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1. Teen Vogue talked to independent bookstore owners about their concerns about book bans, and the books they wish everyone would read instead of banning. 2. Approximately a third of former NFL players surveyed think they may be suffering from CTE. 3. A number of statues in London are getting baby slings (which honestly, why don't we decorate statues more) as folks push to get paternity leave recognized. In addition …

'Chain Letter' invites a sign painter or lettering artist to share a piece of lettering that has influenced or inspired them, before passing the baton to someone else, in a never-ending chain.In the last one, Marie Pressmar nominated Guido de Boer, a visual artist and educator in Utrecht in the Netherlands who works freehand with brush and ink to create large, monumental installations.What have you selected?Published in the 1860s, Hector …

There’s a consistent element of the surreal in the everyday experiences of Native Americans. Whether regularly facing racially insensitive mascots at sporting events, moving through spaces that have Indigenous names but are absent of those languages’ original speakers, or being met with surprised reactions from strangers who realize they have never before met someone aboriginal in the land they call home, Indigenous people in the United States constantly navigate the …

Visiting a renowned brewery in Yorkshire recently involved a tour around its Victorian architecture and equipment that reminded me of the scenario facing many retailers in the UK in ensuring they are not hidebound by legacy infrastructure. Gavin Scoresby at Samuel Smith Brewery The impressive copper brewing vessels date back to the early nineteenth century and are evocative of the era but this comes with the downside that they are …

Extremophiles, or microbes that live in the most seemingly hostile environments, are the darlings of astrobiologists, who study the potential for life beyond Earth. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with astrobiologist and cave explorer Penelope Boston about how life finds a way — and whether it might have found a way elsewhere in our solar system or around a distant star. The post What Can Cave Life Tell …

Genre: Black/DoomCountry: NorwayYear: 20241. Howling Primitive Colonies2. Eon 33. Black Dawn Affiliation4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer5. The Bird People Of Nordland6. The Heavy Hand7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet 21st album by Darkthrone. The group once again utilizes their well-crafted black metal with a lot of heavy, speed and doom metal elements mixed in together, all of which flow through the heavy mid-tempo riffs …

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Nick Oberheiden of Oberheiden P.C. writes: Social media harm is a significant concern for users of all ages. However, studies have identified particular mental health concerns among children and teens who use social media platforms, and social media companies are now facing social media addiction lawsuits across the country from families who are grappling with... The post Damages in Social Media Lawsuits: Understanding the Psychological and Financial Effects of Social …

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We live in interesting times.A friend of mine was taking an online class yesterday, and big national news (President Biden deciding not to pursue re-election) interrupted that class. The news distracted everyone and shattered concentration.Sometimes …

Life has been even more hectic than usual for me these last few weeks, so my productivity has declined further. Sorry. I blame it mostly on the fact that I have eight foster animals in the house right now (yes, eight), and four of them are kittens with underdeveloped brains who make a huge mess and have to be hand-fed. They're really cute though. I've been stealing moments

High modernism is us. Today. The incomprehensible is our reality. For the past two decades plays by Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter — which once upon a time bewildered their audiences and gave critics apoplexy — have become big West End hits. The avant-garde is now commercial. How so? By casting celebrity stars in the main roles, and emphasizing the humour. So the current revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for …

From A few remarks on the method of Jacques Rancière by Jacques Rancière. A method means a path: not the path that a thinker follows but the path that he/she constructs, that you have to construct to know where you are, to figure out the characteristics of the territory you are going through, the places it allows you to go, the way it obliges you to move, the markers that …

Mojtaba Taghvaei (aka “Moshtaba”)’s art “Twins” provides a vibrant exploration of closeness and wakefulness. Here he shares just one thing about the piece:“David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti have a music piece titled ‘The Black Dog Runs at Night.’ I’ve always appreciated one-line Lynchian ideas, and many of my paintings are based on one-line concepts with no beginning, ending, or clear arc. This piece was inspired by the idea: "What if …

Happy DjangoCon US 2024 to you. Whilst I am not there, I have adopted the spirit of the season and got to work hacking together a new tool. Djade is a formatter for Django templates. It applies rules based on the template style guide in Django’s contribution documentation, plus some more. Ryan Cheley put together this section back in February (forum discussion). I enjoyed contributing to this discussion and wrote …