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reading this got me feelings so sentimental! musings from @nikostratis.com about one of my favs.

08.08.2025 14:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The first Italian recipe book was created in the 15th century and contained recipes such as “How to dress a peacock with all its feathers, so that when cooked, it appears to be alive and spews fire from its beak.”

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It's a good morning

24.07.2025 14:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The phrase ‘to wing it’ as in ‘to improvise’ comes from 19th-century theatrical slang where it meant ‘to study a part in the wings having undertaken it at short notice’.

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Huge Congratulations @adamfeibel.com !!!

05.06.2025 15:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

It's All Gonna Break: Revisiting Indie Rock's Canadian Invasion In the latest SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS B-side, veteran Toronto journalist Stuart Berman takes me back to that early 2000s moment when seemingly every cool new indie rock band was from Canada

My latest SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS B-side: Talked to @stuberman.bsky.social about that early 2000s moment when it seemed like every cool new indie band was from Canada

05.05.2025 13:06 — 👍 73    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 7

Map of bat in European languages

Bat, Literally Translated into English.

Map by me

21.04.2025 19:51 — 👍 1592    🔁 474    💬 119    📌 172

wow wow!! That's amazing!! cant wait to read

07.04.2025 14:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you're wondering if i went and listened to this right away.... why yes i did.

21.03.2025 14:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A couple days late on this one, but I always love to follow this guy's play by play of The Barkley Marathons.

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