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brought to you by the letter T
"In this fight, in this movement, it was also trans people, especially trans women of color,...
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Andrew Hill
"At the age of 26, Andrew Hill altered jazz history, recording five visionary albums for Blue...
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The Canadian Flag turns 60
"May the land over which this new flag flies remain united in freedom and justice ......
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Five years of titillating mundanity
One thing that, of course, will never change, in Midtown or any other setting, is that,...
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Shy forest marsupials no match for all-seeing drones
Shy forest marsupials no match for all-seeing drones. Researchers in Far North Queensland have found surprising...
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10,000 To Choose From!
Ars staffers pick their favorite Saturday Night Live sketches 50 seasons with ~20 episodes each with...
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Hasbro-Asmodee Corporation: Building better worlds
'Light Brite turned sci-fi console on the cheap' "Generally, the projects featured on Hackaday actually do...
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Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG
"Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG is about participating in a fictional revolution. Influenced by real-world events, past...
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Valentines for All
"When Esther Howland first saw the fancy valentine her father brought home from England, most Americans...
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
In 2007, on my first trip to New York City, I grabbed a brand-new DSLR camera...
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'It is caught in the uncanny valley between fork and comb.'
Joining the list of threats to modern masculinity: forks with an insufficient number of tines. Enter...
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Valentine's Day Massacre
In what might go down as our own Saturday Night Massacre, today's Valentines Day Massacre our...
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Why Gen Z Will Never Leave Home
The proper course of action, the one instilled in me, my friends and many of the...
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Opossum eats whole Costco chocolate cake
"I knew there was no way I could just leave a sick opossum there overnight.... Obviously,...
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The Illuminations Sessions
The 1974 sessions for Illuminations, the album by Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana, have yielded a...
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Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs
Dope Pusher Song. I Know I Can Handle It Song. Captain Junkie SongWikipedia: Unlike most of...
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Endangered turtles break nesting record at famous Mon Repos beach
Endangered turtles break nesting record at famous Mon Repos beach. Rangers at the turtle rookery on...
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Blood, soil, and organic veg
In 1936, Viscount Gerard Wallop, the Earl of Portsmouth, founded the English Array - an insane,...
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The hidden-away UK bill charting a course back to Europe
Ian Dunt on Substack: The hidden-away bill charting a course back to Europe (archive).New Statesman: Denmark...
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Out of the whale
Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera [Grauniad]
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I bonked my head on the moon
Hello! I'm SLIM! Do you want the good news first, or the bad news? The good...
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A hotel to die for
For £332 you can get a room at the rather shabby Hôtel d'Alsace in Paris where...
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Ishbel Myerscough
Inside the Artist's Studio with Ishbel MyerscoughIshbel Myerscough – Grief, Longing and Love Ishbel Myerscough's Meditations...
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Rattlesnakes slithered around the Texas Capitol this week...
Amid intermittent rain, clouds and spots of sun, the Sweetwater Jaycees visited the Texas Capitol this...