Welcome to the weekend.
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.
Florence has a botanical museum, filled with plant specimens from around the globe and wax replicas of fruit, it is a truly gorgeous and inspiring space.
On a related note, this was an interesting look at Carl Linnaeuss’s systems of note-taking, developed while refining his naming system and hierarchy, which is still used today to organize flora and fauna a reliable order.
A federal judge is allowing an A.I.-related lawsuit brought by dozens of authors against Meta to move forward.
“In Defense of Turkish Delight“; I believe the first time I had this tasty sweet was when my husband brought some back with him from Qatar. Delicious!
Did you know? In the 1950s, The Wizard of Oz was reinterpreted and imbued with certain qualities to make it suitable for Soviet children?
Currently reading: The Nibelungenlied
Have a great weekend.
Image: “Fir Tree”. Eysen, Louis. (German, 1843–1899)
