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Thanks to Sean Bowen and Jordan Helzer, who sent me this link to a Facebook post from the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario in May. Ottawa 696, the oldest double-truck car from that city in preservation, has been moved to a new location....
The 2026 World Cup ended last night with a 1–0 win for Spain against the champions Argentina. It was certainly one of the finals of all time and probably the most one-sided match I’ve ever seen (and by design). It took 117 minutes for...
The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the...
Last post mentioned that a medieval illustrator indicated a physician by showing him holding a flask. There was a very specific substance in that flask, and it wasn't blood; it was urine. Blood's color rarely looked different from person...
Review of Madhava Prasad’s 2014 book seems now more than ever… “Cine-Politics asserts that after a distinct period in which writers were dominant in the movies, the celebrity star system took hold, and this star persona system now acts...
In the last year, I've been through over a dozen cities and used public transport in all of them. It is wild just how confusing and complex buying a ticket can be. While some cities obviously take a user-centred approach to ticketing,...
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
link to album here
Ed Zitron has a new epic post out, massive post out at Where's Your Ed at? To be honest, it's probably a bit much unless you've already fallen deep into the AI bubble rabbit hole. New comers may want to start with his Better Offline...
Daffodils along West Cove Road, McLemore Cove, Walker County, Georgia. Do you look deeply at your photographs after you've made them to see what they are truly about? I'm not talking about things like composition, exposure, focus, and...
His first non-Shakespeare play for more than a decade, Kenneth Branagh’s second consecutive production at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon is a reworking of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, adapted by playwright Laura...
I realized that it might be nice if you happen to stumble on this website if I had a way to recommend other websites you might enjoy. As it turns out this is a "blogroll", a concept I have never heard of before today but whatever. It's...
Some people make it into the history books by becoming world leaders. Some do so through acts of daring or heroism. Some do so by creating immortal works of art. And some, like the hero of today’s post, do so by eating an entire sheep in...
This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit, Discord, and bulletin board, and in-person meetups around the world. Most content is free, some is...
Quick tip: when you send an email to a group with a specific ask, address it directly to the person who needs to take action. Skip the generic “hi team” or “hi all” — it maximizes the chances people will ignore it or assume someone else...