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nypl_lpa on Instagram: "Following last year’s popular event, the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair (@bkflearecfair) returns to The New York Public Library for the …" Following last year’s popular event, the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair (@bkflearecfair) returns to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts this Saturday, February 21, for another Wax & Stacks!Enjoy DJ sets, a talk on Lou Reed, a unique wax cylinder demonstration, and a special display about pop groups from our Music and Recorded Sound Division—all for free—while shopping for records, CDs, and more from 15 specially curated record collectors and stores.View all comments

Vinyl people, you know who you are. This Saturday the Bklyn Flea Fair returns to Manhattan @nypl_lpa
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James Talarico: “This is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they are trying to control what we watch, what we say, and what we read.

This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture — the kind that comes from the top."

Let’s ban the sale of our phone location data Sign petition to stop cell phone tracking

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The dog ate my abuse videos excuse

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

So. My partner suffered an accident that resulted in very significant injuries. While he is, thank christ, alright in the broadest sense, I am now an amateur RN/dog minder/kid chauffeur, so! I've restocked some prints to help keep us in pizza and pain meds.

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2026 Love, NYC Dramaturgs Celebration A Symposium and Reception Celebrating Artistic Collaboration

Only thing cooler than a dramaturg is a group of dramaturgs talking about their art (free in NYC)

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Hate to sound like I'm begging, but pre-orders are incredibly important for visibility... so, if you're planning to get the latest in the Stella series, please consider ordering it now! Out very soon

Fresh Stella! Look out for The Murder Pool - classic
@stellablomkvist.bsky.social
with all the twists and double crosses anyone could desire. Pre-order now and get all the previous titles on Kobo, Apple and Amazon
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YouTube video by Tristian&Co Sir Ian Mckellen deliver a 400 years olds Shakespeare monologue.

What Shakespeare said of Sir Thomas More and “strangers” as channelled over 400 years, through master and classical stage and film actor, Ian McKellen, in contemplation of our current troubles - youtube.com/shorts/uec_u...

#BlogTour- Paul E. Hardisty-The Hope- @Hardisty_Paul @orendabooks The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime – descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster – sixteen-year-old Bo…

Raven reviews-Paul E. Hardisty-The Hope
"I loved this trilogy, not only for its poignancy, urgency and prescient observations, but also for its energy and sense of danger that kept me completely engaged."
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Thank you, I always look to you for thoughtful analysis, much appreciated!

America’s Polycrisis Has Arrived - Dame Magazine Whenever the daily outrage, crisis, or violation of basic norms emerges from the Trump administration, senior Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakee...

My latest at Dame. All of this is important. None of it is a distraction. Welcome to the wonderful world of a polycrisis where everyone is mentally and emotionally overwhelmed as our democracy experiences multiple organ failure. www.damemagazine.com/2026/02/04/a...

YouTube video by 404 Media How Identity Literally Changes What You See (with Samuel Bagg)

@samuel-bagg.bsky.social recently wrote a fascinating essay about how the problem with lots of things might be knowledge-based (people believing stuff that’s wrong or dangerous) but the solution is not more knowledge. It’s all about social identity.

Watch now:

Curious car wants to be friends

It’s free, but subscribe to @wired.com.

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There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.

Trump Family Digital Grift Wealth Tracker | The U.S. House Committee on Oversight The Official U.S. Congressional website of The Democrat Oversight Committee

“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force. And force alone cannot last.”
— Hannah Arendt

As cruel as all of this feels, & it does. The cruelty is not the point. The corruption is. Keep exposing the fraud, we can topple the force.

A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots The web’s best resource for spotting AI writing has ironically become a manual for AI models to hide it.

The web’s best resource for spotting AI writing has ironically become a manual for AI models to hide it. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

Maybe Babette's Feast would be a better mood inducer

The American Weekly (5 March, 1939): Virgil Finlay's artwork for an article on the Sargasso Sea.

Argosy (June 24, 1939): Virgil Finlay's artwork for "Seven Footprints to Satan" by A. Merritt.

On of Virgil Finlay's illustrations for a 1935 edition of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Another of Virgil Finlay's illustrations for a 1935 edition of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Artist Virgil Finlay sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/finlay... died on this day, so here's four pieces of his artwork away from the SF magazines: 1 from 'The American Weekly' (1939); 2 from 'Argosy' (1939); 3&4 for a 1939 edition of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream':

All the books and the cat too! I'm doing a similar project. I've moved three times since I started a family, finally, and only now feel like I can re-establish my collection. It's the kind of activity I savor, organizing the books on the shelf, so many memories attached to them...

Can't think of a funner project

Make sure I can open my car door in an emergency! Join Consumer Reports in calling on automakers to make electronic door handles safer!

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Tumba Madžari Great Mother: A boxy goddess figurine from North Macedonia designed to protect Stone Age houses 7,800 years ago Stone Age people in Macedonia created goddess figurines whose bottom half was a house.

This week's astonishing artifact is a Neolithic sculpture of a mother/goddess/house. 🏺🧪

“What could be more terrifying than a devil who speaks the truth?” (Intan Paramaditha, Apple and Knife) I’m determined to finish my Around the World in 80 Books reading challenge this year, and yes, I did say that last year too :-D It has got more challenging as time has gone on because I’m dependent…

“What could be more terrifying than a devil who speaks the truth?” (Intan Paramaditha, Apple and Knife) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/01/10/w...