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Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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· Aug 25
Official Carpetblog Ranking of Piemonte Sagras, Festas and Fieras
Carpetblogger goes rural
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It’s sagra season! Sagras celebrate whatever agricultural product an Italian town or village harvests in late summer. Join me as I unfairly rank Piemontese sagras, festas and fieras. carpetblogger.substack.com/p/official-c...
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I think we can all get behind this sentiment
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I think we can all get behind this sentiment
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Parisians always know who's a tourist. They will never let you practice your French with them.
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Parisians always know who's a tourist. They will never let you practice your French with them.
Carpetblog has been wayyyy ahead of the pack.
Ha, this Polish saying has already been assimilated into English enough to end up in Cambridge Dictionary, first English-language dictionary other than Wiktionary to include it.
It's become popular in English in the last few years, starting mostly with its use in Orange Is the New Black in 2017
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It's become popular in English in the last few years, starting mostly with its use in Orange Is the New Black in 2017
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not my circus, not my monkeys
1. used for saying that a problem is not your responsibility, or that you have…
dictionary.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Carpetblog has been wayyyy ahead of the pack.
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there was a time i never thought i could hate a politician more than i hated that guy. in retrospect, very naive of me
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
there was a time i never thought i could hate a politician more than i hated that guy. in retrospect, very naive of me
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Shein vows to cooperate with France in sex doll probe
Shein vows to cooperate with France in sex doll probe
Asian e-commerce giant Shein on Tuesday pledged to "cooperate fully" with judicial authorities after French prosecutors opened an investigation over the sale of childlike sex dolls on the platform.
www.thelocal.fr
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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"inspired by the night sky, Ancestral Puebloan pottery, and regional fauna" 👀👀
The Affeldt Mion Museum renamed one of the largest Navajo rugs, changing its display label from the “Hubbell-Joe Rug” to what most Diné locals have long known it by: “Diyogí Tsoh.”
Historic Diné Weaving Relabeled to Center Native History
The majestic “Diyogí Tsoh,” or “The Big Rug,” is now known by its Diné name at the Affeldt Mion Museum.
hyperallergic.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"inspired by the night sky, Ancestral Puebloan pottery, and regional fauna" 👀👀
Everything is terrible but at least there’s Marina Abramović keeping it real. artreview.com/what-keeps-m...
What Keeps Marina Abramović Going? ‘Balkan Erotic Epic’, Reviewed
Twelve-foot sculptural erections; men furiously humping AstroTurf; vulva-baring dancers – with Balkan Erotic Epic, she’s done it again
artreview.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Everything is terrible but at least there’s Marina Abramović keeping it real. artreview.com/what-keeps-m...
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no kings but look at this cool new crown i got
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
no kings but look at this cool new crown i got
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Guess it's the perfect time to remind people that Pablo Picasso was one of main suspects when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Guess it's the perfect time to remind people that Pablo Picasso was one of main suspects when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
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A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
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Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
Extraction de la TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX - 18 09 2025
YouTube video by Bayeux Museum
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October 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
It’s so good, even when politically implausible!
The Diplomat Season 3 is finally out and it’s so good, and I’m so grateful for the brilliant writers and actors who have created this brilliant, smart, flawlessly executed show.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s so good, even when politically implausible!
How can you tell if you're in Crapistan? Can you see the "world's tallest/biggest/roundest" anything: the world’s tallest flagpole and/or biggest flag, biggest baklava, the world’s largest LED picture of a dictator or the world’s largest indoor ferris wheel? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How can you tell if you're in Crapistan? Can you see the "world's tallest/biggest/roundest" anything: the world’s tallest flagpole and/or biggest flag, biggest baklava, the world’s largest LED picture of a dictator or the world’s largest indoor ferris wheel? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Women don’t like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Women don’t like the vehicle
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my god there has never been a more accurate use of this
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
my god there has never been a more accurate use of this
867-5309
(I can def. remember numbers for four friends right now)
I think most people knew numbers for at least a dozen friends and neighbors off the top of their heads plus of course you had to have the numbers for the fire department and the police memorized
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
867-5309
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I actually did vote for everything to get more expensive, dangerous, and stupid, and I feel extremely represented right now
June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I actually did vote for everything to get more expensive, dangerous, and stupid, and I feel extremely represented right now
No one:
Me: But what I’m really trying to capture is an Under the Tuscan Sun vibe.
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Me: But what I’m really trying to capture is an Under the Tuscan Sun vibe.
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Ask Carpetblogger: What's It Like to Go to the Dump?
Can you believe this content is free?
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October 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No one:
Me: But what I’m really trying to capture is an Under the Tuscan Sun vibe.
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Me: But what I’m really trying to capture is an Under the Tuscan Sun vibe.
open.substack.com/pub/carpetbl...
“For a second the world stops being “out there,” you stop being “in here,” and the border checkpoint falls asleep. Two citizens of nowhere look at each other and each becomes borderless. This is illegal in most jurisdictions.“ On making friends. open.substack.com/pub/theshado...
An Existential Guide to: Making Friends
Friends Friends What Glorious Friendly Friends!
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October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“For a second the world stops being “out there,” you stop being “in here,” and the border checkpoint falls asleep. Two citizens of nowhere look at each other and each becomes borderless. This is illegal in most jurisdictions.“ On making friends. open.substack.com/pub/theshado...
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So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
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Farshid Mesghali and Morteza Momayez were influential figures in Iranian graphic design during the 1960s–70s. Their work combines modernist simplicity with cultural motifs, creating visuals that still resonate today.
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Farshid Mesghali and Morteza Momayez were influential figures in Iranian graphic design during the 1960s–70s. Their work combines modernist simplicity with cultural motifs, creating visuals that still resonate today.
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Polish film poster for The Police Woman (La femme flic, 1980) • Designed by Mieczysław Wasilewski, 1979.
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Polish film poster for The Police Woman (La femme flic, 1980) • Designed by Mieczysław Wasilewski, 1979.
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Chapter Ukraine is a new interactive platform by Chytomo showcasing Ukrainian books in translation and connecting readers, libraries, and bookstores worldwide.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Chapter Ukraine is a new interactive platform by Chytomo showcasing Ukrainian books in translation and connecting readers, libraries, and bookstores worldwide.
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