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In this historical novel set between the wars, an outgoing young woman finds a new career as a matchmaker. When April McVey’s father dies, she and her mother are disgraced and practically penniless and leave Ireland to live with an aunt in Manchester. It’s a roof over their head but April knows she needs to establish her independence and applies for a position with Mrs. Hart’s matrimonial bureau, a short …

(click on the image to see the full issue) Cover: Depeche Mode Centrespread: Frankie Goes To Hollywood Back cover: Nik Kershaw Interviews: Siouxsie Sioux; Limahl; Prefab Sprout; Thompson Twins; King; Depeche Mode; Prince Lyrics: Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode; Let It All Blow - The Dazz Band; Teardrops - Shakin' Stevens; I Would Die For You - Prince; Half A Minute - Matt Bianco; I Won't Run Away - Alvin …

The Growing Pains of (Very) Early Cinema It’s easy to assume that “moving pictures” burst onto the scene in the late 19th century all at once. We often imagine that pop culture history can be neatly sliced into “before cinema” … Continue reading →

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The first bimanual Torso created at Clone includes an actuated elbow, cervical spine (neck), and anthropomorphic shoulders with the sternoclavicular, acromioclavicular, scapulothoracic and glenohumeral joints. The valve matrix fits compactly inside the ribcage. Bimanual manipulation training is in progress.

The Pretty Posy, Overland Park, KS (Like The Indie Bob Spot on Facebook and follow The Indie Boob Spot on X)UPDATE: This write-up comes with an expiration date which is in the very near future. If you're looking for a bookstore called The Pretty Posy and can't find it that's because it will very soon undergo a name change and will be called, INK & PAGE. But as the saying …

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ShareThe justices on Friday created the prospect of another major ruling on the role of administrative agencies and Congress’s ability to delegate power to those agencies. At the Biden administration’s request, the court agreed to review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that invalidated parts of a program by the Federal Communications Commission to improve internet and phone services in underserved areas. The court …

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I've watched 101 movies so far this year and I reviewed them all in this thread on Mastodon (I'll be doing this on Bluesky as well starting soon). Now,m truth be told, I love movies, and I think most movies I choose to watch are a pretty good time, but this is not the impression everyone gets from my films. Why is that? Well, two things come to mind.What my …

Art trade with Amiel who wanted retro Link. I love me a Link with a big nose and big hair!

From 'The People' July 24 1960 a report on Beatniks in Liverpool, London and elsewhere, with some choice quotes and turns of phrase:This is Beatnik HellEvery week more and more young people joint the ghastly Beatnik armythis bizarre new cult imported from American is a dangerous menace to our young peopleThis is the Beatnik Horrorthough they don't know it they are on the road to hellThey revel in filththeir unwashed …

Last year I was fortunate enough to attend Tinkerfest at the Chabot Space and Science Center, high in the hills of the East Bay. One of the fun things about it was that I ran into an old friend from HacDC, who is very involved in the amateur radio ballooning community out here. Their specific thing (because everybody seems to have a Thing out here) is launching and tracking pico …

Reading Time: 35 minutes I had something of a new professional nadir this week which I feel it might be cathartic to share. So I was booked to appear on some panel thing by a very corporate company, to talk about AI (I was asked as a result of one of my ‘actual jobs’ – rest assured I wasn’t introduced as ‘Matt Muir, author of a miserably-unpopular newsletter no cnut …