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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Mariano Fortuny's 'Nude Old Man in the Sun,' (c1871) shows his interest in the art of Spain's Golden Age combined with his study of subjects made from life - it also reveals his admiration of the work of Jusepe de Ribera, particularly his painting of 'Saint Andrew.'
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Mariano Fortuny's 'Nude Old Man in the Sun,' (c1871) shows his interest in the art of Spain's Golden Age combined with his study of subjects made from life - it also reveals his admiration of the work of Jusepe de Ribera, particularly his painting of 'Saint Andrew.'
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Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
May 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
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Peter Ilsted's work (1908) is similar in style to the work of his brother in law Vilhelm Hammershøi. Together with Carl Holsøe, they were famous for their interiors and were leading members of the 'Free Exhibition,' a Danish progressive art society at the end of the 19thC.
May 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Peter Ilsted's work (1908) is similar in style to the work of his brother in law Vilhelm Hammershøi. Together with Carl Holsøe, they were famous for their interiors and were leading members of the 'Free Exhibition,' a Danish progressive art society at the end of the 19thC.
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Did you know that hares can legally be shot in the breeding season in England and Wales, leaving young leverets to starve to death? It's estimated we've lost 80% of the brown hare population. Scotland already has a close season. Please sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Did you know that hares can legally be shot in the breeding season in England and Wales, leaving young leverets to starve to death? It's estimated we've lost 80% of the brown hare population. Scotland already has a close season. Please sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Vampire caught unawares by sudden British heatwave. 🧛♂️🌞
April 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Vampire caught unawares by sudden British heatwave. 🧛♂️🌞
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This is a very long and *very* interesting article about the science of luck. Highly highly recommended. :)
This topic fascinates me because I'm an improbably lucky person. I have so many wild and wacky stories... 🙃
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This topic fascinates me because I'm an improbably lucky person. I have so many wild and wacky stories... 🙃
web.archive.org/web/20250408...
Does Luck Exist?
Lee John Whittington, a philosopher who studied luck, didn’t think “unluckiness” was a quality people had. Then he met his wife.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is a very long and *very* interesting article about the science of luck. Highly highly recommended. :)
This topic fascinates me because I'm an improbably lucky person. I have so many wild and wacky stories... 🙃
web.archive.org/web/20250408...
This topic fascinates me because I'm an improbably lucky person. I have so many wild and wacky stories... 🙃
web.archive.org/web/20250408...
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I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.
February 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.
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That splendid sign-off of the Queen Mother’s – “Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis” – celebrates its 84th anniversary today
February 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
That splendid sign-off of the Queen Mother’s – “Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis” – celebrates its 84th anniversary today
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(I have a few one-month gift subscriptions if any friends are interested in checking it out.)
January 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(I have a few one-month gift subscriptions if any friends are interested in checking it out.)
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This piece about Toshi Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie is a hilarious explainer of the very Hollywood problem: “there’s a woman in this story that we can’t get rid of because she kind of ran everything so what can we possibly do?”
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
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December 28, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This piece about Toshi Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie is a hilarious explainer of the very Hollywood problem: “there’s a woman in this story that we can’t get rid of because she kind of ran everything so what can we possibly do?”
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...