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Do you like writing instruments? Do you like being able to stab people if necessary? Have I got something for you.instructional video

A new reality show featuring the talented and emotional judge from The Great Pottery Throw Down (highly recommend), Keith Brymer Jones, and his partner Marj Hogarth, actor and self-taught textile designer, as they renovate a new home and studio: Our Welsh Chapel DreamFrom Channel 4's website: Keith Brymer Jones and his partner Marj throw themselves into the restoration of a derelict Welsh chapel, as...

Natural caves, just like artificial mining shafts, occur in rocks that are made up of minerals. In these environments, the phenomenon of luminescence can be observed on a much larger scale... My photos, taken under ultraviolet light, reveal a side of familiar places that likely no one has seen before. Gray walls shine like starry skies or glow in rainbow colors.

Repetition at a mass scale. Ghibli. Ghibli. Ghibli. Repetition close enough in concept space. Ghibli. Ghibli. Doesn't have to be a perfect copy to trigger the effect. Ghebli. Ghebli. Ghebli. Ghibli. Ghebli. Ghibli. And so art—all of it, I mean, the entire human artistic endeavor—becomes a thing satiated, stripped of meaning, pure syntax. from Welcome to the semantic apocalypse by Erik Hoel

'I'd like to go up in space as a very old lady and just be pushed out'. Guardian Australia, part of the 10 Chaotic Questions series. Warning for mention of rabbit death. Previously on the book burning she mentions.

Henry Wadsworth's Hiawatha, with the Kalevala's trochees (viz. trochaic tetrameter), instantly inspired jokesters to lampoon its rhythmic style. One short passage, more than others, gained especial notoriety. Generations worked together to compose a mitten manual. Underneath the cut I've gathered two recordings of this passage, emphasizing the good humor of Longfellow's repetition.Hiawatha, 1850's: He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon...

Two teens plead guilty to trafficking $1 million worth of giant ants in Kenya. The haul of Giant African harvester ants could have been worth more than $1 million, and has drawn attention to wildlife trafficking of smaller animals.

A century before publishers started marketing novels as "essential sad girl literature" and newspapers ran headlines about the "cult of the literary sad woman", Mary MacLane confessed all, at the age of nineteen, and became the enfant terrible of American letters, seemingly overnight. "This is not a diary. It is a Portrayal. It is my inner life shown in its nakedness. I am trying...

In case the news cycle has anyone wondering when the side of the angels will win - George Santos has been sentenced to over seven years in prison.Three years ago (previously), George Santos was elected to Congress, but rumors started circulating that most of his background was made up out of whole cloth. There was also evidence he had involved himself with a Ponzi...

The Fable of Complexity A video in which a .... medieval?... office worker gets overloaded, asks for help, gets help, and then things get worse and worse and more and more complicated.While I was out yesterday, my work team was told to watch this video, which I gather has been passed down from a higher-up and has been passed around. A recap: Abby the...

milwaukee judge hannah dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents dugan is charged with "concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest" and obstructing or impeding a proceeding. she's accused of escorting the man, eduardo flores-ruiz, and his lawyer out of the courtroom through the jury door on april 18 as a way to help avert his arrest, according to...

Lena Moses-Schmitt and Martha Park (LitHub, 04/25/2025), "Art and Craft: An Illustrated Conversation": "How does it feel to move between writing and art, for you? Do they overlap?" Lena Moses-Schmitt's website links to more of her work, e.g. "The Matrilineal Pleasures of 'A Life of One's Own'," "Drawing Cars," "Indoor Feeling," "Skating Costumes I Have Known," and "Blue Mountain." Martha Park's website links to...

Maybe you'd meet somebody out, remotely checking the answering machine plugged into your landline for messages. Maybe you'd go home to make dinner and catch the news on TV or NPR. Then, if you were into computers, you might turn on the one you had at home and dial in to the baby internet via modem and read funny things or post on message...

For Charlotte Proudman, only one opinion matters: that of the women and children she defends in the family courts. It is 15 years since Proudman qualified as a barrister, but she still feels a sense of alienation when she walks into the formal dining halls. "It's largely a sea of male, pale, stale figures sitting there, all in their suits. They all look identical,...

After 529 days on the loose in Australia's Kangaroo Island, Valerie has been found! Previously on the blue: Well sometimes I go out by myself.

How JD Vance Became a Flashpoint in An Election in Durham, Ontario (TheLocal - support independent Canadian media!)

The common belief about cats, ferals in particular, is that tomcats are not fond of kittens (being obstacles in the way of mating again) and that raising them is the mother's burden. But, as is often the case, Shelly Roche's TinyKittens is both educational and full of surprises.TinyKittens is an ongoing Trap-Neuter-Release project in Fort Langley, British Columbia (Previously, Also Previously, Previouslyer, Previouslyest), celebrating...

Give me the boxy, modest Polaroid, if only for its defiance, even of its creator. While poor Edwin Land was fixated on creating "the realization of an impulse," something that could be "an adjunct to your memory," what he couldn't know, as the future unfolded beyond him, was that his creation's enduring value would prove to be its relationship to every time but the...

Coffin weavers create a loving last goodbye using invasive vine. Coffin weaving workshops teach people how to make an alternative to traditional wooden caskets to suit their loved ones while helping the environment at the same time.

Mahjong Solitaire (also known as Shanghai) has been popular on computers since the 1980s, and it was particularly popular in the 90s when a version by Microsoft was released. For those that don't know, it is a tile matching game that (typically) uses Mahjong tiles; aside from these tiles it shares nothing with Mahjong. Even then, the tiles are mostly an aesthetic choice; when...

Half an hour of fascinating rhythmical nerdery: Analyzing RADIOHEAD's Rhythms - A Deep Dive into their Electronic Beats. (SLYT) From Captain Pikant, wherein you will find similar dives into Bjork, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and many others.

Grinning mischievously, Juanjo Albizu dons a baseball cap, tucks his T-shirt neatly into his sweatpants and adjusts the velcro straps on his elbow pads before positioning his skateboard on the bowl's edge, ready for the "drop". Albizu's attempt at a gnarly trick draws stares because the athlete is a sight to behold, wheeling around the unassuming skate park in northern Spain having just turned...

"Wizards of the Coast has released the System Reference Document, the heart of the three core rule books that constitute Dungeons & Dragons' 2024 gameplay, under a Creative Commons license. This means the company cannot alter the deal further, like it almost did in early 2023, leading to considerable pushback and, eventually, a retreat. It was a long quest, but the lawful good party...