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conulyI probably don't really need to shorten links, but I'm in the habit of doing it. Ugh. I need to find something new.
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I don't know what I'm looking at, but that first image is amazing!
Ancient Fashion: The Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found
This Chinese American Aviatrix Overcame Racism to Fly for the U.S. During World War II
Never seen an exploding star? This year, you'll have your chance
A 9-year-old boy’s dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance’s story online
Most people are disgusted by these animals. These New Yorkers are filling their homes with them.
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say
College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails
The cloud under the sea
Ahead of Paris Olympics, police oversee evictions, leading to charges of 'social cleansing'
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water
‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
The vast ravines swallowing whole neighbourhoods around the world
Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
I don't know what I'm looking at, but that first image is amazing!
Ancient Fashion: The Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found
This Chinese American Aviatrix Overcame Racism to Fly for the U.S. During World War II
Never seen an exploding star? This year, you'll have your chance
A 9-year-old boy’s dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance’s story online
Most people are disgusted by these animals. These New Yorkers are filling their homes with them.
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say
College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails
The cloud under the sea
Ahead of Paris Olympics, police oversee evictions, leading to charges of 'social cleansing'
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water
‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
The vast ravines swallowing whole neighbourhoods around the world
Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
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Date: 2024-04-27 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-04-27 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-27 09:32 pm (UTC)Surprise! Here's an article you already read!
Surprise! Here's an article behind a paywall!
Surprise! Here's an article from a publisher you're boycotting!
Surprise! Here's an article from an untrustworthy journal!
Surprise! Here's an article you already read, again!
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Date: 2024-04-27 09:41 pm (UTC)Which really seems to me to be some weirdo problem with their browser settings, but it was trivially easy to oblige them.
Plus, they're all neat and tidy that way.
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Date: 2024-04-27 09:44 pm (UTC)And don't recognize from the headline?
Surprise! Here's an article behind a paywall!
Well, I use bypass paywalls and never have to worry about that. In the rare times when bypass paywalls doesn't work, I use the archive.today link or I open it in a different browser or I hit "esc" the second the text loads or I turn off javascript or - if worst comes to worst! - I either close the link or I pay up. But mostly the first two things work well.
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Date: 2024-04-29 09:26 am (UTC)That first photo looks like something AI-generated to me. I found these other pages which add credence to it, but I'm still not 100% certain it is real:
https://newatlas.com/architecture/shenzhen-zhongshuge-x-living-bookstore-spiral-bookcase-design/
http://www.xl-muse.com/html/en/index.php?ac=article&at=read&did=295
This shows similarly surrealistic bookstores:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gorgeous-bookstore-china-creates-other-worldly-space-180976143/