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Loved the Miller line that Iglarsh quotes here: "Time stretches out very long before the uncreative person.”

11.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pret's egg salad with cress was such a welcome option in my days of business travel.

28.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Events Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

Somehow I got the idea that the Poetry Foundation was not doing events anymore, but here they are with a roster of events. www.poetryfoundation.org/events

28.02.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the crypto PAC Fairshake is hammering Stratton, which only makes her more appealing.

27.02.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is deeply depressing.

26.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a combo!

24.02.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Painting in a naive style of a female figure in a forest setting wearing a burgundy gown, carrying a sprig of garland in her right hand and holding  with her upraised left hand a large French flag that is flapping behind her. A lion is sitting at her feet. Henri Rousseau - The French republic (circa 1904).

Painting in a naive style of a female figure in a forest setting wearing a burgundy gown, carrying a sprig of garland in her right hand and holding with her upraised left hand a large French flag that is flapping behind her. A lion is sitting at her feet. Henri Rousseau - The French republic (circa 1904).

Rather reminds me of Henri Rousseau's "The French Republic" (~1906).

18.02.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The last para should be depressing but somehow it's the opposite. "Lost in the same throng." Yes! πŸ˜€

11.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
No. 159. The nature and remedies of bashfulness. Sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis, et magnuum morbi deponere partem. HOR. Ep. Lib. i. 34. Β Β The …

Johnson's Rambler #159 is a comfort. "Those who are oppressed by their own reputation, will, perhaps, not be comforted by hearing that their cares are unnecessary." www.johnsonessays.com/the-rambler/...

11.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The opposite of any generally acknowledged truth is worth a column to a WSJ opinion writer.

09.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What can you do with a history degree?

09.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 1476 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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Greyhound Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives wh…

Thought-dispeller. softskull.com/books/greyho...

02.01.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WITF

01.01.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should say, such a nice piece by Jo Applin.

31.12.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lincolnesque.

31.12.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"When I do not 'attack,' I do not feel alive." Love that Louise.

31.12.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic!

31.12.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025: our review of the year Podcast Episode Β· The Week in Art Β· 12/19/2025 Β· 1h 21m

The only "year in review" piece I've seen so far that (rightfully) starts with the LA fires.

28.12.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?

Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.

These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ

24.12.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 796 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.

The adagium "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is" also applies to AI slop

cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/how-to-spo...

18.12.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Heath/Zenith Z-100 user's guide by Hugh Kenner | Open Library Heath/Zenith Z-100 user's guide by Hugh Kenner, 1984, Brady Communications Co. edition, in English

openlibrary.org/books/OL2847...

23.11.2025 00:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day I Read a Book YouTube video by BTRB
10.11.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They counted on making Chicago mad and provoking violence but what they did instead was viscerally disgust any human with even the slightest sense of morality and it’s not gonna go the way they want

06.11.2025 01:11 πŸ‘ 705 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
A photo of a newspaper advertisement, showing a zoomed in photo of a hand holding a Pilot brand fountain pen. "Make AI Jealous" is written in Japanese next to the hand, with "Write what AI can't touch" in English underneath.

A photo of a newspaper advertisement, showing a zoomed in photo of a hand holding a Pilot brand fountain pen. "Make AI Jealous" is written in Japanese next to the hand, with "Write what AI can't touch" in English underneath.

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it

Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

05.11.2025 04:42 πŸ‘ 2893 πŸ” 1081 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 78
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"Nobody can get fired from the AACM. You can't even resign voluntarily! Once you're in, you're in, and even if you say you're out, you're still in. They can't get fired. What are you going to do? Are you going to fire yourself? It's a collective. Who's going to fire you?"

29.10.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, the "yes, ma'am" is bugging me.

28.10.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent. Thanks for all the coverage you're providing!

28.10.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So Jon, for us non-lawyers--does that mean an appearance but no testimony today?

28.10.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.

By @eltragon.bsky.social

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