The Grasshoppers Are Coming!
by Alicia. She was reading a book about Laura Ingalls Wilder, and one chapter was all about this horrendous grasshopper invasion from the 1800s! It shocked AJ so much, and…
Employee accused of arson after paper goods warehouse destroyed in massive fire in Ontario
Oregon state employee arrested for attempted arson on government offices
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Kalmykia – Europe’s Only Buddhist Region
Welcome to Europe's only Buddhist Region - Kalmykia. Some 160,000 Buddhists live here. Kalmykia is an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, located between the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.…
Entrepreneur à la vie rocambolesque et pionnier du livre de poche
Si vous lisez des livres en format poche, c’est en partie grâce à cet éditeur à la vie rocambolesque, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. Dès 1919, ce militant socialiste, entrepreneur visionnaire, ami de…
How Japanese Coffeehouse Culture Is Shaping LA’s Music Scene | utside the Lyrics | S2 E4
"Robeson Taj Frazier and Perry B. Johnson explore the rise of listening spaces in Los Angeles, tracing their roots to Japanese kissaten culture. At Gold Line, Stones Throw Records founder,…
Pourquoi on s’est trompé sur Auguste Renoir. Visite au Musée d’Orsay
Ses reproductions de tableaux mièvres ont plombé notre regard sur l’œuvre du maître de l’impressionnisme. Sauvons Renoir du syndrome de la boîte de chocolats ou du calendrier du facteur. Avec…
How to Draw Metal Objects and Armour with Pen and Ink
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Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer
Renaissance history is so much wilder and weirder than you would have expected. Very fun chatting with Ada Palmer (historian, novelist, and composer based at the University of Chicago).