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  1. Ephemeral New York, , more info

    A rich display of humanity on the grass and benches of Depression-era Tompkins Square Park
    Gossipers, nappers, confidantes, playmates—Morris Shulman’s 1938 painting “Tompkins Square Park” is a stylized portrait of dozens of neighborhood characters congregating at this East Village park on a lush night in Depression-era Manhattan. The vibrant palette and expressive faces are captivating. Mothers chat while tending to an unseen baby in a bassinet. A little girl in a yellow dress holds an ice cream pop. A fellow in forgotten-man garb sits with …
    By ephemeralnewyork, 209 words
  2. Sweeping The Nation, , more info

    New sounds (diet version): 23/9/24
    Caroline Says - Roses Fievel Is Glauque - Love Weapon Fightmilk - That Thing You Did No Souvenirs by Fightmilk Lambrini Girls - Company Culture Mogwai - God Gets You Back Sophie Jamieson - I don’t know what to save Tapir! - Nail In A Wooden Trunk Virginia's Wolves - Issues Issues by Virginia's Wolves
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  3. Jon's Place, , more info

    At the Match: Bexhill United Ladies v Saltdean United Women Development
    It was not the plan to wind up back at the Polegrove so soon. Today’s diary was marked with a different London & Southeast Regional Division 1 South game, but there was too much dampness in Hastings, so to Bexhill I went. And, after a few delays that seemed to involved both traffic wardens and […]
    By jonsmalldon, 67 words
  4. Classic Film and TV Café, , more info

    We Name the Cast...You Name the Movie!
    This is our second edition of this new game. Please let us if you enjoy playing it. For each movie below, we have listed three performers that appeared in it (not necessarily as a star). Your task is to name the movie! As always, please answer no more than three questions per day so more people can play and have fun. Try not to research your answers as it'd be …
    By Rick29, 188 words
  5. Blue Labyrinths, , more info

    The Fourth Wall: The Lynchian Aesthetic of I Saw the TV Glow
    “We begin in the dark and birth is the death of us.” — Anne Carson, Antigonick The fourth wall is, very simply, a testament to fictionality; ergo, the characters cannot see the audience. It’s an opaque mirror on the side of the dramatis personae and a transparent window on the side of the audience. As a result, when the fourth wall breaks, the characters acknowledge the presence of a camera …
    By satavishanandy2004, 1,143 words
  6. David Bushell – Blog, , more info

    Misleading Container Queries
    CSS container queries are spectacular!And I keep being mislead by the same mistake. It’s starting to irritate me! In this blog post I document a bad code pattern to avoid.The MistakeConsider this example with a <div> and two <p> elements inside:<div class="box"> <p class="query-less">Less than 600px</p> <p class="query-greater">Greater or equal to 600px</p> </div>With the CSS below I’ve made box a named container. The two child elements are hidden by default..box …
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  7. The British Newspaper Archive Blog, , more info

    Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week
    This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome a duo of brand new titles to our collection, the Alnwick Guardian and County Advertiser and the Newport Pagnell Citizen, as we explore the Northumberland tradition of the kern dinner, which is held to celebrate the harvest home. Meanwhile, we have added 146,333 brand new pages to our collection in total, whilst we have updated 21 of our existing titles. …
    By Rose Staveley-Wadham, 1,211 words
  8. Idle/Random/whatever Thoughts of a Demented/Idle/Whatever Mind, , more info

    [22nd September 2024] Interesting Things I Learnt This Week
    1. The Genius Behind the Quantum Navigation Breakthrough - This is the World's First Unhackable Quantum GPS. Using the coldest atoms in the Universe, it may revolutionise the way we navigate. This Youtuber to got to go behind the scenes and see their device up close to try and understand just how important this breakthrough is.My Take: This video goes into more details about how quantum navigation works as well …
    By 100rabh™, 665 words
  9. The Mental Elf, , more info

    Ethnic disparities in suicide mortality: what’s going on?
    Pauline Rivart summarises a national cohort study of ethnicity and suicide in England and Wales, which presents a "paradoxical finding of a lower rate of suicide in almost all minority ethnic groups compared with the White British majority". The post Ethnic disparities in suicide mortality: what’s going on? appeared first on National Elf Service.
    By Pauline Rivart, 62 words
  10. Spoon & Tamago, , more info

    150-Year Old Florist in Yanaka Blossoms with a New Cafe
    all photos by Takuya Seki courtesy Maru Architects Founded in 1870, Hanaju is a florist that has served Tokyo’s Yanaka neighborhood for over 150 years. The flower shop is located near the entrance of Yanaka Cemetery and is surrounded by traditional homes and businesses, including a headstone supplier, that harken back to older times. Just […] Related posts: Miyanoyu: a 70-Year Old Tokyo Sento Renovated into an Art Gallery and …
    By Johnny, 103 words
  11. Slicing Up Eyeballs, , more info

    Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (9/22/24)
    “Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs' Matt Sebastian, explores the darker side of classic '80s alternative, including vintage goth, post-punk and industrial.
    By Slicing Up Eyeballs, 35 words
  12. Sven Krasser's Blog, , more info

    A VIA for the Commodore 64: Revised PCB
    Now that all electronic issues are resolved, it’s time to update the PCB for my expansion board that adds a W65C22S Versatile Interface Adapter (VIA) to my Commodore 64....
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  13. Daily Records and Other Auditory Musings, , more info

    276. BEACH DAY by Another Sky
    Hat tip to my friend Keith (aka The Song Sommelier) for turning me onto this 2024 record a week or so ago. Between this album and the latest from Hinds I haven't been listening to much else these days.* Beach Day has captivated me like no other record has in recent memory. For me, it's the type of record that has required multiple listenings just to be able to wrap …
    By Pulin Kothari, 242 words
  14. Classics of Science Fiction, , more info

    Whatever Happened to That Short Story?
    Today I read “The Cartesian Theater” by Robert Charles Wilson for our discussion group. That Facebook group is reading one story every Sunday from Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2007 edited by Rich Horton. I got a big kick out of “The Cartesian Theater” and wanted to hear it on audio. But when I went looking for an audiobook that included it, I couldn’t find one. Bummer. My …
    By jameswharris, 1,210 words
  15. Jim Nielsen’s Blog, , more info

    Blogging & Listening
    When you read a great blog post, the feeling you often get is: “I already knew this, I just hadn’t been able to express it!” In this sense, writing a great blog post is about listening. If you’re listening — to others, your coworkers, the people you follow, your own experiences, your users, etc. — there are undertones of something being said collectively. If you can hear it, write it …
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