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For the fourth time, nominations for this year's Tiny Awards celebrating the "best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web" are open.
Eroding democracy happens with a slow and persistent trickle of cynicism and mistrust of citizens by their governments. In this review of Democracy’s Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public by Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson, Kyle...
This past week has been surprising. I never thought a simple note blog post would attract so many visitors. Perhaps it’s because of the title. It wasn’t meant to be clickbait. Also, many bloggers have linked or mentioned me on their...
We all have to learn about the Periodic Table of the Elements at school, but have you ever wondered where they actually came from? I have to say, I wish that there had been videos like this when I was younger, because although it may...
Continuing with the effort to complete another series of RRtY, I was out yesterday riding the lanes, hills and valleys of Kent from Medway down to Folkstone and back again. Having ridden all those miles in Germany during May, a few...
Maybe the future of work is… termites? Let me explain.
When I started stocking the Soolla Pouches in the shop, I received one that had a tear in the side. I was able to get a replacement from Soolla but I didn’t just want to throw away a pouch that was 98% completely usable. So, I decided to...
Three novellas providing insights into Bruno’s early years as a Dominican Friar in Naples, and three men who shaped his learning. Still slow going, although the third story least so. Author page: The Dead of Winter – S. J. Parris
The Backrooms movie shows how modern myth, world literacy, and permissive IP can produce culture that Hollywood can only arrive at later. The post The Backrooms as Permissive IP | Weeknotes #442 appeared first on thejaymo.net.
It just occurred to me that in the 1994 film The Lion King, when Zazu sings “This child is getting wildly out of wing,” that’s a joke about the expression “out of hand” because he is a bird. I think my kid brain just assumed “out of...
A few weeks ago, I was at my brother’s place, watching NBA, and amongst other things, I was teasing him about the fact that he’s putting up weight. Which is just a fact. But he’s also in his 40s, so that’s understandable. He pointed out...
The latest Questionable Content follows Yann LeCun: See also this clip, among others.
shopping at sprinkle tinkle town 6.0 (art market) and my haul. and some of my decluttering updates.