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  1. Doom & Gloom From The Tomb, , more info

    Pavement - The Marquee, London, England, August 26, 1992
    Pavement - The Marquee, London, England, August 26, 1992We checked out the Faces at the Marquee in 1970 this week … how about Pavement at the Marquee in 1992?! Why not, they were another one of John Peel’s favorite bands. Of course, it’s not exactly the same club — I think the Marquee changed addresses several times during the course of its lifetime. But we don’t need an excuse! This …
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  2. LIP SERVICE — Split Lip Magazine, , more info

    Just One Thing with Vanessa Blakeslee
    Vanessa Blakeslee’s story “Patient X” opens questions about death, care, and our sense of reality. Here she shares just one thing about the piece:“It's always difficult to pick just one thing to discuss about how a certain fiction came to be, but without hesitation, the most mysterious aspect of this tale--the orbs--are rooted in true accounts. When I was about 12, I awoke in the middle of the night in …
    By SLM, 232 words
  3. Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional, , more info

    Miller II, Part II?
    Earlier this week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a press conference to announce that he would resign as Prime Minister once a new Liberal leader was selected. He also revealed that he had advised the Governor General to prorogue Parliament and that she had granted the request, with Parliament set to return on March 24. The announcement ended months of speculation about Trudeau’s future. Until September 2024, the Liberal …
    By Vanessa MacDonnell, 1,939 words
  4. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, , more info

    Massachusetts Road Signs
    By Carlos Greaves, 3 words
  5. Old House Dreams, , more info

    Inside the Flood Summer Residence
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    By M.J.G., 7 words
  6. Daily Nous, , more info

    Mini-Heap
    The first mini-heap of 2025… You “may be wondering how I’m going to wiggle out of the seeming exhaustion of logical space presented by ‘either it is the case that qualia exist or it is not the case that qualia exist.’ Just watch me now.” — Pete Mandik’s qualia quietism “The core elements of community—relationships, service, and purpose—also define the triad of fulfillment. When combined with the core virtue of …
    By Justin Weinberg, 315 words
  7. LBV Magazine English Edition – History & Culture, , more info

    Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus: The Rivalry of Two Roman Centurions as Told by Julius Caesar
    We know the names of very few Roman centurions and legionaries, mostly those found on inscriptions and commemorative steles, along with a few mentioned in written sources. However, there are two whose names are so well-known that they even appear as characters in several television series and historical novels about ancient Rome. Their names were […]
    By Guillermo Carvajal, 72 words
  8. The Pub Curmudgeon, , more info

    Let me entertain you
    On Christmas Eve, I walked to my local pub at lunchtime for a couple of pints. It wasn’t packed, but there was a decent scattering of people in. It was, as they say “nicely ticking over”. But something that struck me was that, in the rear lounge, there were a couple of giant TV screens showing the darts, with the sound turned up. Nobody was watching, and everyone was just …
    By Curmudgeon, 574 words
  9. The Content Technologist, , more info

    The facts of lore: What happens when the most reputable information on the internet is about fiction?
    This one goes out to Will, without whom I would not know any X-Men facts."Lore" is one of my favorite terms to graduate from cheeky internet slang to grown-up conversational staple. Lore is simply legend, often of the unverifiable kind, that accompanies a particular dogma, trait, or decision. The turn of the year is a great time to spin some lore about oneself or one's colleagues, wrapping up accomplishments in …
    By Deborah Carver, 1,365 words
  10. Not Even Wrong, , more info

    Strings 2025
    Enjoying a vacation on a Caribbean porch, and just had a couple hours to kill with good internet access. For some reason I spent part of them listening to the summary panel discussions at Strings 2025, which just ended today. Honestly, this was just completely pathetic. The whole thing was run by David Gross, who at 83 is entering his fifth decade of hyping string theory. Besides the usual claims …
    By woit, 237 words
  11. Old mans thoughts and tales, , more info

    Christmas New year break bothy trip.
    In my days with mountain rescue we would often do a bothy trip a trip we enjoyed was to Culra over the 4 Munroes and then. To Ossian ( Thos is a Youth Hostel Tom rig would hide a key and coal) sadly Tom died many Years ago. He as such a character kind and a great host. Culra One great route was Dalwhinnie to Laggan taking in the hills …
    By heavywhalley.MBE, 158 words
  12. Chris Wiegman - Blog, , more info

    How to Get Away From Big Tech - Again
    The most productive tech stack I ever had was around 2018-2019. I made a conscious effort to leave Apple behind and generally it was the one time in the last 20+ years where I feel like my tech actually worked for me as opposed to me changing everything to work within the limits of whatever tech stack I had. The catch was that to make it all work I had …
    By Chris Wiegman, 471 words
  13. Making Book, , more info

    Bracelet book
    Book Bracelet by an English jeweler, ca. 1840, made of gold, enamel, and diamonds. “This piece is composed of eleven rectangular segments joined by small hinges. Eight segments incorporate openwork floral motifs embellished with diamonds, while three are decorated with green enamel. The structure can be folded into a book form: two green panels act as the front and back covers, and the central panel, depicting a seated dog, creates …
    By rhollick, 233 words
  14. Fluxblog, , more info

    You’re All Perverted
    Birthday Girl “Did You Know I Write You Poems?” Eva Smittle’s vocal performance keeps you edge – she’s flirtatious, she’s threatening, she’s afraid, she’s romantic, she’s nihilistic – and moves between those moods somewhat unpredictably. She comes across like someone who can’t decide how she feels about other people’s lust for her, and the moments where she seems totally repulsed ring as true as when she’s reciprocating the lust, and …
    By Matthew, 325 words
  15. Core77, , more info

    Core77 Weekly Roundup (1-6-25 to 1-10-25)
    Here's what we looked at this week:The Travel Heavy, an aluminum 12" LP carrier for traveling DJs, is an upgrade from milk crates. Nifty tool: A tiny universal workholding device for watchmakers.Now available in the U.S.: This electric-assist screwdriver from Japan. An impressive exploration of material: This monomaterial bamboo projectile weapon.Forever object: This minimalist Mark Two pen, by Studio Neat, is a beautiful piece of industrial design.The cuckoo clock's unlikely …
    By Rain Noe, 246 words