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Don't call it a Substack. Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable. It's always good advice to avoid Substack because they’re platforming Nazis and racists. And if for some reason you need another reason to avoid it, why not consider their truly hostile …

Step right up, step right up! Rubber tramps on display! Trendy or trashy, whatever you think of people who live on wheels, we’re here to explore all the different kinds of people who call the road home. These are the 5 types of vehicle nomads. I’m referring to full-time nomads who have no other home besides their vehicle, or those who spend at least half the year living in their …

I've been browsing the internet for maths related stocking fillers. I thought it might be helpful to share what I've found, to save time for anyone else looking for mathsy gifts. Posters and PrintsThere are some lovely mathematical posters on Etsy but most have to be downloaded digitally. A teacher looking for classroom or corridor displays might pay to download posters then print them

Landscape on I-88 near Nineveh, NY. Pencil drawing in sketchbook. On Monday, we drove down to Binghamton, New York, to attend a family funeral the following morning. My Aunt Doris was the wife of my father’s eldest brother, the Rev. F. Porter Adams. Porter died suddenly in his early 60s, forty years ago, and yet Doris continued in good health, living independently until she was 94, and dying last week …

The Chicago producer/DJ takes over our November show. The post NTS November 2024: Adlai appeared first on No Bells.

Just a reminder that the free streaming window for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Apple TV+ is this weekend only, Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, 2024.The classic Peanuts holiday show will not be broadcast on over-the-air television this year.To stream the special for free, you don't need an Apple device. The Apple TV+ app is available for a variety of streaming devices such as Roku and Amazon Fire …

The CeMar Trail is ready to be connected!Linn County Trails' cheery Facebook post today serves a reminder of Cedar Rapids's ever-improving trails network. Many of these projects fix connections at a specific location, but by the end of next year there will be some dramatic changes apparent to even the most casual trail user (cf. Peffer 2024). Arguably the most dramatic will be the completion of the CEMAR Trail between …

Reviewed by JONATHAN LEWIS: TANGIER. Universal Pictures, 1946. Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu, Preston Foster, Louise Allbritton, Kent Taylor, J. Edward Bromberg, Reginald Denny. Director: George Waggner. Capitalizing on the American movie-going audience’s love for exotic locales, Tangier is a somewhat confusing adventure/espionage film that’s nevertheless perfectly watchable lowbrow escapism. It stars Robert Paige as Paul Kenyon, a down and out reporter and Maria Montez, as Rita, a nightclub dancer, …

Waiting, waiting… … for a train which did turn up — eventually. Quote of the Day ”If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you are a human being.” Leo Tolstoy (Which neatly rules out Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.) Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Ennio Morricone | Theme from Cinema Paradiso | Renaud Capuçon Link From the soundtrack of one of my …

1. It turns out colds might really be because of cold. 2. Fire has impacted three small businesses in Alexandria, including what had briefly been the area's first romance bookstore. 3. This story of a train trip from Chicago to Miami (which I have funnily enough done in reverse) was fascinating.

Sparker, To love is to be inconvenienced. I worry sometimes that we forget we are supposed to be inconvenienced by one another; that’s what it means to live in a functioning society. We’re meant to take turns bearing the burden so that others show up for us when we need it — and that means that we have to show up, even when we don’t feel like it. Maybe especially …

Human vs. Hamster, Max's new reality competition, delivers exactly what its title promises, and it's a freakin' delight, reminiscent of both Holey Moley and Double Dare.

Members of the Washington family -- as in Denzel, Malcolm, and John David -- are playing a major role in preserving the literary legacy of the late August Wilson, at least on screen. It has been eight years since Denzel Washington directed and starred in Fences, but the deep connection between Wilson's material and the Washingtons continues. For the latest entry, The Piano Lesson, Denzel Washington serves as one of …

This year, the Open Fields Conference, part of the RIXC Art Science Festival in Riga, addressed symbiotic senses and explored how each of us depends on interactions with lives and intelligences that are often radically different from ours. The keynotes and dozens of talks by researchers, artists, curators, media theorists, philosophers and scientists from different fields illustrated how these complex, albeit often invisible, connections challenge us to reassess the boundaries …