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Consolidated Ruin
Clellan Coe
The Hospital Mater Dei of Tordesillas was founded in 1467 to care for the sick and the poor. It stands on a narrow street, its outer wall a patchwork of old stone, brick, and crumbling plaster. A rus ...[Continue Reading]
Theamericanscholar.org
12 months ago
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The Uncanny Valley
Seth Godin
It used to be an obscure oddity, now we all need to understand it. 18 years ago, I posted this image: and I still cant get it out of my head. Sorry. Why do we have such a creeped-out reaction to ...[Continue Reading]
Seths.blog
1 day ago
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Failed to Act: Walz, Ellison Knew About Minnesota Fraud for Years, House Report Claims
Fred Lucas
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was aware of the widespread welfare fraud in his state for years and repeatedly failed to act, alleges a congressional report released on Wednesday. Walz and the states ...[Continue Reading]
Daily Signal
1 day ago
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Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: March 4, 2026
Claire Comstock-Gay
With good energy flowing between Venus and Uranus (in Pisces and Taurus, respectively) today, one of the best things you can do is take time to actually enjoy yourself especially if youre the sort of ...[Continue Reading]
The Cut
1 day ago
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it
Kat Lonsdorf
On an evening in late January, Emily was driving through her Minneapolis neighborhood doing something that had become part of her routine in recent weeks: patrolling for ICE. Emily, who NPR is only ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago
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Can the Dictionary Keep Up?
Lora Kelley
Books & the Arts / March 4, 2026 In Stefan Fatsiss capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the dictionary can still tell us about language ...[Continue Reading]
Thenation.com
1 day ago