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Although the German origin “ohne Korrektur”—without correction—is as probably as much of a folk etymology as “Old Kinderhook,” Martin van B... -
Via Kottke’s Quick Links we are treated to a scientific assessment and ranking on the accuracy of the Ringed Planet emoji , assuming that t... -
Happening to revisit an article that celebrated the ban of the Confederate States flag as a symbol of hate by lampooning all of America’s ... -
It was my mother who first turned me towards Twitter for breaking news and developments during the media blackouts in Egypt during this cr... -
Once again Present /&/ Correct directs us to a brilliant curated collection in the 1938 redesigns of municipal crests and regional coat... -
Though observed numerous times before and mistaken as a comet or star, the asteroid Pallas was discovered and identified—after Ceres—as the ... -
Fast Company has a brief but circumspect survey of how fashion has informed and enforced social distancing through the ages with hoop skirt... -
Having muddled through the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 and the collapse of the Russian rouble the following year, the US stock market ind... -
In order to—among other counter-programming techniques—to pre-empt the time-slot generally allotted to local news coverage ( such as it is )... -
Though criticism for US Secretary of State’s negotiated purchase ( see also ) of the territory of Alaska from the Russian Empire—agreed to o...
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