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Someone Is Mysteriously Snapping … | Alan Jacobs

Someone Is Mysteriously Snapping Up Used Books Around the World - The Atlantic: For now, this is what we know: A lot of used books are suddenly being bought up by companies including Zoom Books. But

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When I follow a link … | Alan Jacobs

When I follow a link to X or another social network, I inevitably see people slinging abuse at one another in the comments, and think: You’re still doing this? After all these years? I left Twitter a

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I continue to be bemused … | Alan Jacobs

I continue to be bemused by the sheer number of these AI-generated book-promotion scams — I get them every day. Most of them never make it to my inbox, which speaks well for current spam-filtering sof

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The USMNT completely unready for … | Alan Jacobs

The USMNT completely unready for this game. I haven’t seen them like this the whole tournament. They are lethargic and confused. How is this possible? Second half update: I could understand nerves, bu

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I think, given his recent … | Alan Jacobs

I think, given his recent discovery of the possibilities of Casual Fashion, Poch’s personal theme song should be “Sharp Dressed Man.” I have been assuming all along that he will leave the USMNT at the

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A decade ago Robert Macfarlane … | Alan Jacobs

A decade ago Robert Macfarlane published a wonderful book called Landmarks — I reviewed it here — which argues for the preservation and extension of the accurate description of our natural environment

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So pleased to see Philip … | Alan Jacobs

So pleased to see Philip Hensher’s rave review of Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch. I had the privilege of reading Nonesuch during the process of composition, and let me tell you, it’s everything Hensher s

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Chesterton, from Orthodoxy: Stories of … | Alan Jacobs

Chesterton, from Orthodoxy: Stories of magic alone can express my sense that life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege. I may express this other feeling of cosmic cosiness by allu

Someone Is Mysteriously Snapping … | Alan Jacobs

<p>When I follow a link … | Alan Jacobs

<p>I continue to be bemused … | Alan Jacobs

<p>The USMNT <em>completely</em> unready for … | Alan Jacobs

<p>I think, given his recent … | Alan Jacobs

A decade ago Robert Macfarlane … | Alan Jacobs

So pleased to see Philip … | Alan Jacobs

Chesterton, from Orthodoxy: Stories of … | Alan Jacobs