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Posts from September 2019

The Posthumous Travels of Alexander the Great

Alexander on his deathbed illustration by Walter CraneAlexander on his deathbed, illustration by Walter Crane [Public domain]

There's a chance - remote, but a chance - that Alexander's body is in Venice. It's my favourite body-snatching story in all of history.Bora Horza Gobuchul on the disposition of the body of Alexander the Great

09/07/19
by taz

On The Road

John Margolies photoJohn Margolies photo via publicdomainreview.org

Great post by zamboni about John Margolies’ photographs of roadside America

09/03/19
by taz

155: No curses, no whammies
It's cortex and jessamyn and episode 155 of the monthly MetaFilter podcast!

09/01/19
by cortex

Roll your own podcast feed

Soul trainSoul train by Go-tea 郭天 (cc by)

If you haven't seen it yet, check out Iridic's post on Fourble: Point it at some audio files hosted anywhere online, and it'll turn them into a podcast feed.

09/01/19
by taz

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