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One of the few objects left that can summon a virtuous aura of salvation
The idea of men who need new stories but refuse to read them is also exaggerated...
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Woman allegedly found with 94 reptiles in wildlife trafficking crackdown
Woman allegedly found with 94 reptiles in wildlife trafficking crackdown. Operation Ares leads to the arrest...
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Game Jam Days are Here Again (apologies to Yellen, Ager and Roosevelt)
Great snakes! Blow me down! I'm about a week late, but there's still time to make...
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The Standards Trio
Keith Jarrett on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums have been one...
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Will Anyone Care?
Digital technology is changing the very face of archival materials, as there emerges a new generation...
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Skiing at a breaking point
The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) is currently on an unfair labor practices strike...
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'film’s wear and tear tells a story as important as the film’s content'
In the 1930s, several Japanese companies produced films made on paper ("kami firumu") instead of celluloid....
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'Nosferatu' and the Pathology of Women’s Sexual Desire
"In Robert Eggers's new film "Nosferatu" (2024), Nosferatu is the dark Count Orlok, whom the socially...
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The Great Span
The Network Of Time is a kind of six degrees of separation (or of Kevin Bacon,...
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Motherland Will Always Betray You, Son
Transnistria (previously), a tiny breakaway region of Moldova beside Ukraine, has for more than 30 years...
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The Virgin Tour
On May 25, 1985, a hometown girl returned to Detroit to put on a show."I went...
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100% Cringe Era Period
Lake Superior State University's Banished Word List, 2025 (previously)
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Embrace the barbell
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think...
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Moonlight on Roseville Beach: A Queer Game of Disco and Cosmic Horror
Moonlight on Roseville Beach is a roleplaying game about a very specific time and a very...
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The invasion feels personal
Even in the few months Kelly has used the app, she's noticed an increase in straight...
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The Gentrification of Video Game History
"Even if we have things in common — and we often have — we rarely communicate...
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We have built a shocking amount of stuff (most of it recently)
Biocubes.net is an interactive visualization of the world's biomass and humanity's "technomass" (i.e. everything we've ever...
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Ancient Games
You've probably heard of the Royal Game of Ur, but have you played the Game of...
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Love as 'giving what you don't have'
Reviewing books by two of the world's leading psychoanalytic writers, Christian R. Gelder explores the challenge...
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DiscoverGov, making researching US government publications easier
As of last month, the United States Government Printing Office has soft-launched a new search tool...
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Never Have Outdated Footer Dates Again
Say Goodbye to Outdated Footer Years, Forever. Every January 1st, millions of developers face the same...