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How to reckon with the ideology of “Anna Karenina,” “Eugene Onegin,” and other beloved books. [slNewYorker]
posted by Ahmad Khani at 5:24 PM PST - 28 comments

Golden Egg Fried Rice with Tuna-Mayo - Delicious. How to Make a Seafood Ramen - Delightful! TryToEat adds some fun to cooking.
posted by rebent at 3:38 PM PST - 15 comments

After 43 years of publishing in one form or another, by fans for fans of Bruce Springsteen, it's with mixed emotions that we announce Backstreets has reached the end of the road. ... If you haven't yet read that editorial ("Freeze-out," July 24, 2022), or the crux of response to Rolling Stone in November, we encourage you to do so; we don't want to rehash those issues, but we stand behind our positions and points. [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 2:01 PM PST - 78 comments

How the Internet filled up with wrong ideas about the origins of the iconic dummy text.
posted by Etrigan at 2:00 PM PST - 23 comments

African Shifts Report has extensive data, projections, stories, and even a documentary about climate forced mobility in Africa. "By mid-century, under the high emissions and inequitable development scenario, internal climate mobility is predicted to reach [between 88 and 113] million people on African continent", despite mobility being universally "a response of last resort" (tweet summary). [more inside]
posted by jeffburdges at 10:52 AM PST - 24 comments

“It all started as a project to help me to improve my skills in the use of architectural rendering software tools...I have always been in love with Wright’s architecture, and I thought it would be useful, from an academic point of view, to recreate those buildings that have been demolished or never built.”
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:52 AM PST - 15 comments

Fairy Tale as MFA Antidote by Lincoln Michel: Some writing advice from the stories that eschew all the writing advice
posted by vincebowdren at 8:24 AM PST - 28 comments