An eastern chipmunk peers over the edge of the novel The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera. Book and chipmunk are sitting on a jean clad knee in an outdoor chair in the woods.
I think this book is marvellous and strange. I loved the unique prose. The chipmunk is a harsher critic, however. She says it doesn't taste nearly as good as peanuts.
19.10.2025 21:31
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Networks of blackmail seem to be a not uncommon feature of upper class bro culture. I'm recalling David Cameron and the pig's head.
09.09.2025 21:50
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As recently as Tuesday, the ticket reservation site was letting people reserve two tickets without verifying the phone number or the email they entered. I have it on good authority that 416-967-1111 worked as a valid phone number. π
15.06.2025 02:30
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Reminder to self:
29.12.2024 01:53
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Hooray! I found my way back into this account. Hello again, Bluesky!
27.12.2024 03:17
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Somebody read Bissonβs βEngland Underwayβ and took it for nonfiction?
05.08.2024 21:46
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At least they got the grammar right?
24.06.2024 01:19
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IKR? But as the Wikipedia article tells us, Kenauβs legend is probably grander than her actual efforts. Itβs all about having an imaginative biographer.
22.06.2024 03:04
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βSee here: a woman from Haarlem named Kennau, devout as a man, defeated many Spanish tyrants.β
βAge: 46, in the year 1573.β
I wish I knew more about this painting. What is the orb-shaped object on her belt?
22.06.2024 01:02
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Well there we go. I clearly have not been reading the National Post very thoroughly.
09.06.2024 00:49
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I didnβt know Frank Stronach was still alive.
08.06.2024 00:07
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The Master and Margarine
#MakeABookGreasy
05.06.2024 03:46
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SNL actually did a skit about hate-post dunks, with Tom Hanks ... back in 1990, before the internet was even a thing.
Saying "look at this stupidity" is just like passing a bottle of rotten milk saying "you try it, you try it."
I don't want to try it! It's rotten milk!
28.05.2024 20:44
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Congratulations, you can now feel smarter than a leader who works 70-hour weeks and has zero staff.
28.05.2024 19:21
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You won the battle to annihilate the OLP, remember? Congratulations.
28.05.2024 18:13
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The Ontario Liberal Party doesnβt have official party status. There is no comms bureau. Itβs literally a handful of MPPs and junior staffers.
28.05.2024 18:11
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In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not ask Google for nutritional advice.
26.05.2024 00:12
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Agreed, except I would like the archivists to be highly paid.
Also, could the cops please admit that they are never going to solve their nineteenth-century cold cases, and send the records to the Archives already.
25.05.2024 00:10
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Tataouine - Wikipedia
See also the town of Tatouine, Tunisia. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tataouine
20.05.2024 22:09
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Raffaele Contigiani's Hotel du Lac (1973) in Tunis. It was George Lucas's inspiration for the Sandcrawler in Star Wars.
20.05.2024 22:00
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Betsy Wollheim on Casa Susanna and her father
She recalls her discovery of her fatherβs crossdressing and his involvement with Casa Susanna
TIL some SF history I didnβt know before. Editor and author Donald Wollheim was into cross dressing and belonged to Casa Susanna, the earliest known US crossdressing/trans network. readfoyer.com/article/bets...
16.05.2024 22:52
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Screengrab of Bluesky web interface showing the reply-controls icon, which looks like two overlapping speech bubbles.
Screengrab of the "Who can reply" controls that open if you hit the reply controls icon shown in the previous image.
I think I'm not the only person who missed the arrival of reply-gating, so minor PSA, when you compose a post here, you can hit the little speech-bubbles icon next to the Post button to open settings for who can reply to your post. π«
10.05.2024 17:07
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The image shows a collage of instances in which the word "adhuc" appears in a legal record (known as a plea roll) from the criminal court proceedings in Norfolk in 1250. Some have flourishes others have drawings such as a dragon breathing fire.
Reference: The National Archives, London, JUST 1/565.
A collage of Adhucs from a court record in 1250 Norfolk
"Adhuc" means "Still" and appears at the top of some membranes. The heading tells readers the proceedings are a continuation from the same district listed on the previous membrane. For instance, a dragon breathes fire on "Still from Grimshoe"
08.05.2024 17:24
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WKCR 89.9 FM Radio β Listen Live & Stream Online
Listen to WKCR 89.9 FM internet radio online. Access the free radio live stream and discover more online radio and radio fm stations at a glance.
Iβm listening to WKCR as student journalists at Columbia are calmly describing the situation. They are amazing and also it is *such a balm* to simply hear neutral calm descriptions. www.radio.net/s/wkcr
01.05.2024 00:17
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Itβs an eight century-old tradition, as these historians explain.
01.05.2024 00:11
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There are tropes about separated twins, like Marie de Franceβs lai of Le Fresne, and identical-looking friends impersonating each other, like Ami and Amile.
30.04.2024 22:55
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The Status Foundations of Conspiracy Beliefs - Saverio Roscigno, 2024
Prior survey research has mostly centered on the psychological dispositions and political leanings associated with conspiracy beliefs rather than underlying and...
New research on conspiracy beliefs. Turns out the folks most likely to hold them are people with low educationβand white guys with grad degrees. Itβs not how about how smart you are, itβs how insecure you are about it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
28.04.2024 16:52
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