Dan Leo
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"Five Spot"
They followed John Henry through the barroom, past a crowded bar and towards the sounds of loud crashing music.Mr. Whitman took Milford's arm again and spoke into his ear."Hey, Mel, you got another five in …
cultural snow
Author of books about Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and The Noughties, plus odds and sods for The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, BBC, CNN and more.
By Tim Footman.
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Updated 6 hours ago
About these new-fangled mobile telephone things
I’m teaching a group in their late teens/early 20s (Brazilian, Korean, Swiss) and the increasingly preposterous textbook entreats me to throw out the following gem as a prompt to discussion:Do you think the internet / …
Whatever
FURIOUSLY REASONABLE.
By John Scalzi.
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The Big Idea: Alex Kingsley
Debut author Alex Kingsley is here today to talk to us about crabs, monsters, being an outsider, and how all these things are inexorably connected. Follow along through their Big Idea for their new novel, …
By Athena Scalzi, 1,068 words
Reclaiming Paradise
Tales from an organic gardener.
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October harvest
I’ve been growing my own veg for 30 years and most years I grow the same things because I know they work, or usually work, or I like them: runner beans, broad beans, tomatoes, lots …
By Reclaiming Paradise, 518 words
Critic After Dark
Filipino films, Hollywood, science fiction, fantasy, action, horror, comedy, French, Korean, Chinese, silent, DVD, streaming, other bizarre creatures.
By Noel Vera.
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Updated 4 days ago
Joker: Folie a Deux (Todd Philips, 2024)
That's entertainmentSaw Joker: Folie a Deux and-- well I liked the ending. Todd Philips can't direct traffic to save his life and the movie still looks like a recycle bin of older better films, among …
Reading all the Books
I write about curriculum, pedagogy, theory, English and books.
By Jo.
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Updated 10 months ago
Top Reads of 2023
Non-fiction Viviane Robinson Reduce Change to Increase Improvement: My brilliant colleague at the National Institute of Teaching, Paula, recommended this. It has been hugely influential in developing leadership approaches that are clear and simple, and …
The Pub Man
There is only pubs.
By Cooking Lager.
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Small is Beautiful The End
By far the largest part of Schumachers book is in regard to the third world and this section really hasn’t aged well at all. The world is different place 50 years on, but it exposes …
By Cooking Lager, 1,432 words
MixedMath: Blog
I study mathematics. My research falls mostly inside number theory, arithmetic geometry, cryptography, and computation.
By David Lowry-Duda.
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Updated 17 hours ago
code4math research community: call for contributors
The code4math community is organizing some events for next year. One of these is a monthly community call and presentation (more on that later). We are also currently in the process of proposing an AIM …
By David Lowry-Duda, 69 words
Tabletop Fix
Unofficial - Independent - Non-Commercial.
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Modiphius Entertainment - Terry Pratchett's Discworld RPG: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork Kickstarter
Modiphius Entertainment launched the Terry Pratchett's Discworld RPG: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork Kickstarter:Link: Campaign on KickstarterLink: Modiphius Entertainment
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Kate Belgrave
Talking with people dealing with public sector cuts.
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Bleeding more cash out of homeless people
We go back to Marlin Apartments in Stratford, where homeless families live 4 and 5 to a single room – around which they are pursued by militias of rats, mice, bedbugs, cockroaches, tiny flies and …
Painted Pixels
Video games, retro stuff, and other otaku and geeky interests.
By Toad64.
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Updated 5 months ago
(File) Size Matters?
What features do you think make good selling points for games? An immersive world and interesting character development? Challenging obstacles and boss fights? Or what about how big the file size is to download? Because …
Calum Ryan - Articles
Making websites, focusing on accessibility, inclusivity and performance.
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Weeknote 96
Midweek at GDS I attended the London office to see a selection of Matt Lamont's graphic design collection followed by a talk he gave about his work and inspirations including Design Reviewed. Making the most …
Justin Pinkney
Most of the things on this website are either about Generative Art or Deep Learning or the combination of the two.
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Trailer Faces HQ Dataset
A dataset of 187 thousand high resolution face images from movie trailers! Download it from huggingface. # Before the advent of giant web scale image datasets FFHQ used to be considered a big dataset full …
Hazel McNab – News
Bring the natural world into your home with my stunning range of hand-printed artworks.
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July
Back in July 22 I visited Kynance Cove on a gorgeous July evening with my sister. We swam in the sparkling water and I came home with lots of inspiring photos. April 23 I produced …
By Hazel McNab, 416 words
Sibylla Bostoniensis
Everything Unravels, Everything Will Fade.
By Siderea.
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Today Rideshare Drivers, Tomorrow Therapists [MA, law, pshrinkery, Patreon]
Canonical link: https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1858562.htmlThis post is addressed to my fellow Massachusetts voters, though it may be of interest to other US voters and people in other countries.This is about how you vote in the up-coming election. …