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In 2024 I saw 1,289 movies...
"And it seems that I'm just getting started." Hanan Levin (MeFite growabrain) has watched more than...
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An abundant legacy across a range of artistic media
Mr. Feiffer was primarily known as a cartoonist. His syndicated black-and-white comic strip, "Feiffer," which astringently...
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The Pushback Thread
In the beginning, I thought Biden was going to do a second term. When doubt crept...
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Life in another light
Life in another light: Winners of the 2024 Life in Another Light Infrared Photography Contest [via]
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a brief history of countercultural advertising
"Challenger brands always went up against an enemy: either a competing brand, or something more nebulous...
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We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid
Kim Kelly Offers Advice and Reading Suggestions for How We Might Survive the Depredations to Come...
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eyelet, nubbin, plunger, bobbin, totem
The Peppermills of Jens Quistgaard Over the course of his prolific and varied design career, Jens...
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Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money
How The Color of Money's "One For Them" Assignment Reignited Martin Scorsese's Hunger for the WorkSome...
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Mawuyul Yanthalawuy: a teacher and a movie star
Born in the bush, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy survived Japanese bombs before becoming a teacher and a movie...
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Let’s focus on the immediate deliverables first
Master the Art of the Product Manager "No"
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Henry Moore
'Untitled'. 'Bronze Form.' 'Figure' 'Reclining Figure' 'Bird'Henry Moore enlisted in the British army at age 17....
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Gone With the Wind?
Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act ... the U.S. wind industry, especially manufacturing, has...
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Nice hole Tim
It's 2026 and you wonder what your friends are up to [SLMastodon thread]. In which Dan...
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Mothership RPG
For people who don't know what Mothership is. For people who do.Some people love it. Some...
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Bohemia is the material substrate through which genius emerges
These social mechanics—wherein creative rivalries oscillate between friendly and zero-sum—are universal, and I know them well....
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Happy Inauguration Day, DOGE!
A coalition representing veterans, public health professionals, teachers and other groups filed a suit today against...
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'How would you even use this code?'
"Autonomy" is a short scifi/horror story by Meg Elison, published January 2025 in Clarkesworld, that partially...
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Fix Your Hearts or Die!
FANFARE THIS WEEK... A special event thread for live commenting on the US inauguration. New movies:...
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Keep your mind set on freedom and your eyes on the prize
Crys Matthews calls herself the poster child for intersectionality. Her new album released last week,Reclamation (Youtube,...
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Leonard Peltier granted clemency
Joe Biden has granted clemency to Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, in one of his last actions...
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Everyone thank Trump for kicking the can another 90 days down the road
Matt Stoller Explains the TikTok Dispute from a Legal Perspective That said, despite the 270 deadline,...
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Salutations de Floride
Little Quebec Was Built to Escape Winter. Now It's Melting Away. (slTheWalrus)
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EPIC, the musical
EPIC: The Musical is a musical adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey created by Jorge Rivera-Herrans Per...
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Do Not Obey In Advance
1. Do not obey in advance. Much of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In...