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The National Endowment for the Arts is slated for the chopping block in Trump's budget. It has just cut off funding (paywalled, sorry) to, amongst others affected, many of the US's best small presses, including (but not limited to) Arte Publico, BOA Editions, Four Way Books, Hub City Writers Project, Milkweed Editions, Nightboat Books, Red Hen Press, Transit Books, feminist presses Alice James Books...

Wait, What?? Also: Cows. More: Food. Mystery post about Master Tingus.I can't believe this wasn't posted to Metafilter before.

To a visitor sitting with him in this bucolic setting that doubles as his backyard, the world he describes can be disorienting. This affable guy, who does odd jobs to supplement his Social Security checks and lives quietly on the fringe of society, did what? from The King of X [Texas Monthly; ungated]

T'shuva. A translator for the Angels. Fake artifacts. Clowning. The four winners of the 2024 Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree Award), and the Long List of five additional works, are speculative fiction stories that expand and explore our understanding of gender. You can read two of the stories - "The Flame in You" by L. Nabang, and "Scarlett" by Everdeen Mason - online. The...

Incredible comeback for endangered shorebirds. The endangered little tern has experienced one of its best breeding seasons in decades, with the highest-ever number of fledglings recorded by scientists. (Australia)

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster. As someone working at NIH, I lay out the insider view of what Republicans seem to be doing, what could play out in Congress, how changes within NIH are designed to produce budget cuts, and how people who care about medical treatments and cures might now respond.

Sometimes the reason you can't find people you resonate with is because you misread the ones you meet. Henrik Karlsson reflects on discovering true friends.

"Jacques Esnauts and Michel Rapilly created the 'Galerie des Modes, a series of colored fashion plates and portfolios. It was published from 1778-1787 and distributed in Paris. Over 400 plates were issued over the ten year period and were produced by prominent eighteenth century designers and engravers...In 1911 Emile Lévy published a reproduction of the Galerie des Modes, re engraving the plates and coloring...

Ann Telnaes, who resigned in protest from the Washington Post after the Editorial Board *coughJeffBezos*cough* spiked her editorial cartoon of Bezos and other CEOs genuflecting before Trump, won a Pulitzer Prize for her work. (Selection of cartoons at the link.) The Pulitzers, the most prestigious award in journalism, were announced today. Despite the general decline of news organizations and a depressing obeisance to the...

"Greetings. I seem to have difficulty connecting with others. Perhaps it's due to the fact that I misperceive blinking as a threat. Maybe it stems from developing a pack mentality with any bug I capture." Whatever trials Difficulty Man's ludicrous life presents him with, you can be sure he'll tackle it head-on, boldly marching forward into his next impossible misunderstanding. Here's the complete playlist...

Are Hawkins Cheezies the Snack Food of Canadian Sovereignty? Belleville, Ontario represent!I have linked the This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch for you too! From Chatelaine: Why Hawkins Cheezies Are Canada's Most Under the Radar Snack.

Self-styled prophets are claiming they have 'awakened' chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT.

Dark skies have always been home: How light pollution affects connection to First Nations culture. The dark night sky has special meaning for Krystal de Napoli, an astrophysicist and Gomeroi woman, but light pollution is erasing constellations from view that have guided her peoples' connection with Country since time immemorial, she writes.

Under the fold, Winnipeg small presses: ARP Books, At Bay Press, and Signature Editions.Here's the sixth in a series of Canadian small press roundups. ARP Books publishes books with an emphasis on progressive political analysis, including: Bebías Into Ǫhndaa Ke: Queer Indigenous Knowledge for Land and Community by Sydney Rae Krill and Kleo P. Skavinski, World's End, poems by rob mclennan, and TOL, NEW̱...

The star of the Red Sea Scrolls is undoubtedly a man called Merer, a mid-level official or inspector who oversaw a team of forty men transporting limestone for Giza on a ship named The Uraeus of Khufu Is Its Prow —In Gold and Lapis Lazuli is an essay [archive] by archeologist Robert Cioffi about the Diary of Merer, the logbook of a crew working...

You might have received a text message from a somewhat strange phone number saying a package is on its way to you. But to receive the package, you have to click on a link and fill out a form asking for your credit card details. You are about to be scammed. Who is behind it? from The Hunt for Darcula [NRK]

WaPo Opinion: This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging?(ungated)Because I'm unsure of my understanding of the expression, I never use it, myself.

The Games: Winter Challenge (1991) contains subtle copy protection that renders several lategame challenges unbeatable if you improperly hack the copy protection. Unfortunately, almost every rerelease improperly hacks the copy protection. Detailed technical writeup by MrWint.

One of the most unique voices in rock music and the creative force behind the avant-garde rock band Pere Ubu, David Thomas has died at age 71. His death was announced in a post on Pere Ubu's official Facebook page.Billing himself as Crocus Behemoth, Thomas's career began in Cleveland in 1974 with the short-lived Rocket From The Tombs. Following their disbandment, half of the...

Short Calf Muscle (YouTube, 12m45s, Dutch audio, English subs): famously tolerant country, the Netherlands. From Short Frame.