's about $85 (US) at current exchange rates.
Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally.
The latest state government figures show regrowth across more than 7.6 million hectares in Queensland in 2020-21. These trees, though young, still provide valuable habitat for many threatened species – as long as they’re not bulldozed again.
Our new research explored the benefits of regrowth for 30 threatened animal species in Queensland. We found regrown forests and woodlands provided valuable habitat and food for species after an average of 15 years. Some species were likely to benefit from trees as young as three years.
This presents an opportunity for governments to support landowners and encourage them to retain more regrowing forest and
Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally.
The latest state government figures show regrowth across more than 7.6 million hectares in Queensland in 2020-21. These trees, though young, still provide valuable habitat for many threatened species – as long as they’re not bulldozed again.
Our new research explored the benefits of regrowth for 30 threatened animal species in Queensland. We found regrown forests and woodlands provided valuable habitat and food for species after an average of 15 years. Some species were likely to benefit from trees as young as three years.
This presents an opportunity for governments to support landowners and encourage them to retain more regrowing forest and woodland, especially where it can provide much-needed habitat for wildlife. But it’s a challenge because there is strong pressure to clear regrowth, largely to maintain pasture.
New research found regrowth in Queensland provided valuable habitat after 15 years, on average, with some species benefiting from trees as young as 3 years of age.
The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. group that produced a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to shape the upcoming Albanian election, DeSmog can report.
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