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Camus's New York Diary (1946)

Posted by amanuensis on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:56PM
from the theparisreview.org dept.

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/03/14/camuss-new-york-diary-1946/

( Read More... | 39 comments | 2 points | on HN )

Smart streetlights are casting a long shadow

Posted by amanuensis on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:21PM
from the failedarchitecture.com dept.

https://failedarchitecture.com/smart-streetlights-are-casting-a-long-shadow-over-our-cities/

( Read More... | 32 comments | 44 points | on HN )

Making of Goethe’s Colours (2020)

Posted by amanuensis on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:17AM
from the c82.net dept.

https://www.c82.net/blog/?id=82

( Read More... | 1 comment | 27 points | on HN )

Fare Thee Well, Glen Creason

Posted by amanuensis on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:55PM
from the lapl.org dept.

https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/fare-thee-well-glen-creason

( Read More... | 3 comments | 38 points | on HN )

Ancient Greek accents in ten rules

Posted by amanuensis on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:32AM
from the antigonejournal.com dept.

https://antigonejournal.com/2021/06/greek-accents-ten-rules/

( Read More... | 49 comments | 122 points | on HN )

The Protestant impact on literacy and education

Posted by amanuensis on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:52PM
from the thisviewoflife.com dept.

https://thisviewoflife.com/martin-luther-rewired-your-brain/

( Read More... | no comments | 15 points | on HN )

‘Veblen’ Review: Scourge of the Elites

Posted by amanuensis on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:26AM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/veblen-review-scourge-of-the-elites-11606504616

( Read More... | 18 comments | 40 points | on HN )

German Pigs and the Autocrats Who Loved Them

Posted by amanuensis on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:19PM
from the lareviewofbooks.org dept.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/german-pigs-and-the-autocrats-who-loved-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-pigs-and-the-autocrats-who-loved-them

( Read More... | no comments | 3 points | on HN )

Sixty years of Green Eggs and Ham

Posted by amanuensis on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:58PM
from the brianjayjones.com dept.

https://brianjayjones.com/2020/08/11/sixty-years-of-green-eggs-and-ham/

( Read More... | 55 comments | 91 points | on HN )

A history of solitude and a biography of loneliness

Posted by amanuensis on Monday March 23, 2020 @09:07PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/19/history-solitude-david-vincent-biography-loneliness-fay-bound-alberti-review

( Read More... | 1 comment | 25 points | on HN )

The everything town in the middle of nowhere

Posted by amanuensis on Monday December 23, 2019 @01:09AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20961523/amazon-walmart-target-package-delivery-sales-tax-montana-roundup

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The art of attribution and the attribution of art

Posted by amanuensis on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:41PM
from the thecritic.co.uk dept.

https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2019/the-art-of-attribution-and-the-attribution-of-art/

( Read More... | no comments | 11 points | on HN )

Jeopardy's Newest Head Writer

Posted by amanuensis on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:02AM
from the vulture.com dept.

https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/jeopardy-michele-loud-head-writer-alex-trebek-interview.html

( Read More... | 25 comments | 35 points | on HN )

My 17-year manhunt for an art criminal

Posted by amanuensis on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:26PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/17/i-got-the-guy-my-17-year-manhunt-for-a-50m-art-criminal

( Read More... | 5 comments | 16 points | on HN )

The Provocations of Camille Paglia

Posted by amanuensis on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:00PM
from the city-journal.org dept.

https://www.city-journal.org/camille-paglia

( Read More... | 158 comments | 165 points | on HN )

The Impossible Dream

Posted by amanuensis on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:27PM
from the laphamsquarterly.org dept.

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/happiness/impossible-dream

( Read More... | 9 comments | 25 points | on HN )

X Is For...

Posted by amanuensis on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:07PM
from the publicdomainreview.org dept.

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/x-is-for/

( Read More... | 5 comments | 37 points | on HN )

Project Salome

Posted by amanuensis on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:23PM
from the raenicholls.wordpress.com dept.

https://raenicholls.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/project-salome/

( Read More... | no comments | 11 points | on HN )

Audible and audiobooks, the fastest growing part of publishing

Posted by amanuensis on Saturday April 27, 2019 @04:13PM
from the thebaffler.com dept.

https://thebaffler.com/latest/successful-people-listen-to-audiobooks-caplan-bricker

( Read More... | 154 comments | 150 points | on HN )

What Is the World to Do About Gene-Editing?

Posted by amanuensis on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:22AM
from the nybooks.com dept.

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/03/21/what-is-the-world-to-do-about-gene-editing/

( Read More... | 53 comments | 31 points | on HN )

Panthers on the Prowl in London

Posted by amanuensis on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:37PM
from the quadrant.org.au dept.

https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2019/01-02/panthers-on-the-prowl-in-london/

( Read More... | 1 comment | 13 points | on HN )

As Xenophon saw it

Posted by amanuensis on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:16PM
from the aeon.co dept.

https://aeon.co/essays/the-ancient-greek-rebel-leader-who-saw-socrates-solo-dancing

( Read More... | 30 comments | 71 points | on HN )