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To navigate multipolarity, the continent needs a common narrative that strategically mediates its conversations with China and other world powers. Addis Ababa light rail. Image credit ITDP Africa via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0. With the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) fetching a commitment to a three-year funding envelope of US$51 billion, along with a promise of a million jobs from China, African leaders appear to have …

Sprite + Tea is set to make its official debut, bringing a fresh and exciting twist to the classic soda that fans are sure to love! Revealed at this year’s National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show, this new flavor blend takes inspiration from a growing online trend where people mix tea with Sprite to create a refreshing drink. Now, thanks to Sprite + Tea, fans of this DIY beverage …

Today's links Quinque gazump linkdump: A sprinkling of inklings for the weekend. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Quinque gazump linkdump (permalink) It's Saturday and any fule kno that this is the day for a …

...will not appear this weekend while I'm attending the annual Lone Pine Film Festival.The column will also not appear on October 19th due to a family wedding.Around the Blogosphere This Week will return on Saturday, October 26th.For recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my October 5th column.Tweet

A Small Update Over the last couple of days, I have been hard at work tracking down more information about Bill and Steve's windmill-chasing activities (with apologies if that link sends you down a rabbit-hole; I know it sent me down one). I can now report that, shockingly, Bill and Steve did not, in fact, "have their shit together" on Wednesday. The generous Justice of the Peace - His Worship …

Church of San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Mario Botta Archiobjects Nestled in the small village of Mogno in the Swiss Alps, the Church of San Giovanni Battista is a landmark creation by architect Mario Botta. Constructed between 1992 and 1996, this structure stands as a contemporary response to the tragic destruction of the previous church by an avalanche in 1986. The new church rises as […] The post Church of …

A couple of recent comments that I think deserve your attention. I know you might already be tired of the topic of real-estate pictures, but I think it's always a good idea to take advantage of the vast expertise and experience that exists out there among our far-flung audience; it always interests me. And on the topic, the World's Best Photography Magazine (does it still deserve that title since "Lens" …

Hot Stuff! Advance Paris A12 & A10 Classic Integrated Amplifier Review! By Steve Huff As 2024 starts to come to a close and 2025 is upon us, I look back and remember the audio gear [...] The post Hot Stuff! Advance Paris A10 and A12 Classic Integrated Amplifiers! first appeared on Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo.

Today's topic is, as Mr. Blogmeister woke this morning up thinking of the theme song from Candid Camera, yet again, following up our September 8 post, commercials - in this case the animated kind (and we're not even delving into the many ads by DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera and the Jay Ward Studio).First and foremost, it's Tea Time with Ted Eshbaugh, who spun off the glum gloomy gus guys from The Sunshine …

If you’re new to reading this blog, you might not already be aware of my efforts to develop end-to-end encryption for ActivityPub-based software. It’s worth being aware of before you continue to read this blog post. To be very, very clear, this is work I’m doing independent of the W3C or any other standards organization and/or funding source (and they have their own ideas about how to approach it). Really, …

Haunted house films in the silent era tended to have a caveat: no matter how spooky or surreal the gags, there were always rational explanations. Buster Keaton’s creepy ghouls in The Haunted House (1921) were staged by crooks, the hijinks … Continue reading →

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. The Christmas creep may continue, but we've got plenty more where that came from: a new spin on a John Lennon classic, rare remixes from David Bowie, a live triumph from […]

The Killer Everyone Knew and Other Captain Leopold Stories (2023) is the thirteenth volume of Edward D. Hoch's fiction, published by Crippen & Landru, collecting fifteen short stories from his series of police procedurals featuring one of his most enduring creations, Captain Jules Leopold – who appeared in over a hundred short stories. A not inconsiderable chunk of Hoch's output counting nearly a thousand short stories covering more than a …

Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: After saying it would retract an article, Cureus changed its mind Former Columbia University psychiatrist committed research misconduct, says federal watchdog Exclusive: Cancer researchers in Iran under investigation as questions swirl around dozens of studies Retractions begin for chemist found to have faked data in 42 papers A journal switches to …

We begin this week with the Letters section, filled with discussion regarding television's coverage of the Kennedy-Nixon "Great Debates." The third debated between the two has just occurred (October 13), but this issue would have gone to press prior to that; the tenor of the letters seems to suggest that most responses have been to the initial debate, which was held on September 26 in Chicago. It's been considered a …