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By Stephen Darbishire, 1940 

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Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

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Anne Strathie, biographer of Bowers and Ponting, and chronicler of Terra Nova men in WWI, has a new book out, following a thread through two centuries of polar exploration (both poles!) via 50 carefully chosen objects. She's giving a talk about it at the RGS on Monday, 27 Jan 2025, 14:30 GMT, which you can attend on Zoom if you're not convenient to London. Register to reserve a seat or be sent a Zoom link! It's completely free either way!

You can get a copy of the book here, or at your local bookshop ...

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AHH!! Quickly!! The artefacts have escaped the museum!! 😘😘 This video is adorable :D

These ladies are wearing Tang Dynasty hanfu, the famous "golden age" of Chinese history. Artefacts show that aesthetics during this dynasty favored fuller shaped women, if you've ever seen the figures from the museums these ladies look like exact replicas :D

Video src: 包意凡 【博物馆闭馆时间到，我俩要粗去玩！】 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1iJ4m1K7Mq/

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Why, I’ve been clearing out the drafts!

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Nature’s Gifts 🏕️

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We need shittable cities (actively maintained public restrooms).

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ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023) dir. Justine Triet

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The best scene in Nosferatu 1922, sound remastered because i felt that we had to have this

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as someone who has been involved in union organizing through my dad's union since i was literally in second grade, the way that people on tumblr think unions work drives me literally insane

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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

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method actor this method actor that. toshiro mifune played a guy getting shot at by arrows by getting shot at by arrows

and yeah i believe it. ^ this is the face of a guy getting shot at by arrows

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The fastest way to shut down my "freelance life means I have to constantly be working" thoughts is to remind myself that if I was a boss holding a worker to the standards I hold myself to, their union would hunt me for sport and nobody would blame them.

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In honor of infamous opponent to human rights Anita Bryant finally croaking, let's remember that time Vincent Price told her to fuck off with that homophobic bullshit in an immaculately cultured, polite way. 🫡

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This meme is so niche but goddamnit it is *my* niche

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Snetzels. 🐌🐌🐌