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If I don't go for a walk, who will?
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car wheels on a gravel road is a christmas album
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
car wheels on a gravel road is a christmas album
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Well, look, look. Here's the full video of the other night's Shirley Jackson evening!
An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings With Benjamin Dreyer, Annabeth Gish and Kerry O’Malley
YouTube video by Writers Bloc Presents
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December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Well, look, look. Here's the full video of the other night's Shirley Jackson evening!
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every person pushing AI fundamentally believes that they, personally, are superior to AI, but that AI is superior to each one of the rest of us
December 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
every person pushing AI fundamentally believes that they, personally, are superior to AI, but that AI is superior to each one of the rest of us
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I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
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December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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OK, Los Angeles and Los Angeles–adjacent: A week from Monday—that is to say the 15th—there's going to be a great Shirley Jackson–oriented evening featuring @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and even me.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
OK, Los Angeles and Los Angeles–adjacent: A week from Monday—that is to say the 15th—there's going to be a great Shirley Jackson–oriented evening featuring @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and even me.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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“I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
November 27, 2024 at 3:37 AM
“I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
What's your favorite song about the rain?
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
What's your favorite song about the rain?
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
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"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
There were two husbands disappointed by eggs. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
Big Thief - Shark Smile [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Big Thief
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity
The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity
In the late 70s and early 80s, a handful of musical duos emerged who would have tremendous impact on post-punk, alternative, new wave, and experimental electronic music. Bands like Suicide, NEU!, and ...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity
Slightly diminish a band:
They Might Be Average Height
They Might Be Average Height
Slightly diminish a band:
Shallow Purple
Shallow Purple
Slightly diminish a band:
Okay-ish Young Cannibals
Okay-ish Young Cannibals
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
They Might Be Average Height
They Might Be Average Height
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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When I think of Shakespeare I immediately hear bits from their (Cleo & Johnny Dankworth) masterpiece album, esp. the swinging "Dunsinane Blues". And this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglm...
Cleo Laine - If Music Be The Food Of Life
YouTube video by Timjazznl ter Bals
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July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When I think of Shakespeare I immediately hear bits from their (Cleo & Johnny Dankworth) masterpiece album, esp. the swinging "Dunsinane Blues". And this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglm...
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They’re Made Out of Meat, a classic sci-fi short story by Terry Bisson. “Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!” [mit.edu]
July 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
They’re Made Out of Meat, a classic sci-fi short story by Terry Bisson. “Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!” [mit.edu]
Kassi Valazza - Watching Planes Go By
Kassi Valazza - Watching Planes Go By
YouTube video by Loose Music
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July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Kassi Valazza - Watching Planes Go By