Awarding a ribbon is easy. But understanding what that decoration means is far more complex, nuanced, and potentially contentious. Certain ribbons simply aren’t worth handing out.
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A cooperative of 30 avant-garde musicians built their own streaming platform “from the fringes of improvised music.”
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“Just out of human compassion, I feel like I need to say: Even if things didn’t go well for you with this group of horses, or it wasn’t the outcome you were hoping for, that doesn’t say that you&rs…
Park Ranger Mariah Reading paints landscapes on garbage found in the national parks.
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“Attention, Texas brigade! Forward! The eyes of General Lee are upon you!” Tracking the Texas fight song to Robert E. Lee.
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We’d listen to Elif Batuman talk about most anything, but especially Japanese fiction, Russian literature, and the freedoms that writing brings her. From Public Books 101 with Nicholas Dames:
“I’m sure I’m a lot prettier than a picture of you on tin foil.” Pickup lines generated by neural nets.
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