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New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
https://acoup.blog/2026/01/03/new-acquisitions-tolkien-and-eowyn-between-two-wars-ppp-moot-keynote/

Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of the keynote I gave at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot earlier this December. I've made some minor edits to conform a bit more to the form of a blog post, but this remains very…

 
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When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/19/bikram-lama-birdman-sydney-st-james-tunnel-homelessness-ntwnfb

<strong>Exclusive: </strong>The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia, and what went wrong?

 
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Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green
https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/why-so-many-control-rooms-were-seafoam
 
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/andrew-o-hagan/stay-classy

The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

 
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Half the truth: defending public education requires more honesty, not less | Pearls and Irritations
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/half-the-truth-defending-public-education-requires-more-honesty-not-less/

Criticism of public schools is not entirely wrong – but by ignoring unequal conditions, it misdiagnoses the problem and misplaces responsibility.

 
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One Situation After Another
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/world-monitor-situation-meme/686389/
 
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Why would a patient trust a peptide more than a statin? | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/peptides-statins-research-trust-bpc-157/

With peptides like BPC-157, we are seeing 'the wholesale substitution of consumer enthusiasm for clinical evidence.'

 
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I’m a Eurovision superfan, but this year’s contest brings only sadness. I won’t be tuning in | Dave Keating | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in

Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together

 
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Terry Pratchett - Charlie's Diary
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/03/terry-pratchett.html
 
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50-Year Reread of The Lord of the Rings – 4: Pippin and Merry – Prospective Cultures
https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-4-pippin-and-merry/

A blog series in which I reread LOTR 50 years after I first read it, age 10, over the winter of 1975-76. Pippin and Merry come as a double act (not exactly ‘dumb and dumber’, but not a million miles from that either) in the Jackson film version of LOTR, providing both light relief and…

 
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How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968
https://theconversation.com/how-artemis-iis-earthset-photo-compares-with-the-iconic-earthrise-image-from-1968-279966

Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.

 
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A moment that changed me: My diagnosis seemed like a death sentence – how have I survived for another 40 years? | Aids and HIV | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/20/a-moment-that-changed-me-hiv-diagnosis-survived-40-years

To HIV researchers, I am an ‘elite controller’ – someone whose immune system has enabled them to live for decades without symptoms or medication. I hope that one day science will understand this tiny but lucky minority

 
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Why are there no fish in the deepest deep sea? | Deep Sea News
https://deepseanews.com/2015/08/why-are-there-no-fish-in-the-deepest-deep-sea/

Here’s a mystery: below 8,400 meters there are no fish. There are other creatures: sea cucumbers, anemones, tiny worms, but no one has ever seen a fish. At 8,370 meters? There are fish. But not below 8,400 meters. At its deepest the ocean reaches roughly 11,000 meters, so there is plenty of space. And right below 8,400

 
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Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance, by Jane Gleeson-White
https://www.janegleesonwhite.com/double
 
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Bit Rot Doesn't Always Increase Entropy – A Story from the Archives - Google Bug Hunters
https://bughunters.google.com/blog/bit-rot-doesnt-always-increase-entropy

This blog post takes us back to 2010, retracing and incident where a statistical anomaly led to the discovery of a subtle flaw in the way we were using a security-critical library.

 
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‘It wears away at the pay packet’: Grandmothers cut work hours to do free childcare
https://www.smh.com.au/national/it-wears-away-at-the-pay-packet-grandmothers-cut-work-hours-to-do-free-childcare-20260217-p5o33f.html
 
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'Leaving Neverland' Director on Why Michael Jackson Won
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-dan-reed-1236571986/

Seven years after his explosive HBO doc, Dan Reed watches Hollywood cash in on a man he calls 'worse than Jeffrey Epstein.'

 
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The Ruiners, by Ellena Savage
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Ruiners/Ellena-Savage/9781761638817
 
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Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? - Anil Dash
https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/artemis-photos-flickr/

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

 
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AI Isn't Management. Try Explaining That to Matthew Prince
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/ai-isnt-management-try-explaining
 
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No, 1 in 6 People Do Not Have Long COVID
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/no-1-in-6-people-do-not-have-long
 
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Part One: Dr. Sleep: The Australian Psychiatrist Who Made People Sleep Themselves To Death
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-dr-sleep-the-australian-325386876/
 
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Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, by Amy Remeikis
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-It-All-Went-Wrong/Amy-Remeikis/9781761822117
 
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William Shatner experienced profound grief in space. It was the overview effect : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/23/1130482740/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-space-travel-overview-effect

William Shatner was excited to go to space last year. He didn't realize he'd be overwhelmed with sadness and go through "the strongest feelings of grief" that he'd ever experienced.

 
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