Day 2,316: literal
Mr Trump’s plans are a more literal threat to New Yorkers and, possibly, the law.
https://economist.com/leaders/2025/10/30/the-battle-for-new-york
Artwork of the day
Title: Diana and Cupid
Artist: Pompeo_Batoni (Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)
Date: 1761
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 49 x 68 in. (124.5 x 172.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., Mrs. Haebler Frantz, April R. Axton, L. H. P. Klotz, and David Mortimer Gifts; and Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, George Blumenthal, and J. Pierpont Morgan, Bequests of Millie Bruhl Fredrick and Mary Clark Thompson, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982
Object Number: 1982.438
Curatorial Department: European Paintings
Word of the day
literal: The literal meaning of a word is its original, basic meaning:
Quote of the day
“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.”
― Nelson Mandela
