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Unstoppable is a mashup of an underdog sports movie and a domestic drama about a family terrorized by an abusive father. The worst thing I can say about it is that it is conventional, but since when is that a crime? A true-life story told in linear fashion with a superior cast still resonates in 2025, especially with this one’s provenance and cast. Jharrel Jerome plays high school wrestler Anthony …

Mornings at camp can be chaotic, and breakfast often takes a backseat to the excitement of the day ahead. But skipping a good breakfast? That’s a recipe for low energy and a cranky start. On a recent camping trip, we found ourselves in this exact situation. With limited options and no time to cook, we gave cold-soaked muesli a try (we found it on Pinterest)—and it was awesome. Easy to …

While I was in Brazil, it occurred to me to ask, what if we all lived like Brazil? Above: View of Florianópolis, from my niece’s balcony. Fifty years ago, the trendy worry was about overpopulation: those poor countries were too damn teeming. This now looks both naïve and racist. Growth rates are stabilizing or declining. The problem is too much carbon and oil use, too much waste, too much beef, …

Katherine Rundell’s five audio essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction. So far I’ve listened to the first two and have loved them. Worth your time. Erin Kissane says the big platforms like Facebook are dead on their feet. “The evidence of the past decade and a half argues strongly that platform corporations are structurally incapable of good governance, primarily because most of their central aims (continuous growth, …

Let’s talk about this.Back in 2000, Nathalie Lorson and Alain Astori dropped Paul Smith Men, the British designer’s signature masculine fragrance in an EDT concentration. The bottle? Square, green-tinted glass, and about as unremarkable as they come. The name isn’t even on the front; it’s slapped on the side, which feels oddly self-effacing. The atomizer’s Kelly green, paired with a clear plastic

Vernacular nostalgiaSanding by the river at Snape Maltings and looking across at this house I was suddenly transported back decades to the time when, as a small boy, I began to realise that houses varied in their appearance according to whereabouts in England they were. It must have been on one of our family trips from Gloucestershire to visit my grandparents in rural Lincolnshire. It had been pointed out to …

Today marks the tenth anniversary of this blog. Exactly a decade ago on the 16th January 2015 we decided to try something slightly different and share the news from within Carriage & Wagon online to all enthusiasts rather than those within the railway's membership and volunteer base. Needless to say it was successful and still keeps the same format ten years on with only a few minor tweaks. Looking back …

Introducing the Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) Policy is one of the most effective tools in creating a greener planet, and yet it is meaningless without action. The Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) is a policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in Seattle. It is part of the city’s broader effort to meet climate goals and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Depending on building type, …

Both from albums of electronicized versions of Holst's The Planets released the same year - 1976.Wonder which came out first and who was the more pissed off?Tomita's has the edge I think for its frolicking stereophony and shimmery reverbGleeson's sound palette is a bit flatter and duller Tomita's flickers are that much more scintillating and well, mercurial, darting hither and thither .... tickling your ears in an almost ASMR-y wayStrange …

IN THE FALL, as the days get shorter and colder, a deciduous tree (deciduous comes from the Latin for falling) will stop producing chlorophyll in its leaves. This brings about all those beautiful autumn colors—the corals and ochres and ambers, the bright, juicy reds. At the same time, the tree produces abscission cells at the base of the leaf, where it connects to the branch. These cells are designed to …

Here comes the third team member of the Haslab Dragonfly crew: Rip Cord in his Night Force gear. Rip Cord was the first tier/ stretch goal figure unlocked (at 13,000 orders) and, since he's decked out in his Night Force gear and was part of the 1984 series, we'll likely see a standard version (or Retro version) at some point in the near future. While Rip Cord isn't one of …

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First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I …

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Jennifer Spiegel‘s nonfiction collection Kids Without Horses evokes the highs and lows of the authors life vividly and honestly throughout the book. Katherine …