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Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues," has died at the age of 92, his wife announced Sunday. The one-time Seattle Times art critic turned novelist made his home in La Conner.

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Given their widely acknowledged status as a grooming gang, they may as well plump for the more honest Erect Lads as an alternative title.

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Yes, that’s why they crucified him rather than sending him to the chair.

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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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A #painting for you today, which won't really help with the news but it's all I've got. "Ballina II" came out of multiple trips to the County Mayo town and ponderings there by the river. I get there every year so expect the River Moy to appear in more paintings. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear

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Banquet Years in the Marais. Found a charming and chill café to finish off Roger Shattuck’s multi-biography of the forerunners of Dada/Surrealism: Rousseau-Satie-Jarry-Apollinaire. Hot chocolate and banana-Nutella cake to die for.

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A farewell message to Jean-Marie Le Pen youtube.com/clip/Ugkxtan...

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'“Take away the textiles and the women, and you have some naked men in a rowing boat,” she quips.' The Secret Lives of Vikings www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/b...

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Sunrise in Ballysooragh.

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News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions theonion.com/news-happeni...

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A lot of good stuff from Butler here. The questions are embarrassing. english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

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If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.

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I suspect the gunman is just a fervent Iain Banks fan: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complic...

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David Olusoga and I discuss the historical denialism on Empire with which Black Lives Matter was met. howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...

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Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.

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In WW1 Britain recruited nearly 100,000 Chinese labourers to do war work, including digging trenches and clearing munitions. Several thousand died. A look back at a forgotten story. #booksky💙📚 #BookSky #history #WW1

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Fantastic piece from @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social 👏🏽

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Leonard and Hungry Paul on TV tonight. Who knows, this could be our "Beatles on Ed Sullivan" moment. Do tune in!

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"Swan Family" Back when I had a studio I used to love watching a family of swans near the weir across the road, though I did this painting after watching another family for hours one day when cycling in the west of Ireland. The original sold to a very good home in Cork (for prints see bio) #Art

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Long winter shadows. Just above zero. The sun doing its best.

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Listen to this podcast. Trump's appointments make total sense in light of its revelations. Trump plans to do to the US what the US did to the USSR: dismantle the social infrastructure and institute an oligarchy. Putin doesn't need sex tapes. He's Trump's role model. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Check out my @xraylitmag.bsky.social conversation with Homeless @xoxohomeless.bsky.social about the novel My Heart Belongs in an Empty Big Mac Container Buried Beneath the Ocean Floor. Out from @clashbooks.bsky.social. xraylitmag.com/my-heart-bel...

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We've got a handful of great books publishing today, among them "Cities Made Differently," by the late, great David Graeber & Nika Dubrovsky. “A mind-spinning exploration of the glorious, multidimensional spectrum of human imagination." —Brian Eno mitpress.mit.edu/978026254933...

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November 1993, moved to Ireland, aged 31. So have now spent half my life here. And still have a Brummie accent. 🤣

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It's Friday which means Punk Rock Philosophy has selected 5 picks from the punk new releases this week- head to the site to read (and hear) all about them! Our picks stretch from UK to Australia, with an eclectic mix of sounds! 😎 punkrockphilosophy.com/new-music/pi...

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Carl Fisher at Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life reviews my horror short story collection Happy Bunny and Other Mischiefs! www.gbhbl.com/horror-book-...

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Flash fiction: Solitude Some Cold War memories... #fiction #flashfiction #writing

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Dublin friends! A reminder that I'll be doing an event next Tuesday (Oct 15th) at @BooksUpstairs where I'll be talking all about Ghost Mountain. Do come! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/a...

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Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

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