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Best Reads from Lately

Posted by SGJ Posted on May 3, 2023 0 Comments

Posted in etc, movies/tv, paleo, slashers

THE MATRIX was released 24 years ago today. One of the most iconic and groundbreaking movies of its generation, the making of story is a fascinating one.

A THREAD
1/25 pic.twitter.com/hbBEcSrctP
— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) March 31, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/word-processing-exclamation-mark-1.6795166

The Matawan Man-eater: The real-life inspiration for Jaws

Blackfeet/Niimíipuu actress Lily Gladstone on the verge of stardom

He…

Best Reads from Lately

Posted by SGJ Posted on March 28, 2023 0 Comments

Posted in etc, movies/tv, paleo

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-retrospect-the-theme-for-chads-4th-birthday-party-should-not-have-been-stanford-prison-experiment (https://twitter.com/mcsweeneys/status/1632929056978001920?s=46&t=mhZCLAE0iAiaHztioYOVjA)

Jenna Ortega Changed Wednesday Scripts: ‘The Character Made No Sense’ – Variety

Researchers Examine 3,500-Year-Old Brown Bear Preserved in Siberian Permafrost | Smart News| Smit…

Best Reads from Lately

Posted by SGJ Posted on March 5, 2023 0 Comments

Posted in bookish, etc, movies/tv, SGJ

I've definitely told this story on here before but I'm gonna tell it again because it's been some years and, well, because of last night's episode of THE LAST OF US.

A thread, for your entertainment.
— Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerRIP) January 30, 2023

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/king-of-the-hill-revival-hulu-2-1235507813/

Who made the first stone tools? Discovery sheds light on mystery | CNN

https://writinginthedarktw.blogspot.com…

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Posted by SGJ Posted on January 25, 2023 0 Comments

Posted in comic books, etc, movies/tv, paleo

Humans have been wearing bear skins for at least 300,000 years – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Danny DeVito Is A Revered Comedy Legend, But It’s Past Time For Him To Be Acknowledged As A Vibrant, Important Director | Decider

https://www.emcarroll.com/comics/meat/

https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2017/10/4/final-girl-slumber-party

Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white | Madison365

Amateur archaeologist unco…

Best Reads from Lately

Posted by SGJ Posted on December 30, 2022 0 Comments

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Work from 1616 is ‘the first ever science fiction novel’ | Science fiction books | The Guardian

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/encino-man-oral-history

https://mashable.com/article/snow-crabs-disappeared-alaska-why

https://www.gq.com/story/dont-fear-the-reaper-more-cowbell-oral-history

https://www.theonion.com/archaeologists-discover-more-old-shit-that-sucks-1848400846

Scientists Might Have Just Found Whe…

Best Reads from Lately

Posted by SGJ Posted on December 8, 2022 0 Comments

Posted in etc, movies/tv, music, paleo

https://twitter.com/cliffponca/status/1594033020092133377?s=46&t=DHCrhN_mNNS4JnLcMfS3ag

https://themaplemoon.substack.com/p/20-questions-with-monica-drake

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author

https://apple.news/ABBhSCt7iTM-LXXdPOHSnFA

https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ai-found-an-unknown-ghost-ancestor-in-the-human-genome

Woman’s name and tiny sketc…

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Posted by SGJ Posted on November 17, 2022 0 Comments

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Interview: Walter Hill on Dead for a Dollar

Tunnel discovered under Egyptian temple may lead to Cleopatra’s tomb, archaeologist says – CNN Style

This Guy Sends His Girlfriend Photoshopped Photos Whenever She Asks If Their Kids Are OK

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/

https://www.kelpjournal.com/post/fiction-saving-face

https://www.bbc.com/…

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Posted by SGJ Posted on November 2, 2022 0 Comments

Posted in etc, movies/tv, paleo

https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/33411764/Jones_Done_to_Death.pdf

‘Forgotten archive’ of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church – Medievalists.net

Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater bigger than previously believed: Researchers have provided a more accurate simulation of the impact that formed Earth’s largest crater two billion years ago — ScienceDaily

Ancie…

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Posted by SGJ Posted on September 18, 2022 0 Comments

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So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compound agent noun.

It appears in a definite, remarkably narrow period – not more than 150, 200 years – before dying out, leaving loads of legacy words in its wake.
— David Thomas Moore (@dtmooreeditor) September 12, 2022

https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-octonions-the-strange-maths-that-could-unite-the-laws…