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Gravity's Rainbow was a favorite in my 20s. I recently turned 40 and picked it up again, but something was different: the chapter pertaining to African-Americans are incredibly dat…

Attn music lovers: if you're bored by Shakespeare like I am, try some opera adaptions. Often it's a richer and more rewarding experience. Verdi did some. Bellini's I Capuleti e i M…

Most people agree the evidence isn't compelling at all. Birding takes some amount of discipline because you can be susceptible to wishful thinking and 'see what you want to see.' S…

A really specific scenario that might illustrate my point! App or no app, I would accept at the outset it may not be possible, or even advisable, to attempt positive identification…

Cool. I can get behind a data gathering tool like this project. My problem with Merlin and Merlin-style apps is they attempt to do everything related to identification which shortc…

Feeding the composer's works prior to the Ninth would have been much more compelling. The question then becomes whether the AI's Ninth sounds anything at all like the actual Ninth.…

No sarcasm. Many classical music fans shop based on recommendations. A solid recommendation along with hearing a clip increases sales, so it's in labels' best interest to give popu…

Get permission to play clips from a generalist record label like Naxos. Typically they're more than happy to oblige, for obvious reasons. People do this...

I launch my FF profiles from the terminal using aliases. But I guess some people would find that difficult (though it's not) even if they do happen to be a Linux user.

Private security guards can apprehend and cuff a person? I live in the US and have never heard this before.

“residents are attaching bird skeletons to feeders to ward off birds”. That’s incredibly bizarre. Why not just take them down as advised?

Amazing little detail about one of the lander camera lens cap sticking due to the high pressure atmosphere.

This. If someone just thinks or suspects they Covid, it almost certainly was normal flu. Trust me, with actual Covid you’ll know quite clearly something foreign and new is attackin…

Sox is beautiful and way faster than GUIs (first comment ever!)