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• Hag Stone Charms

  

  According to the dictionary, charm can mean a quality that makes you like or feel attracted to someone or something. For instance, “she was a woman of great... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Ashleylister
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• Entry-level Jobs at Big Tech Are Disappearing

  Big Tech just quietly repriced the value of a college degree to near zero.The Magnificent Seven (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Tesla) went... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• The Reluctant Widow (1946) by Georgette Heyer

  

  Book review (Warning – contains spoilers!) by Val H: The Reluctant Widow is hugely enjoyable: well constructed, pacey and funny. Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Erica
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• Buddhism Versus Humanism: What is Life About?

  

  Yuval Noah Harari’s 2015 book Sapiens is a history of civilization, with attitude. Trying to elucidate what’s up with us.One topic is religion, which he deems... Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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• Friday Fotos: A (strange) Variety

  

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  The 20 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Y2K (2024) Movie Review

  

  Y2K – Movie Review First Reaction – Y2K struggles to give us enough horror, comedy or overall feeling of being in the year 2000. Read more

  The 20 february 2026 by   Newguy
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• Using AI to Improve Our Institutional Infrastructure

  Three things that legal and policy wonks should be exploring are how to use AI to improve state capacity, fix liberal democracy, and bust regulatory/legal bloat. Read more

  The 19 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Mark Twain on New England Weather, Illustrations by ChatGPT

  

  New England Weather was anthologized in The Literary World Seventh Reader, John Calvin Metcalf, editor (1919). Twain's essay is accompanied by James Russell... Read more

  The 19 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Surely and Quickly With Speed I Strike On Wings Of Fire

  

  On a recent visit to the Grade II listed RAF Club at 128 Piccadilly I was at first intrigued by a pair of narrow vertical windows either side of the door. Read more

  The 19 february 2026 by   Janeslondon
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• India Rising in the World, the Next 30 Years

  Ross Douthat interviews Amitav Acharya, NYTimes, Feb. 19, 2026. Douthat's introduction: Right now, 21st-century geopolitics seems like it’s defined by the... Read more

  The 19 february 2026 by   Bbenzon
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