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Fernando Pessoa: The Poet With 72 Alter Egos

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:56:38 GMT

quote [Few writers have multiplied themselves as radically, or as deliberately, as Fernando Pessoa. The Portuguese poet did not merely use pen names. He invented entire authors, complete with biographies, temperaments, philosophies, and distinctive literary styles.] Entry Comment: And Fernando Pessoa smiles at us

TrapSweeper by Celia, Rose

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:58:48 GMT

quote [Puzzle your way through traps to get the dungeon's treasure] Entry Comment: Web-based Minesweeper clone (from a long list of Minesweeper clones) in rounds of 10. Apart from cleverly expanding the base mechanic the creator tried to maintain fully deductionable rounds while running a nice social media on puzzle games.

✂️ Honest

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:13:34 GMT

quote [14 seconds · Clipped by Withu-Aoife · Original video "Deadfolk Prophet - No Crown for the Wicked (Official Full Lyric Visual)" by Deadfolk Prophet] Entry Comment: So Withu is the Sheppard, Aoife is the Husky. Aoife was a rescue, her names Old Irish for Beautiful. What's doing?

The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:37:45 GMT

quote [As populations flocked to city centres in the 19th century, church cemeteries began to overflow with the dead. Roger Luckhurst exhumes the history of this period, when anatomists fuelled a body-snatching trade led by “resurrection men” and reformers sought alternatives to the toxic urban graveyards and their pestilent fumes.] Entry Comment: We're resurrection men

Niccolo Rastrelli - They don't look like me

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:39:24 GMT

quote [The various incarnations of the phenomenon are told through a series of portraits, where young protagonists interpret characters that exist only in virtual worlds, allowing them to explore new identities for fun, but also to better understand themselves and their own personalities.] Entry Comment: A nice contemporary photo project merging virtual and real life in a sensible way.

Two Places, One Story: Mickey Mantle’s House and the Toxic Town

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:51:53 GMT

quote [An Atlas Obscura map led to a joyful stop at Mickey Mantle’s childhood home, and a haunting visit to the abandoned mining town just up the road.] Entry Comment: I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows

KENNY vs SPENNY The Handheld Game by NEAT GAME BREW

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:46:17 GMT

quote [Glory for the winner, humiliation for the loser.] Entry Comment: It's an endless competition like Kenny n spenny

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:09:17 GMT

quote [Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.] Entry Comment: Snail, snail, little snail,

PEGI 18

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:34:22 GMT

quote [The man behind the voice of "PEGI 18" recalls recording the iconic lines, TikTok fame, and how he eventually got a proper pay day.] Entry Comment: That's a sweet story. His professional career choice: going to Brussels in the 80s for British voiceover was a clever move. via Jank weekly notes

How The West Was Photographed

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:54:00 GMT

quote [Railroad photography helped sell an “empty” American West—carefully framing out the people already living there.] Entry Comment: Across the American west