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We walked along city streets for a mile or two and then encountered five ancient crosses which marked the route out of the town as we departed Tui.
At its core, Sweet Smell of Success is about two men. At the beginning of the film, you think — while similar — one is decent, just desperate, and the other is beyond saving. By the end, you understand that both men are evil; the only...
The May issue of my monthly newsletter is out
A quiet gathering of ancient lives, stilled in a single moment — this Devonian mortality plate holds the lower shields of Zenaspis podolica (Lankester, 1869) alongside Stensiopelta pustulata (also known as Victoraspis longicornualis),...
on the specific exhaustion of paying attention right now.
According to the Washington Post (5/14/26) The old Ru/Lu (卢) was a neutral character typically used for surnames. The new one (鲁) carries a different meaning: rash, rude and clumsy. Selected readings "PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi's...
Steve Yegge posted about Gastown in January 2026. I read it at the time but didn’t really understand it. Some concepts resonated with me- but I found the language and metaphors of gastown obfuscatory. There are parts of the writing that...