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A great story that includes instant noodle currency in prison (and “prison burritos”), (three) instant noodle museums, the instant noodle “history cube,” ad the critic who has reviewed more than 6200 kinds of instant noodles in search of the elusive 5-star example. Among other things. → The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
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Octopodes on Ecstacy. For real. And, yes, octopodes!
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October is Inktober, where artists around the world post a new drawing every day. Watch drawing as they are posted by following #inktober on Twitter and on Instagram. If you’re an artist, participation is easy, with a few simple rules and prompts.
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You want “new” words? Here you go. → An overview of how adding words to dictionaries happens && Merriam-Webster’s September 2018 additions && the Oxford English Dictionary additions, updated in June && While I’m at it, there are 300 new words in the Scrabble dictionary too.
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Tara Murtha’s article, “What She Hasn’t Got: An Apology For Sinéad O’Connor” is well written and full of truth.
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“In essence, the photocopier was not merely a vehicle for copying. It became a mechanism for sub-rosa publishing—a way of seizing the means of production, circulating ideas that would previously have been difficult to get past censors and editors.” → How the Photocopier Changed the Way We Worked—and Played
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Coming to Vancouver in November: (the world’s first?) “sex doll brothel.” But it’s about more than novelty…
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For the eyes: the evolution of Hokusai’s “Great Wave” && Rogan Brown’s astonishingly intricate, bacteria inspired paper sculptures
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Today is International Podcast Day, celebrating the power of this powerful, still under-appreciated media art form. For some solid recommendations, check out these lists: Bryan Alexander: Listening to in 2018 && WIRED: 27 of the best podcasts for curious minds in 2018 && Esquire: The 15 Best Podcasts of 2018 (So Far) && Vulture: Best Podcasts of 2018 (So Far). I’d love to hear what you are listening to.