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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    3:32 pm Mon, Jun 23, 2025
    Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Cover detail from Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941)

    Jack Kirby (1917–1994) is probably the most famous American comic book artist and writer in history. Kirby created and co-created many of the most famous characters in comics, including Captain… Read the rest of the article: Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:31 pm Mon, Jun 23, 2025
    Why Japan's micro-shops create wonder missing in America

    One of the reasons I keep returning to Tokyo is to wander quiet neighborhoods in search of tiny stores you can't find anywhere else. In 2018, David and I stumbled… Read the rest of the article: Why Japan's micro-shops create wonder missing in America

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:44 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    "Ramen Heads" documentary spotlights Japan's obsessive noodle masters Tuckraider / Shutterstock.com

    The latest issue of the highly recommended Japan or Die Newsletter has review of Ramen Heads (2017), a documentary about Japan's dedicated ramen culture. The documentary focuses on Osamu Tomita,… Read the rest of the article: "Ramen Heads" documentary spotlights Japan's obsessive noodle masters

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:21 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    Back in print: chilling collection of 300 dreams under Nazi totalitarianism

    Charlotte Beradt's The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation — newly translated and back in print after decades — shows how totalitarianism invades not only our waking… Read the rest of the article: Back in print: chilling collection of 300 dreams under Nazi totalitarianism

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:28 am Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    Would you use a dating app that showcases your worst traits? Image: Chatty G

    A dating app that leads with your worst qualities — verified by exes — might create better matches than apps showcasing carefully curated highlights, suggests Uri Bram in his latest… Read the rest of the article: Would you use a dating app that showcases your worst traits?

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:18 am Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    Documentary reveals untold story of 12 American POWs killed in Hiroshima bombing

    A Hiroshima survivor spent decades tracking down families of American POWs who died in the atomic bombing, making peace through memory and shared grief. This remarkable story comes to Japan… Read the rest of the article: Documentary reveals untold story of 12 American POWs killed in Hiroshima bombing

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:27 pm Thu, Jun 5, 2025
    4 passengers share how they got permanently banned from major airlines Photo: Mark Frauenfelder

    A stay-at-home mom, a corporate executive, a bride-to-be, and a a social media influencer all share an unwanted distinction — they're permanently banned from flying their preferred airlines. Their stories,… Read the rest of the article: 4 passengers share how they got permanently banned from major airlines

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:11 am Tue, Jun 3, 2025
    Billionaire preppers picked wrong country to build apocalypse bunkers New Zealand: Iryna Shpulak/shutterstock.com

    The billionaires buying New Zealand bunkers to live luxuriously in the aftermath of global nuclear war probably should have read Mark Lynas's new book, Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War… Read the rest of the article: Billionaire preppers picked wrong country to build apocalypse bunkers

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:09 am Mon, Jun 2, 2025
    Clever fable about quick thinking Vienna Sweetmeat Dish, by Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period, (ca. 1730) Public domain

    Here's a short fable about a lawyer used quick thinking to save his career. From How to torture your mind; paradoxes, fallacies, dilemmas, figures, and word wonders by Ralph L.… Read the rest of the article: Clever fable about quick thinking

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    8:59 am Mon, Jun 2, 2025
    Will Jesus return in 2025? Traders bet half a million on Polymarket Polymarket

    Will Jesus Christ return in 2025? People are betting real money on this outcome on Polymarket. If you think Jesus is due for a return visit by the end of… Read the rest of the article: Will Jesus return in 2025? Traders bet half a million on Polymarket

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:41 am Fri, May 30, 2025
    11,000 public domain photographs of America's forgotten roadside attractions John Margolies: Indian Rock Shop (2003)

    The United State Library of Congress has a collection of 11,000 of John Margolies's roadside America photographs featuring novelty architecture from 1969-2008. According to Bill Guerriero's excellent new Britannica article,… Read the rest of the article: 11,000 public domain photographs of America's forgotten roadside attractions

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:11 am Fri, May 30, 2025
    Why every movie and TV show follows the same formula Regal Theater, April 1941, by Russell Lee, (1941) Public domain

    "How is it that we live in an era of apparently unprecedented choice and yet almost every film and TV series, as well as a good many plays and novels,… Read the rest of the article: Why every movie and TV show follows the same formula

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:29 am Fri, May 30, 2025
    Drawings of bizarre and violent kids' games from 1657 L'arbaleste, by Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella after Jacques Stella, (1650s) Domaine public, Licence Ouverte-Open Licence

    "The Games and Pleasures of Childhood" is a set of 50 engravings published in 1657 by French engraver Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (1636-1697). Some of the games depicted in the series are… Read the rest of the article: Drawings of bizarre and violent kids' games from 1657

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:06 am Fri, May 30, 2025
    YouTuber tells how he was "scammed beyond belief" Nok Lek Travel Lifestyle/shutterstock.com

    A YouTuber named Steve bares his soul, recounting the sad tale of how he fell for a romance scam in the Philippines. As Steve walks through a jungle, he films… Read the rest of the article: YouTuber tells how he was "scammed beyond belief"

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:38 pm Thu, May 29, 2025
    Build a tin can steam engine from a 1963 Mechanix Illustrated magazine article (video) Dug North/YouTube

    My friend Dug North, who wrote a lot of excellent how-to articles for me when I was editing Make magazine, has a YouTube channel where he make things from old… Read the rest of the article: Build a tin can steam engine from a 1963 Mechanix Illustrated magazine article (video)

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:17 am Thu, May 29, 2025
    Inside Japan's $10 hotel: Guest reviews reveal horror movie-like conditions at Sanwa Image: Chatty G

    Years ago, Carla and I spent a five weeks in Kobe, Japan. Carla had a gig there, and I was just tagging along. It's a lovely city, and I mainly… Read the rest of the article: Inside Japan's $10 hotel: Guest reviews reveal horror movie-like conditions at Sanwa

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:08 pm Wed, May 28, 2025
    Man creates unauthorized Waffle House disaster map, gets served legal papers instead of waffles Jack Lafond's Waffle House closure tracker

    When your local Waffle House locks its doors, it's time to evacuate. The venerable chain is famous for staying open through almost any weather conditions. But when storms are projected… Read the rest of the article: Man creates unauthorized Waffle House disaster map, gets served legal papers instead of waffles

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:02 am Wed, May 28, 2025
    Bruised peaches: things that are too good to be true Peach puree, Public Domain

    Bad cars are lemons. Good cars are peaches. There's a special kind of lemon that appears on the surface to be a peach, which Uri Bram calls an "internally bruised… Read the rest of the article: Bruised peaches: things that are too good to be true

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:28 am Wed, May 28, 2025
    David Lynch estate auction: 450+ personal items for sale Prop menus for Winkie's, from David Lynch's

    David Lynch's collection of stuff will be sold at a live auction in Los Angeles of June 18. It's going to be a mob scene. Take a look at the… Read the rest of the article: David Lynch estate auction: 450+ personal items for sale

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:39 pm Tue, May 27, 2025
    Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him" Mickey Mouse in The Gallopin' Gaucho, c. 1928

    "Mickey Mouse started as a mischievous, rebellious trickster in the late 1920s," writes Justin Papan in his newsletter, "a subversive figure who connected with audiences struggling through the Great Depression."… Read the rest of the article: Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him"

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