Wednesday, 7 June 2023
quote [ Meta CEO Zuckerberg apparently got choked out at a jiu-jitsu tournament last month, though he denies it. ]
Please, someone submit it
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Tuesday, 6 June 2023
quote [ It?s been over a decade since we?ve heard from the elusive White Stripes drummer. Could renewed attention over a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination coax her back into the spotlight? ]
You wanna play pocket I suggest you find Meg White
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Monday, 5 June 2023
quote [ ?Welcerme Ter Mah Herme? ]
8-year-old article about that meme. Not as horrible as other meme-stories.
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Sunday, 4 June 2023
quote [ A mysterious staple of Buenos Aires nightlife in the 1910s and 20s, Rau?l Grigera was an audacious Afro-Argentine dandy, an eccentric bohemian icon, a man who called himself el murcie?lago (the bat). Paulina L. Alberto examines the racial stories told by photographs, comic strips, and newspaper articles about a person many knew only as ?el negro Raúl?, searching for the life behind the legend. ]
What will we do to become famous and dandy
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Friday, 2 June 2023
quote [ Ever since Sophie Blanchard stepped into the basket with her husband, the famous balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard, she knew she belonged to the air. Before she found her calling, Sophie was a shy and nervous person, who couldn?t even take a carriage ride because she was afraid of loud noises and was startled too easily. But once airborne, Sophie underwent a striking metamorphosis and transformed into an almost reckless daredevil. ]
We?re gonna be apart of the sky
In our hot air balloon
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quote [ In the end it required the entire Sark police force to stop Gardes. However, this isn?t as impressive as it sounds, since the police force consisted of just one constable. ]
Interesting anecdote via the Fallen London newsletter.
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Thursday, 1 June 2023
quote [ Nearly two decades after the final version of IRIX, the SGI community has deep hopes for bringing the platform?s operating system back to life?the hard way. ]
Octane, we're gonna rocktane.
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Tuesday, 23 May 2023
quote [ I am strong. I am brave. I am really good at vocabulary flash cards. ]
Found this an interesting read. If you're in for some compulsive hobby.
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Friday, 19 May 2023
quote [ Charles Perrault is celebrated as the collector of some of the world?s best-known fairy tales. But his brothers were just as remarkable: Claude, an architect of the Louvre, and Pierre, who discovered the hydrological cycle. As Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores, all three were able to use positions within the orbit of the Sun King to advance their modern ideas about the world. ]
the mirrors in the tales of Charles Perrault
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Monday, 8 May 2023
quote [ "When the wind blows you run away because you think it?s a night runner.? ]
Night Runners ain?t no exclusive crew
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