I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Inuit Snow Goggles
A narrow slit carved into driftwood or bone, tied across the face with sinew. No glass, no theory—just enough light to cross white ice without going blind.
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2 APR 2026
Day 92
There is no royal road to geometry.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Standardised Tool Connections
Every model and every tool once needed custom code to speak to each other. The Model Context Protocol offers a single standard interface, so a calendar tool written once can serve any compliant model.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
The Birth of Venus
Venus stands full-grown on a scallop shell, winds at her back, a robe waiting on the shore — Botticelli's large tempera of a classical myth painted when Florence was firmly Christian.
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