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Algorithmic Hoo Ha
Bleak! Bleak is the horizon for publishers and publishing sites enduring the tender mercies of search engines powered by AI algorithms. At least according to THIS PIECE. The whole constellation of idiocy is getting to be a bit much. One…
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Rich with an Itch? No Door Shall Be Closed Unto Thee
This new article from Barron’s details the extraordinary efforts that super-exclusive travel companies will take to fulfill the adventurous dreams of the planet’s wealthiest (and perhaps most egregiously wanton) people. Want to enjoy a private five-course dinner amid the columns…
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Get Your Own Ideas, Bub
Some person named Demetrious Polychron published a “fan fiction” sequel to J. R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings earlier this year and—thank the Lady of Lorien—the Tolkien estate body-slammed the guy for copyright infringement, demanding rightfully that the book…
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Sharks of Nova Scotia, Make Those Canucks Panic!
I only utilize the above title for this entry because the intro for the superb new article about Great White Sharks in Toronto’s Globe and Mail states that “the increase of great white sharks in Nova Scotia waters doesn’t means…
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Our Lady of Clearwater, Florida
She could “miraculously” manifest herself via humidity stains on the side of a building in Clearwater, but she was POWERLESS against a slingshot and a ball-bearing. I wonder if one of the Clearwater Scientologists cracked her in the noggin’? Competition…
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Pink Flamingos, Santy Claus, and Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
If you happen to be traveling through Florida to shake-off any snowbird blues his holiday season, the nice folks HERE have compiled a list of the EIGHT BEST CHRISTMAS TOWNS in the Dangler State. I can’t vouch for the Kris…
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“Review Bombing” at Goodreads? Oh What Tangled Webs We Weave
THIS NEWS involving the deposition of an author from her upcoming Penguin imprint book release because of her history of “review bombing” on Goodreads … well, it’s just disconcerting, to put things mildly. Goodreads itself is not responsible for the…
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Being Eaten Alive by a Shark? That’s a GREAT TIME to Discover Cinematography!
Seriously, THIS FOOTAGE captured by an Italian diver in Australia is almost beyond belief. The poor guy had just been attacked by a Great White Shark that managed to eat half of his leg, he was in the process of…
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Wiping Howards End? A Vignette of Cultural Decline
“Listen to this, everyone! Oxford scientists calculate that, given the current epidemic of blithering stupidity and the ongoing plunge of attention-spans toward a state of widespread catatonia, 99% of the human population will soon be intellectually incapable of producing the…
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Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ a Triumphant Swan Song
Studio Ghibli rises again! Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary Japanese animator and storyteller par excellence, has emerged from a well-earned retirement to honor the world with one last work of cinematic resplendence. The Boy and the Heron, a tale of one…
Jonathan Kieran 