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Great tensions, great album.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Great tensions, great album.
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When you just don’t care for people you never will.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
When you just don’t care for people you never will.
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Stand up. Fight back.
September 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Stand up. Fight back.
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“A post-Murakami era of Japanese literature”: Translator Jesse Kirkwood talks about genre fiction, the power of language and the evolving publishing landscape. 👉 ebx.sh/aHw1H0
August 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“A post-Murakami era of Japanese literature”: Translator Jesse Kirkwood talks about genre fiction, the power of language and the evolving publishing landscape. 👉 ebx.sh/aHw1H0
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If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely:
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
August 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely:
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
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‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection
‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection
A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection
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Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges review – ‘I miss his love. Oh god, I loved him so much’
Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges review – ‘I miss his love. Oh god, I loved him so much’
In this deeply moving and cathartic film, the presenter confronts his father’s death by going on a holy pilgrimage … and ends up releasing his soul in the sacred river. Beautiful
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges review – ‘I miss his love. Oh god, I loved him so much’
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Chosen Tongue is back today with Season 4! Don’t miss poet and artist Elizabeth Torres:
May 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Chosen Tongue is back today with Season 4! Don’t miss poet and artist Elizabeth Torres:
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That's Mr. Reed To You: The Uncle Lou Story #LouReed www.gadflyonline.com/home/archive...
February 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
That's Mr. Reed To You: The Uncle Lou Story #LouReed www.gadflyonline.com/home/archive...
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The Trump whirlwind is exhausting and depressing. Here’s my advice on how to cope—keeping yourself sane while also fighting back more effectively. (I’ve lifted the paywall temporarily—so it’s free to read). www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-to-sur...
How to survive the second Trump era
He's back. Here's my advice on how to best cope with—and fight back against—the return of Donald Trump.
www.forkingpaths.co
January 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Trump whirlwind is exhausting and depressing. Here’s my advice on how to cope—keeping yourself sane while also fighting back more effectively. (I’ve lifted the paywall temporarily—so it’s free to read). www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-to-sur...
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EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
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Bowie in Berlin: How David Bowie saved his life and career in the 1970s #podcast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 28, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Bowie in Berlin: How David Bowie saved his life and career in the 1970s #podcast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Moti, aka, Kintamayama-- has provided a link for a FREE viewing of the famous documentary on the young Kyokutaisei's difficult journey into sumo. (I just rented to re-watch it last night on Youtube--and should have waited another day for Moti.)
www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/...
www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/...
December 27, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Moti, aka, Kintamayama-- has provided a link for a FREE viewing of the famous documentary on the young Kyokutaisei's difficult journey into sumo. (I just rented to re-watch it last night on Youtube--and should have waited another day for Moti.)
www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/...
www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/...
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Thinking of moving to Tokyo? Living there but hate where you live? Here's where people are most happiest living and where they most want to remain living, according to a popular yearly survey. (Warning: You'll need a fair amount of yen.)
https://buff.ly/3ZNzRIK
https://buff.ly/3ZNzRIK
What Are Tokyo's Happiest Neighborhoods? - Unseen Japan
An annual report looks at which cities in Tokyo rank highest in happiness and which ones most residents want to keep living in.
buff.ly
December 22, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Thinking of moving to Tokyo? Living there but hate where you live? Here's where people are most happiest living and where they most want to remain living, according to a popular yearly survey. (Warning: You'll need a fair amount of yen.)
https://buff.ly/3ZNzRIK
https://buff.ly/3ZNzRIK
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Following up on yesterday's Tanizaki post, I thought some of you might be interested in this 'essay' I wrote some years back, exploring certain themes of a number of books that had just appeared in Engish at that point - warning: a little long-winded ;)
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/w...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/w...
Who is Jun’ichirō Tanizaki?
Back in January 2018, I submitted an essay on the Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki to The Quarterly Conversation, an online journal run by Veronica Esposito that had a major focus on literature in ...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com
September 21, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Following up on yesterday's Tanizaki post, I thought some of you might be interested in this 'essay' I wrote some years back, exploring certain themes of a number of books that had just appeared in Engish at that point - warning: a little long-winded ;)
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/w...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/w...
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I discovered a wonderful triptych ukiyo-e print by an unknown artist (ca. late 1800s) that depicts some kind of fabulous #yokai parade. I found it in the Harvard Art Museum online collection titled 'Demonic Revelry.' Below is the right panel and the rest follow in the thread.
#FolkloreThursday
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November 28, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I discovered a wonderful triptych ukiyo-e print by an unknown artist (ca. late 1800s) that depicts some kind of fabulous #yokai parade. I found it in the Harvard Art Museum online collection titled 'Demonic Revelry.' Below is the right panel and the rest follow in the thread.
#FolkloreThursday
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Favorite of all time: Harumafuji
Favorite now: Hoshoryu
Least favorite of all time: I was not a big fan of Goeido or Takakeisho
Least favorite now: I call Abi “the junkman,” but anyone who employs henka often is up there
Favorite now: Hoshoryu
Least favorite of all time: I was not a big fan of Goeido or Takakeisho
Least favorite now: I call Abi “the junkman,” but anyone who employs henka often is up there
Mine:
Favorite of all time--Asashoryu
Favorite now--Wakamotoharu
Least favorite of all time--hmmm...can't think
Least favorite now--Oshoma
Favorite of all time--Asashoryu
Favorite now--Wakamotoharu
Least favorite of all time--hmmm...can't think
Least favorite now--Oshoma
November 18, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Favorite of all time: Harumafuji
Favorite now: Hoshoryu
Least favorite of all time: I was not a big fan of Goeido or Takakeisho
Least favorite now: I call Abi “the junkman,” but anyone who employs henka often is up there
Favorite now: Hoshoryu
Least favorite of all time: I was not a big fan of Goeido or Takakeisho
Least favorite now: I call Abi “the junkman,” but anyone who employs henka often is up there
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I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)