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Tuesday, December 03, 2019

The Typologies of New York City

You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.
—James Agee, born in 1909

When singer and songwriter Paul Kelly is not singing his own urban ballads, he sings and recites poems that have brought him joy and inspiration.


Too late to leave for south coast residents as fire spreads to beaches



To accuse someone of “virtue signaling” is to commit that offense yourself, just to a different audience. A philosopher unpacks the Moral Morass


Wherever one looks in history, rationality is haunted and teased by its other, irrationality. Now the boundary is being abandoned altogether... rationality of irrationality 


Sydney light rail: Sydneysiders hit with new $76 and $344 3 demerit point fines

George Christensen 'a regular' at Philippines adult entertainment bar: manager







In 1988 The Shroud Of Turin Was Declared A Fraud. But…



Oddly the original data was unavailable to researchers. But in 2017, a legal request under the Freedom of Information Act obtained the raw information for the first time. Their results, published recently inArchaeometry, show that the issue of the dating of the Turin Shroud is far from settled. – The Daily Beast






As Arya Learned In Game Of Thrones, Swordplay Is A Lot Like Choreography



And that’s true in weapons and swordfighting theatre classes as well. Ask one student-turned-devotee: “In theatrical swordfighting, you’re following choreography and working with your partner and trying to avoid contact unless it’s part of the routine. It’s just like dance. Except there are more pointy objects.” – San Diego Union-Tribune





The Typologies of New York City - Using almost 1300 photos from Instagram of iconic/stereotypical shots of NYC, Sam Morrison spent 200 hours creating what he calls a crowdsourced hyperlapse video of the city. I love it. Reminds me a little of the old Microsoft application Photosynth, which could stitch together hundreds of online photos of, say, the Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge into a composite 3D image
Antibiotic-Resistant Fungi Are a Growing Health Threat Undark (guurst). More of these warnings. Stay out of hospitals if at all possible. But would probably help to identify the 13 states where these infections have occurred. 


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A collection of more than 300 of Paul Kelly's favourite poems. Paul Kelly’s songs are steeped in poetry. ... The much-loved Australian songwriter on books, inspiration and his poetry compilation Love Is Strong as Death.