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My Kushy New Job

Posted by portobello on Friday August 18, 2023 @06:44PM
from the gq.com dept.

https://www.gq.com/story/wells-tower-on-marijuana

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Bead Patterns

Posted by portobello on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:43AM
from the buegelperlenvorlagen.ch dept.

https://buegelperlenvorlagen.ch/overview

( Read More... | 4 comments | 2 points | on HN )

The Deacon and the Dog

Posted by portobello on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:22PM
from the city-journal.org dept.

https://www.city-journal.org/the-deacon-and-the-dog

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The Masses, Not the Classes – Irving Berlin

Posted by portobello on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:03PM
from the tinyletter.com dept.

https://tinyletter.com/Bob_Stanley/letters/the-masses-not-the-classes-irving-berlin

( Read More... | 9 comments | 18 points | on HN )

Re:Romantic friendship: deep and lasting connection comes in many forms on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:58PM (#29100881)

http://web.archive.org/web/20211102221548/https://www.newsta...

Romantic friendship: deep and lasting connection comes in many forms

Posted by portobello on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:57PM
from the newstatesman.com dept.

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/agora/2021/11/what-is-romantic-friendship

( Read More... | 81 comments | 128 points | on HN )

Why I Love Lucy Maud

Posted by portobello on Monday June 14, 2021 @06:45PM
from the berfrois.com dept.

https://www.berfrois.com/2021/06/love-maud/

( Read More... | 7 comments | 63 points | on HN )

Dante: Our Medieval Contemporary

Posted by portobello on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:19PM
from the hyperallergic.com dept.

https://hyperallergic.com/621011/dante-our-medieval-contemporary/

( Read More... | 10 comments | 37 points | on HN )

How to Escape a Sinking Ship

Posted by portobello on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:07PM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-escape-sinking-ship-like-titanic/

( Read More... | 183 comments | 303 points | on HN )

Book of Lost Books Discovered in Danish Archive (2019)

Posted by portobello on Sunday October 18, 2020 @03:48PM
from the smithsonianmag.com dept.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/book-lost-books-was-discovered-danish-archive-180971943/

( Read More... | 26 comments | 78 points | on HN )

Stuck with Pound

Posted by portobello on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:13PM
from the kirkcenter.org dept.

https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/stuck-with-pound/

( Read More... | 30 comments | 24 points | on HN )

God be with you till we meet again (1918)

Posted by portobello on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:50AM
from the lettersofnote.com dept.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2020/03/god-be-with-you-till-we-meet-again.html

( Read More... | 116 comments | 284 points | on HN )

Can monoculture survive the algorithm?

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

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/17/21024439/monoculture-algorithm-netflix-spotify

( Read More... | 43 comments | 45 points | on HN )

In Defense of Latin

Posted by portobello on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @04:12PM
from the lithub.com dept.

https://lithub.com/look-latin-is-not-useless-neither-is-it-dead/

( Read More... | 198 comments | 150 points | on HN )

Italo Calvino, The Art of Fiction No. 130 (1992)

Posted by portobello on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @09:24PM
from the theparisreview.org dept.

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2027/italo-calvino-the-art-of-fiction-no-130-italo-calvino

( Read More... | 29 comments | 108 points | on HN )

Animal, Vegetable, or Both?

Posted by portobello on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:22PM
from the laphamsquarterly.org dept.

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/animal-vegetable-or-both

( Read More... | no comments | 12 points | on HN )

How the Great Truth Dawned

Posted by portobello on Sunday August 25, 2019 @04:08PM
from the newcriterion.com dept.

https://www.newcriterion.com/issues/2019/9/how-the-great-truth-dawned

( Read More... | 47 comments | 122 points | on HN )

Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest

Posted by portobello on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:54PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/books/review/books-review-escalantes-dream-david-roberts.html

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Re:Report on forced organ harvesting in China on Saturday June 22, 2019 @11:32AM (#20250116)

I don't see anything about this topic at that link.

Re:The Climate Renegade on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:36PM (#20168438)

There's also https://psmag.com/social-justice/battlefield-earth-can-anyon....

The Climate Renegade

Posted by portobello on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:34PM
from the vox.com dept.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/24/18273198/climate-change-russ-george-unilateral-geoengineering

( Read More... | 4 comments | 23 points | on HN )

Free Solo and Economic Growth

Posted by portobello on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:23PM
from the johnhcochrane.blogspot.com dept.

https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2019/05/free-solo-and-economic-growth.html

( Read More... | 79 comments | 101 points | on HN )

What Has Irony Done for Us Lately

Posted by portobello on Saturday April 27, 2019 @01:51AM
from the aboutplacejournal.org dept.

https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/political-landscapes/political/pam-houston/

( Read More... | 1 comment | 7 points | on HN )

Fuck The Vessel

Posted by portobello on Saturday March 23, 2019 @02:35AM
from the thebaffler.com dept.

https://thebaffler.com/latest/fuck-the-vessel-wagner

( Read More... | 129 comments | 111 points | on HN )

Explore France’s Loire Valley in the Footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci

Posted by portobello on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:35PM
from the smithsonianmag.com dept.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-frances-loire-valley-in-footsteps-of-leonardo-da-vinci-180971039/

( Read More... | 6 comments | 50 points | on HN )

Daddy Issues: Renoir Père and Fils

Posted by portobello on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:47PM
from the theparisreview.org dept.

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/01/10/daddy-issues-renoir-pere-and-fils/

( Read More... | 3 comments | 21 points | on HN )