Stunning photographs from the 1920s of the sun rising and setting over Greenland.
Stunning photographs from the 1920s of the sun rising and setting over Greenland.
↩︎ Flashbak
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Why David Sedaris hates much of his early writing, including the work (“The Santaland Diaries”) that made him famous.
In his first years writing, he says, “I was sitting at the International House of Pancakes in Raleigh, North Carolina with a beret screwed to my head,” and the result was “the writing you would expect fr…
An argument for vaccinating (and charging) the wealthy first: use the money to fund a broader effort to vaccinate everybody else.
An argument for vaccinating (and charging) the wealthy first: use the money to fund a broader effort to vaccinate everybody else.
↩︎ STAT
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Why are Americans numb to the coronavirus death toll? Blame unfathomable numbers, hidden suffering, and feeling overwhelmed.
Why are Americans numb to the coronavirus death toll? Blame unfathomable numbers, hidden suffering, and feeling overwhelmed.
↩︎ The Washington Post
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A tote to tote your yukidaruma (snowpal, in Japanese).
This is how to make a very fine insulated leather bag to tote a snowman to your friend’s house.
Via Spoon & Tamago
This is a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 coupe with nero exterior over green leather interior.
This is a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 coupe with nero exterior over green leather interior.
↩︎ Uncrate
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Two roads diverged in a snowy wood, and sorry I didn’t have four-wheel drive.
From a big collection of Christmas poems, an excerpt of “Christmas Trees” by Robert Frost.
The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the country;
When between whirls of snow not come to lie
And whirls of foliage…
Headline of the week? “Santa Claus got run over by a power line in Sacramento.”
Headline of the week? “Santa Claus got run over by a power line in Sacramento.”
↩︎ The Los Angeles Times
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A spoofing mystery is roiling international publishing, with someone stealing unpublished literary fiction.
A spoofing mystery is roiling international publishing, with someone stealing unpublished literary fiction.
↩︎ The New York Times
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