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  1. Jabal al-Lughat
    Climbing the Mountain of Languages. By Lameen Souag. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Tlemcen: medieval folk etymologies and their implications
    In the mid-14th century work Bughyat al-ruwwād fī dhikr il-mulūk min banī ʕAbd al-Wād, Yaḥyā Ibn Khaldūn (brother of the more famous Ibn Khaldūn) ventures two possible etymologies for the name of Tlemcen (Standard Arabic …
    By Lameen Souag الأمين سواق, 485 words
  2. The Untranslated
    A blog about literature not yet available in English. By Andrei. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Theodoros by Mircea Cărtărescu
    Reluctant to wait for the first translations of Mircea Cărtărescu’s latest novel to start coming out in the second half of 2024, I taught myself enough Romanian to read it in the original. This “pseudo-historical …
    By The Untranslated, 48 words
  3. Classics of Science Fiction
    Remembering the Best Short Science Fiction. By James Wallace Harris. More info

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    How Much Does AI Know About SF Humor?
    How much do you know about science fiction? Where do you go to know more? The usefulness of Google is in decline, and that’s disappointing. Wikipedia is a great resource for researching science fiction, probably …
    By jameswharris, 2,371 words
  4. The Impulsive Buy
    Junk Food and Fast Food Reviews and News Blog. 🇺🇸 More info

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    SPOTTED: Pizza Croffle 3 Cheese Blend
    Cro-what-ffle? (Spotted by Robbie at Costco.) If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in …
    By Marvo, 87 words
  5. Bangkok Glutton
    "Tasting it to the streets...". By Chawadee Nualkhair. 🇹🇭 More info

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    Coming together in Samui
    Our two-day masterclass with Chef Ying at Somrom Space on Samui started inauspiciously, to say the least. Having taken a taxi from our hotel, we found ourselves — driver included — stumped on where exactly …
    By Bangkok Glutton, 48 words
  6. Dark Highways
    By S. Brady Calhoun. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Woman of the Hour
    Do you listen to murder podcasts? This movie is a murder podcast come to life. All that’s missing is one woman to narrate and another to say, ‘oh wow, unbelievable.” In Woman of the Hour …
    By S. Brady Calhoun, 226 words
  7. Lincoln Mullen | Blog
    I am a historian of American religion and the nineteenth-century United States, often using computational methods for texts and maps. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Antisemitism, U.S.A: A history podcast
    Welcome back to the (very) occasional newsletter Working On It. It has been 277 days since the last issue. Antisemitism, U.S.A. A couple of years ago, my colleague John Turner and I bounced around ideas …
    By Lincoln Mullen, 1,460 words
  8. Talking Shelf Space
    Collecting Modern Board Games. By Alex. 🇩🇪 More info

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    Table Talk with Martin Wallace – Steam Power, Casus Belli, and The Many, Many New Games From Mr. Wallace
    Since last year’s conversation for Origin Stories: Brass was so much fun, I once again caught up with Martin at SPIEL Essen 2024. I was interested to learn why there were suddenly so many releases …
    By Alex, 3,222 words
  9. Bloom | "Late" According to Whom?
    Where you’ll encounter authors whose first books were published when they were 40 or older; who bloomed in their own good time. More info

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    An Excerpt from Elaine Neil Orr’s novel, Dancing Woman
    In her forthcoming new novel, Dancing Woman, Elaine Neil Orr writes overtly for the first time about feminism and the need for women to have women’s art-and to create art. Her powerful story has earned …
    By chsummie, 662 words
  10. Riccardo Mori
    Writer & Translator. 🇪🇸 More info

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    The new iPad mini and the new Kindles
    On October 15, via press release, Apple announced the introduction of the new, 7th-generation iPad mini. The following day, Amazon announced the new Kindle lineup, comprised of: the new Kindle Colorsoft, the first Kindle in …
    By Riccardo Mori, 1,300 words
  11. Art by Jey Pawlik
    Illustration, fanart, and comics. 🇨🇦 More info

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    Trophy Husband
    Some little sketchbook doodles for fun! I really like trying out other artist’s styles every now and then, it’s always a good challenge.
    By Jey Pawlik, 25 words
  12. hello, yes. - Blog
    The most Recent blog posts about all things Design, Development, CSS, Design Engineering, etc. By Thomas Michael Semmler. 🇦🇹 More info

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    Craft vs Industry: Separating Concerns
    This post is probably too long, but I need someplace that I can refer to. As is often the case, I am writing this to sort my thoughts, primarily. But I am hoping to give …
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  13. Iron_Geek
    Sharing thoughts on technology, privacy, indieweb, beer, coffee and a whole host of other cool items from around the web. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Full Pint 08-2024
    The Full Pint monthly link pour.
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  14. Chris Burnell · The Homepage
    I’m Chris Burnell, a Canadian Front End Developer, and this is where I think, write, and share my passion for the web. 🇬🇧 More info

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    July Project Updates
    An update on two projects I’ve been working on—one new and one old—based on some development oversights I’ve made in the past that I’d like to prevent going forward. Howdy folks! It’s been a little …
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  15. Sampleface
    A music sampling blog. From loops and hip hop breaks to reviews and news, we discuss all genres and the art of sampling in music. By Luke Davis. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Styles Davis – vivrantthing
    Such a vivrant thing. The post Styles Davis – vivrantthing appeared first on Sampleface.
    By Luke Davis, 18 words