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  1. Piscatorial Quagswagging
    The diary of a specialist angler in around the Warwickshire Avon and its tributaries. By Mick Newey. 🇬🇧 More info

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    The River Leam - Thrutching and Thremmatology
    I have this mate called Long Tall Tony who climbs mountains and is always going on about thrutching.'Sssh!' I said once in a posh pub. (You could tell it was posh by the way the …
    By Piscatorial Quagswagging, 1,000 words
  2. The Book Haven
    Cynthia L. Haven's blog for the written word. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Missiles fly during an Odessa poetry reading
    A letter from Alexander Deriev, husband of the late poet Regina Derieva. The Russian couple have a helluva back story. I wrote about her in “Writ on Water,” an 2014 essay for the Times Literary …
    By Cynthia Haven, 412 words
  3. the Literary Saloon at the complete review
    a literary weblog. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Rushdie's The Satanic Verses not banned in India after all
    Salman Rushdie's notorious The Satanic Verses -- one of his better novels -- was banned in a number of countries, including in India, where in 1988 importation of the novel was prohibited (it was never …
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  4. Preserved Traction
    News and Updates to the Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars (PNAERC) List. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Linear Induction Motor Cars Preserved
    A post on the Transit Toronto Facebook page here has revealed that two cars from Toronto's Scarborough RT rapid transit line, which closed in 2023, have found their way to the Halton County Radial Railway. …
    By Frank Hicks, 246 words
  5. Model Railroad Minutiae
    Modeling and modeling ideas for my 1939 era HO model railroad - the Royal Oak & Southern, plus other things I find of interest. By Stan Knotts. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Tree bark shed
    This rough looking shed was made using boards made from tree bark from my yard. The part of the bark I used was from the inside of the bark - the part next to the …
    By Stan Knotts, 129 words
  6. THE BEACHBURG SUB
    Thoughts and musings about a lifelong fascination with railways. By Michael. 🇨🇦 More info

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    The two worst policy failures that plague Via Rail
    Via Rail Canada's painfully public problems with its new Venture trainsets from Siemens are tough to watch, especially when it seems as though some of these problems could have been avoided. Having worked in the …
    By Michael, 1,723 words
  7. Paul's Beer & Travel Blog
    A blog about beer, travel and the enjoyment of them both. By Paul Bailey. 🇬🇧 More info

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    The Star continues to shine out brightly over Bath
    You left our group of intrepid pub explorers, as we departed the Salamander, a pub that turned out to be something of a disappointment and headed off towards one which we all knew was going …
    By Paul Bailey, 1,144 words
  8. Cinemasparagus
    writings by craig keller. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Tuscarora
    UntouchableTuscarora, Nevada, zero-mile marker, end of the road. Seems like the end of the world based on its isolation alone.Vast horizon murals of lowering clouds; sometimes something near a cyan. At ground level piles of …
    By craig keller., 169 words
  9. Sara Joy
    Sara's homepage, blog, portfolio. More info

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    Come to the light-dark() Side
    The one where Sara wrote a post for CSS-Tricks 🧡🎉
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  10. Ryan Mulligan | Articles
    Passenger through space and time, front-end web builder & bittersweet songs enthusiast. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Web Components for Password Input Enhancements
    So there I was, experimenting with HTML password inputs and Web Components. I'm not sure why the idea even came up but it quickly snowballed into a curious expedition. The result from the journey was …
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  11. web-goddess
    Personal blog of Kris Howard. 🇩🇪 More info

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    Marimekko cushions for the new couch
    I’m a big fan of the Finnish design house Marimekko. They’ve been making gorgeous fabric prints and homewares for 70+ years. The only problem is that their stuff can be very, very expensive (especially here …
    By Kris, 365 words
  12. Iain Plays
    Writing about games. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Wristwatch Roulette IV of XII: Skmei Pip-Boy
    Watches. Watches never change us. # If you’ve just joined us, welcome to my series: Wristwatch Roulette, where I furnish my forearm with two fancy finds a fortnight, from fan-favourite Ali Express, market of choice …
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  13. I Heart SapphFic
    Find Your Next Sapphic Fiction Read. By TB Markinson, Miranda MacLeod. 🇺🇸 More info

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    November 15 Edition: 23 Friday Freebies, Guess the Author Clue, Top Sapphic Books, Liliana Pisarka Facts, and More
    We’ve made it to another Friday and it’s time to celebrate! In today’s post you’ll find out the top 3 sapphic books with the most clicks this week. Lesfic author Liliana Pisarka is our 5 …
    By TB Markinson, 278 words
  14. Autistic Jane
    The neurodivergent lifestyle blog of Jane Lively, autistic cat mom. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Lively Lately #74: Highlights, lowlights
    I’ve been lugging 485 pennies around since I got a battery-operated coin calculator that stopped working over 10 years ago. I’ve had it since I was at least 10, so 23 years? Coin Star took …
    By Jane Lively, 742 words
  15. European studies blog
    Discover the British Library's extensive collections from continental Europe and read news and views on European culture and affairs. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Marx versus Kinkel – a tale of two newspapers
    On 15 November we are hosting a conference on European Political exiles and émigrés in Britain. This is one of a series of blog posts on the same topic. Conference details can be found here. …
    By European Studies, 59 words