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A Quality-Lit Version of the Aerial View
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Ajo Update: Emily and Stuart Get Married
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First Time I Have Seen This in an Uber
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More on Machines, Reading, Thinking, and Life
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The Right Kind of ‘Genius’
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In Which I Consider Jumping Ship for The New Yorker
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What the Devil Does in His Spare Time
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Wikimedia commons. Build Your Vocabulary, 'Ass Baton' Edition
A Mondegreen moment may be closer than you think.
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Michael Holley/Wikimedia 'What Was It Like Before Electricity, Daddy?'
A report from the dawn of time
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James Fallows When I Grow Up ...
Darth Vader vs. Casper the Friendly Ghost, on an airport tarmac
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Vimeo How to Land an Airplane, If You're Blind
People are capable of a lot.
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Roberta Mancino When a Man Is Tired of Wingsuit Videos, He Is Tired of Life ...
The world is big and interesting, chapter 438.
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MLB.com A Whole New Way to Think About House of Cards: 'Throwing Like a Girl'
What "The West Wing for werewolves" tells us about political satire
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Viking Books/YouTube 3 Different Topics, 3 Works Worth Reading
The publishing industry is in terrible trouble, as we all know. But more high-quality work keeps getting published than anyone could possibly read. A few suggestions for today
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Reuters In Which I Develop New Respect for the Wedding-Industrial Complex
We know that football players are brave. But spare a thought as well for bride-magazine models.
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What Is a 'Class-A War Criminal'? More on the Yasukuni Controversy
The complications of wartime memory, continued
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Robert Pastor
An influential and original participant in international affairs
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Because We Haven't Heard About My Favorite Coventry-Based Band in a While ...
I could have written this item decades ago if my last name were Smith.
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Wikimedia Commons How the #1 'Breakthrough' Helps Modern Communities Survive
The importance of communities, imagined and real.
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Let's Reflect on Something More Positive About Human Activity
How parts of Norway look, from very close and above.
