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The Problematic Author, a zine about an issue affecting a lot of people of the generation younger than me who grew up with magic boarding school books and movies. A mediation on loving flawed media and feeling betrayed by a childhood hero.
(Via https://kottke.org/25/04/0046651-harry-potter-and-the-prob)
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Circus artist Antoine Boissereau photographed by by Mateus Porto
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How Four Masters—Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio & Bernini—Sculpted David (Open Culture). The city of Florence viewed the biblical David as a symbol of their republic, so it was a popular subject, of which Michelangelo’s is the most famous.
(Via https://kottke.org/25/07/0047099-how-four-masters-michelan)
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Methaphone is a minimalist fondleslab for people trying to reduce their social media habit but whose thumbs are twitching for lack of something to scroll.
(Via https://kottke.org/25/07/0047059-trying-to-cut-back-on)
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Speaking of Regency fan fic, I blogged about how I discovered Pride and Prejudice during lockdown, prompted by the recent news that Netflix is planning an adaptation of their own.
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The Glen and Friends channel has posted separate videos on traditional recipes for two British breakfast staples: (English) muffins and crumpets. The crumpets one opens with him surrounded by antique cookbooks to show how traditional his recipe is. Essential viewing for people writing Regency or Downton fan fic.
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Here’s a Gondorian dialogue by Sufficiently Large N, inspired by the fun fact that ‘Gandalf’ literally just means ‘Wand-Elf‘ or ‘Stick-Elf’.
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Sculptures of human figures made from driftwood by Nagato Iwasaki
(Via RedLipstick Resurrected)
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Emily L’Orange is an illustrator who also does these wonderful stylized paintings of flowers.
(Via Breakaway)
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