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Marlowe 🦇
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Not the one who wrote Shakespeare.
Writer, editor, explainer, fact-checker
for hire: movies, music, technology.
Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor:
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich.
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
IANAL but artists sued General Motors because a Cadillac ad showed their murals in the background. Judge refused to dismiss, GM settled out of court. Legality depends on usage of the derivative work, which in this case is the photo that includes The Bean
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The building Lavery's studio was in still exists
www.thomascroft.com/projects/sir...
Lavery Studio at Cromwell Place - Thomas Croft Architects
www.thomascroft.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It's such a fascinating mausoleum. The fact that you can climb up and look inside to see it's fitted out like a tent (camp beds, lantern etc) is a bonus. Thanks for sharing the good news about its conservation
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Approach, my Ariel
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A logically illogical counterpoint to the legendary Spurious Correlation site: tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...
Spurious Correlations
Correlation is not causation: thousands of charts of real data showing actual correlations between ridiculous variables.
tylervigen.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Another fascinating and informative thread, thank you
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Once again, you've sent me down a googling rabbit hole :)
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The woman diving, the TV, and the way they spelled beautiful are all great. (Bachelor could have been shortened for space so it doesn't count)
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thank you! It's lovely
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
May I ask where this is, please?
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM