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Michael Callen On Dying | Michael Callen
http://michaelcallen.com/mikes-writing/michael-callen-on-dying/
But I want to share with you the great secret, which is that dying can be an amazingly sensual, almost erotic experience, because it’s very much about the body. I feel that I’m a person…
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Ruth Coker Burks, the cemetery angel - Arkansas Times
https://arktimes.com/news/cover-stories/2015/01/08/ruth-coker-burks-the-cemetery-angel
In the darkest hour of the AIDS epidemic, Ruth Coker Burks cared for hundreds of people whose families had abandoned them. Courage, love and the 30-year secret of one little graveyard in Hot Springs.
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Deciphering Glyph :: I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now
https://blog.glyph.im/2025/06/i-think-im-done-thinking-about-genai-for-now.html
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
https://deeshaphilyaw.com/
THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book…
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me, by Django Wexler
https://djangowexler.com/writing/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-except-me/
Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. After countless failures (let’s not dwell on it), Davi has finally saved the kingdom from evil–by becoming the Dark Lord herself. But now, the hordes of wilders […]
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts · The Fly Blog
https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/
My smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding.
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Pandemic Revisionism, Part One: COVID-19 Origins
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/pandemic-revisionism-part-one-covid
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Broken Watch
https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/broken-watch/
"Watchmen," and what happens when a work designed to upturn cliches becomes one.
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‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’ | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism
An autism diagnosis helped Laurie Penny make sense of their experiences, but its real value was in helping them understand the rest of society
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The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceit
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
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Photographer Beautifully 'Breaks the Rules' With Abstract Fireworks Photos | PetaPixel
https://petapixel.com/2025/07/02/photographer-beautifully-breaks-the-rules-with-abstract-fireworks-photos/
Discover the bold, abstract firework photography of Bryan Szucs, where creative techniques transform bursts of color into captivating art.
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How Murdoch's News Corp Still ... - Lamestream - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-murdochs-news-corp-still-has-influence-the-sports/id1810214465?i=1000710321070
Has Rupert Murdoch's News Corp lost its ability to influence Australian politics and society? Os and Scott debate how powerful the right-wing media empire reall
Russell T Davies–David Tennant Does a Podcast With… – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/russell-t-davies/id1450005207?i=1000698585806
David Tennant sits down with his longtime friend and collaborator, Russell T Davies, the acclaimed writer behind Doctor Who, It's a Sin, Queer as Folk, and more
#13 - Chiara Dellantonio - Piece Talks - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-chiara-dellantonio/id1742455250?i=1000688332527
You may know that Chiara Dellantonio is a world-class speed puzzler who has finished 11th or higher in the individuals at every one of the last three years at t
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Georgia Tennant - David Tennant Does a Podcast With… - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/georgia-tennant/id1450005207?i=1000702537041
Hear David Tennant as you have never heard him before... The tables are turned as David sits in the hot seat, interviewed by none other than his wife Georgia Te
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ANU honours Australia's first female neuroscientist Rose Mason
https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/finally-telling-her-story-trailblazer-in-science-recognised-with-honorary-degree
Australia's first female neuroscientist, Dr Rose Mason, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by ANU.
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Persuasion, by Jane Austen
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jane-austen/persuasion
Elon-Trump, Welcome to the Thunderdome - TPM – Talking Points Memo
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-trump-welcome-to-the-thunderdome
We’ve clearly clarified that the Elon-Trump feud is real. I assume you’ve seen or heard about the back-and-forth social media salvos in which Trump has…
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Dunbar’s number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 friendships has withstood 30 years of scrutiny
https://theconversation.com/dunbars-number-why-my-theory-that-humans-can-only-maintain-150-friendships-has-withstood-30-years-of-scrutiny-160676
The claim that our brain size limits us to 150 meaningful friendships has been challenged by a recent paper.
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Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma
https://theconversation.com/gay-and-bisexual-men-will-soon-be-able-to-donate-blood-and-plasma-259136
In the future, risk-assessments for whole blood won’t be based on sexual orientation.
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Measles cases are surging globally. Should children be vaccinated earlier?
https://theconversation.com/measles-cases-are-surging-globally-should-children-be-vaccinated-earlier-257942
Vaccination is key to protecting against measles – but the question of when exactly is best to give the vaccine is not black and white.
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Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374617318/thingsinnaturemerelygrow/
Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football - ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/helen-garner-grandmother-under-16s-football-grandson/104452736
When writer Helen Garner began following her grandson’s under-16s football team, she gained a new appreciation for 'the ordinary beauty of human society'.
One Nation's Senate victories show the 2016 electoral reforms were right - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/one-nation-s-victories-are-a-vindication-of-the-senate-reforms/105358914
One Nation's success affirms the 2016 Senate reforms in ensuring that Senate elections were decided by voters, not the opaque deals of preference traders.
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