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The Moon Under Water | The Orwell Foundation orwellfoundation.com Reader: www.orwellfoundation.com

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Home small-tech.org Reader: small-tech.org

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www.radioisaforeigncountry.org/post/cicada-love-songs-soundscapes radioisaforeigncountry.org Reader: www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

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The Anarchists of Dune - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

freedomnews.org.uk

Surrealism and anarchism, past and present - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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A letter to my centrist aunt - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Fascists’ feasts and grated rat: exhibition of vintage menus serves up slice of history theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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A ‘heathenish liquor’? A cure for cancer? The history of coffee is full of surprises | Jonathan Morris theguardian.com Reader: …

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The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for rice and peas with mint and sesame oil | The new vegan theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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William Shatner: ‘Good science fiction is humanity, moved into a different milieu’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Tri esperantismoj post la venko de la angla liberafolio.org Reader: www.liberafolio.org

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The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza | Naomi Klein theguardian.com Reader: …

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Just what is a jelly roll, and why are blues singers so keen on it? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk theguardian.com Reader: …

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Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith: 'My libidinous, raunchy, fearless blueswoman' theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Some thoughts on International Women’s Day - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Destroying capitalism: Lordon and Bookchin, a cross-examination versobooks.com

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No evil is banal: Reflections on The Zone of Interest - Lucas Febraro diem25.org Reader: diem25.org

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The Long Wait monbiot.com Reader: www.monbiot.com

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Outrage Farming monbiot.com Reader: www.monbiot.com

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‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol? theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Pluralistic: Incomplete vs. overshoot (26 Feb 2024) pluralistic.net Reader: pluralistic.net

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Introducing Freedom's new Cultural Editor - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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It was a dark and stormy night: The strange story of 'Shelley's Ghost' - Wordsworth Grasmere wordsworth.org.uk Reader: wordsworth.org.uk

wordsworth.org.uk

‘Am I surprised Pete Doherty is still alive? No, he’s too smart to die’: the Libertines on feuds, friendship – and their unlikely sober …

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RADIO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY radioisaforeigncountry.org Reader: www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

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The Way review – Michael Sheen’s thrilling new drama is like nothing else on TV theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Muttiah Muralitharan on the 'challenge' of his disputed biopic bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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The best recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10 gramophone.co.uk Reader: www.gramophone.co.uk

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Kagi Sidekick sidekick.kagi.com Reader: sidekick.kagi.com

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Enough is enough—it’s time to set Julian Assange free prospectmagazine.co.uk Reader: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Labour has given up on the climate crisis diem25.org Reader: diem25.org

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Why mead is made for Valentine’s Day | Fiona Beckett on drink theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Personally Speaking: Colin Ward in Conversation with Roger Deakin vimeo.com Reader: vimeo.com

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David Harsent: A life in writing theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award winner bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord bbc.co.uk Reader: www.bbc.co.uk

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Technofeudalism -a video essay summarising the book - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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‘Every piece of filth that comes out of my mouth – that’s mine’: inside Curb Your Enthusiasm’s final season ​​ theguardian.com Reader: …

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk – the entire cosmic catastrophe theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk review – a messiah’s story theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse review – a momentous project begins theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Nostalghia (1983) film review - Tarkovsky Explained filmstowatchbeforeyoudie.com Reader: www.filmstowatchbeforeyoudie.com

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Orwell’s Family: Aunt Nellie darcymoore.net Reader: www.darcymoore.net

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The Abernant Station Sign - Cynon Valley Museum Trust cynonvalleymuseum.wales Reader: cynonvalleymuseum.wales

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No Logo at 20: have we lost the battle against the total branding of our lives? theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Not just sex: Talking about Alex Comfort with Eric Laursen - Freedom News freedomnews.org.uk Reader: freedomnews.org.uk

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Lankum’s Radie Peat: ‘Singing with other people, in harmony, is a lovely experience because it releases some mad chemical in your brain’ …

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The 50 best albums of 2023, No 1 – Lankum: False Lankum theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law web.law.duke.edu Reader: web.law.duke.edu

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Pluralistic: It all started with a mouse (15 Dec 2023) pluralistic.net Reader: pluralistic.net

pluralistic.net

Lankum, Roundhouse review - a warm evening of folk mastery theartsdesk.com Reader: theartsdesk.com

theartsdesk.com

Lankum live in London: a truly special band combine tradition and innovation rollingstone.co.uk Reader: www.rollingstone.co.uk

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The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' bbc.com Reader: www.bbc.com

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Frequently questions I am asked on Israel-Palestine - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus By Charlie Stross antipope.org Reader: www.antipope.org

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Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web bikobatanari.art Reader: www.bikobatanari.art

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Naomi Klein on wellness culture: ‘We really are alive on the knife’s edge’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Profile: Geoffrey Hill theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The poster’s guide to the internet of the future theverge.com Reader: www.theverge.com

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‘For every problem, there is a mushroom with an answer’: overcoming our British fear of fungi theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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El Pais long interview on my TECHNOFEUDALISM - Yanis Varoufakis yanisvaroufakis.eu Reader: www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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Justice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz a16z.com Reader: a16z.com

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Whither Israel? versobooks.com Reader: www.versobooks.com

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Stalker: Meaning and Making criterion.com Reader: www.criterion.com

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Why are some of the left celebrating the killings of Israeli Jews? | Naomi Klein theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Where is Tap Water Safe (and Unsafe) to Drink? - Vivid Maps vividmaps.com Reader: vividmaps.com

vividmaps.com

Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative …

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Pluralistic: Yanis Varoufakis's "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?" (28 Sep 2023) pluralistic.net Reader: pluralistic.net

pluralistic.net

Ainadamar Osvaldo Golijov | WNO wno.org.uk Reader: wno.org.uk

wno.org.uk

The musical legacy of Ken Russell: composers' marble busts made flesh and blood theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy eff.org Reader: www.eff.org

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‘I’d been fired once; it didn’t hurt’: Melvyn Bragg on breakdowns, bust ups and 1,000 episodes of In Our Time theguardian.com Reader: …

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24 Bands With The Most Members - The Cavan Project thecavanproject.com Reader: www.thecavanproject.com

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English Cricket is racist, sexist and elitist – to change it must lear versobooks.com Reader: www.versobooks.com

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‘We are extreme’ … how Lankum’s heavy mutant folk made them Mercury favourites theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Keats’s verse sentences in ‘Endymion’ - Wordsworth Grasmere wordsworth.org.uk Reader: wordsworth.org.uk

wordsworth.org.uk

§Note-writing systems notes.andymatuschak.org Reader: notes.andymatuschak.org

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Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter theverge.com Reader: www.theverge.com

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The 100 best books of the 21st century theguardian.com

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Robert McCabe's Greece | The Independent Photographer independent-photo.com Reader: independent-photo.com

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Technology is making the world more unequal. Only technology can fix this theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Internet Con: a Letter from the Editor versobooks.com Reader: www.versobooks.com

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Personally Speaking: Colin Ward in Conversation with Roger Deakin vimeo.com Reader: vimeo.com

vimeo.com

Alcohol/Drinking Songs Playlist lefsetz.com Reader: lefsetz.com

lefsetz.com

Best of the iPhone photography awards 2023 – in pictures theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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At last, Hyperion recordings are streamable. We pick some of the standouts theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Frank Skinner: ‘I’ve always operated near the line. If it moves, I move with it’ theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Nero’s theater discovered in Rome thehistoryblog.com Reader: www.thehistoryblog.com

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David Harewood on Blackface review – a shocking, deeply moving piece of television theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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Death in the High Mountains - Secrets of the Ice secretsoftheice.com Reader: secretsoftheice.com

secretsoftheice.com

On Killing Charles Dickens, by Zadie Smith newyorker.com Reader: www.newyorker.com

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www.thejc.com/lets-talk/all/oppenheimer-liked-to-pretend-he-wasn't-jewish-like-the-film-1rsH6pz4EC1yDIku5F1azk thejc.com Reader: …

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46,000-Year-Old Worm Possibly Revived from Siberian Permafrost scientificamerican.com Reader: www.scientificamerican.com

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‘I’ve played for 60 years. That’s long enough’: guitar hero Vini Reilly on PTSD, life on the streets and the little girl who saved him …

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Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells review – our terrifying future theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene theguardian.com Reader: www.theguardian.com

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