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I spent the week in Algonquin Park and saw my first moose! What a serendipitous sighting! We went looking for moose every day we were there, and finally on the last day, as it rained out, we spotted one. Just a young thing, as he didn't...
Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off Residents must decide when to leave, what to take, which route to follow and where to go, often while under intense stress. Research...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 19th June 2026 Ireland’s Cutthroat are not one of the many other ones out there on the Metal Archives, not the hardcore band who have also released something new this year, but the new deaththrash one...
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
This guy was chilling at the farmer’s market today. 📷
I think their name is SydThe resistance is unending. Last night it was "good art can't be fast." And setting aside that I'm starting to break down the "good" part of that insufferable Committee insistence of qualitative judgment, I opted...
Album of the Week, August 8, 2026 If you’ve just done a big crossover album, as an artist you have an implicit choice: do you continue mining that vein, coming closer and closer to pop? Or do you return to the music that made you famous?...
It’s late summer 2026; as I start writing this post, it’s Lollapalooza weekend. My TikTok FYP is full of videos of Charli XCX and Slayyter’s performances at the megaconcert. My Bluesky feed is full of Gen X music critics and...
iPhone’s home button and then the swipe up home gesture are so important and well done that they probably need to be covered as Unsung Heroes, but I wanted to mention something else today as we’re revisiting the whole “app icons in...
All my Toronto walks an bike rides since 2020
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 13th June 1996 One of 1996’s most fascinating bands and debut albums, the four classical musicians that came together at a prestigious Finnish Performing Arts school to play Metallica songs on their...
This week’s newsletter from Culture.pl contains some articles about Polish connections with Romania. Here are some excerpts from an article by Mikołaj Gliński titled “Everyone Remembers Their Own Past Differently: Małgorzata Rejmer on...
Women Of Music Volume 12Sissy Spacek on cover Amanda Lynn - Singin' Jambalaya.mp3 Ann Breen - Jambalaya (On The Bayou).mp3 Carole King feat Slash - Locomotion (live).mp3 Carrie Becker Leave Me Out Of Your Plans.mp3 Cherry Blossom -...
Great EstateOur host has left a series of George (the dog we are sitting) favourite walks. King Alfred's Tower recommended for the shade provided by Penselwood, an ancient forest.Early and out for free National Trust Parking. How lovely!...
2026/08/08: v1.playback-should-work-better-on-mobile-now is out. It is a small (not quite) update to fix the problem of mobile browser background throttling, which, even with the next song already loaded, would stop playing at media end...