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  1. Dan Leo
    Dan Leo's goddam blog... More info

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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 …
    By Dan Leo, 1,149 words
  2. 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. More info

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    About apostrophes (apostrophe’s?)
    Over to Germany, where – in a cute inversion of the tiresome refrain, “if it weren’t for Churchill/America/Wonder Woman you’d all be speaking German” – language purists complain that allowing possessive apostrophes represents acquiescence to …
    By Tim F, 92 words
  3. Whatever
    FURIOUSLY REASONABLE. By John Scalzi. 🇺🇸 More info

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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
  4. Reclaiming Paradise
    Tales from an organic gardener. 🇬🇧 More info

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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
  5. Critic After Dark
    Filipino films, Hollywood, science fiction, fantasy, action, horror, comedy, French, Korean, Chinese, silent, DVD, streaming, other bizarre creatures. By Noel Vera. More info

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    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 …
    By Noel Vera, 811 words
  6. Reading all the Books
    I write about curriculum, pedagogy, theory, English and books. By Jo. 🇬🇧 More info

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    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 …
    By Jo Facer, 48 words
  7. The Pub Man
    There is only pubs. By Cooking Lager. 🇬🇧 More info

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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
  8. MixedMath: Blog
    I study mathematics. My research falls mostly inside number theory, arithmetic geometry, cryptography, and computation. By David Lowry-Duda. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Fourier expansions at different cusps
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    By David Lowry-Duda, 38 words
  9. Tabletop Fix
    Unofficial - Independent - Non-Commercial. More info

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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
    By Tabletop Fix, 28 words
  10. Kate Belgrave
    Talking with people dealing with public sector cuts. 🇬🇧 More info

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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 …
    By Kate B, 897 words
  11. Painted Pixels
    Video games, retro stuff, and other otaku and geeky interests. By Toad64. More info

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    (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 …
    By Toad64, 64 words
  12. Calum Ryan - Articles
    Making websites, focusing on accessibility, inclusivity and performance. 🇬🇧 More info

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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 …
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  13. Justin Pinkney
    Most of the things on this website are either about Generative Art or Deep Learning or the combination of the two. 🇬🇧 More info

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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 …
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  14. Hazel McNab – News
    Bring the natural world into your home with my stunning range of hand-printed artworks. 🇬🇧 More info

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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
  15. Sibylla Bostoniensis
    Everything Unravels, Everything Will Fade. By Siderea. 🇺🇸 More info

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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. …
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