Articles by NaOH
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Playing Santa Does Strange Things to a Man (esquire.com)

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One Last Trip: Traveling with my brother's remains (2022) (thecut.com)

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Italy's longest-serving barista reflects on six decades behind the counter (reuters.com)

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Prove It All Night: With no fame or fortune, what keeps a band onstage? (1999) (chicagoreader.com)

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David Lerner, cofounder of Tekserve, has died (nytimes.com)

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Shanti Rides Shotgun [video] (vimeo.com)

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I've Gone to Look for America: Conversations and Revelations Along Interstate 95 (atavist.com)

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What's the difference between an artist and a creator? (ystrickler.com)

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Historic American Music Released by UCSB Library with Dust-to-Digital Foundation (ucsb.edu)

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The World Needs More Love Letters (moreloveletters.com)

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Why do people, like, say, 'like' so much? (2022) (theguardian.com)

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Sandhill cranes have adopted a Canada gosling (smithsonianmag.com)

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Apple Review #17: Red Delicious Double Feature (terribleminds.com)

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The Chemicals Behind the Colours of Autumn Leaves (2014) (compoundchem.com)

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The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum (thesaltandpeppershakermuseum.com)

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The Curve of Binding Energy–I (1973) (newyorker.com)

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The product of the railways is the timetable (springbett.substack.com)

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Significant Incidents and Close Calls in Human Spaceflight (nasa.gov)

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Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (2021) (si.edu)

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Depictions of Celestial Objects Spanning Nearly a Millennium (2014) (publicdomainreview.org)

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Ron DiMenna, Founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, Has Died (spacecoastdaily.com)

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Drawn in the dock: the story of UK courtroom illustration (2020) (itsnicethat.com)

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Midcentury North American Restaurant Placemats (casualarchivist.substack.com)

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In the Land of Living Skies: Reacquainting ourselves with the night (2022) (harpers.org)

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The Smoker (2023) (theparisreview.org)

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David Walker's Paper Clip Collection (presentandcorrect.com)

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Museum of Color (emergencemagazine.org)

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What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness (bigthink.com)

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Yes, I Texted the Number on the Sign (katebingamanburt.substack.com)

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A Family Project (2022) (bittersoutherner.com)

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David Klein's TWA Posters (2018) (flashbak.com)

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US Navy Ship Names (congress.gov)

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Sky Calendar (abramsplanetarium.org)

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Jen Pawol becomes first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game (apnews.com)

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Honky-Tonk Tokyo (2020) (afar.com)

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Honesty Boxes in Scotland (2024) (awayfromtheordinary.com)

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What I Learnt from Being Disinherited (daisygoodwin.substack.com)

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Bourdain, My Camera, and Me (2021) (melaniedunea.com)

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Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel-Well Passengers (1996) (bts.gov)

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Most Illinois farmland is not owned by farmers (chicagotribune.com)

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The Eleventh Word (2020) (theparisreview.org)

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Now I Lay Me (1927) (loa.org)

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Jack McAuliffe, craft beer pioneer, has died (allaboutbeer.com)

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Bastard Chairs (photomichaelwolf.com)

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Finding Robert Bogucki, the man who disappeared on purpose (abc.net.au)

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What my mother didn’t talk about (2020) (buzzfeednews.com)

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'It smelled like pain and regret': inside hot chilli eating contests (2021) (theguardian.com)

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Japanese grandparents create life-size Totoro with bus stop for grandkids (2020) (mymodernmet.com)

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Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Atomic Clock Precision to GPS, Has Died (nytimes.com)

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An oral history of Carol Kalish, influential figure at Marvel Comics (2020) (gamesradar.com)

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The First Year Out of Prison (2020) (marieclaire.com)

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Daniel Brandt's Portfolio of Custom Pool Tables (core77.com)

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The Unseen Fury of Solar Storms (noemamag.com)

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Mothering Without Limits (archive.org)

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The anonymously authored, mobile artworks of EuroBus graphic designs (taylorholland.com)

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My grandparents chose to die together, the end chapter of love spanning 70 years (theguardian.com)

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Resistance to Immunity (2019) (nybooks.com)

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Soviet Radio Manufacturer Logos (oldradio.ru)

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Couple has eaten at the same restaurant six nights a week for 15 years (2019) (kansas.com)

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Feature Analysis of Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Perforated Board Designs (2018) (medium.com/tangibit-studios)

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CCD co-inventor George E. Smith dies at 95 (nytimes.com)

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The cost of living high: In the music industry, it's almost expected (2019) (bittersoutherner.com)

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A man who sailed round the world with a chicken (2019) (theguardian.com)

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Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president, has died (richmonder.org)

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Life's Ancient Bottleneck (quillette.com)

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Like a hot dog, the Wienermobile is made from a variety of ingredients (2022) (roadandtrack.com)

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Trade Secrecy in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (2009) (ssrn.com)

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The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates (newyorkfed.org)

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The Ordeal of Bobby Cain (1956) [pdf] (amazonaws.com)

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A library of words: Discovering Roget's Thesaurus (2023) (austinkleon.substack.com)

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The pigeon whistle: A defining sound of old Beijing (2019) (chinatoday.com.cn)

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The Airplane 'Barf Bag' Is a Genius Invention Most People Never Think About (theautopian.com)

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When the Ground Thaws (2018) [pdf] (static1.squarespace.com)

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The End of Brooklyn: Photos of its dead-end streets (placesjournal.org)

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Luna Parc Home and Studio (lunaparc.com)

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Break It Down: A man tries to calculate what love costs (1983) [audio] (thisamericanlife.org)

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A Moment in Time (kentnerburn.com)

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The hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain (theguardian.com)

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A Love Letter to People Who Believe in People (swiss-miss.com)

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How to Read a Recipe (2016) (altonbrown.com)

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Crackin', Shakin', Breakin' Sounds: What Bob Dylan Wanted at Twenty-Three (1964) (newyorker.com)

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Clowning Around: On the Principles of Clowning (funnyhow.substack.com)

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Ames Shovel and Tool Catalog of Shovels, Spades and Scoops (1926) [pdf] (amazonaws.com)

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The Austrian Cigarette Collection (zigsam.at)

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The Importance of Fact-Checking (lithub.com)

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How Silica Gel Took over the World (scopeofwork.net)

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Rule Thinkers In, Not Out (2019) (lesswrong.com)

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I've Been Meaning to Call (paulcrenshaw.substack.com)

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The mana of digging a grave (2024) (thespinoff.co.nz)

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The Binder Clip: An Appreciation (inconspicuous.info)

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BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models (bmwgroup-classic.com)

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Virtual museum of socialist era graphic design in Bulgaria (socmus.com)

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ALPS CP10SJ550A Kanji Keyboard (2019) (deskthority.net)

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Roundabout in Switzerland is a vinyl turntable (2019) (newlyswissed.com)

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Tristan Davey's Punch Card Archive (tristandavey.com)

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San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time (sfstandard.com)

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We Are What We Think (readtangle.com)

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Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance: Corona Satellite (2013) [pdf] (nro.gov)

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I Was the Worst Cancer Mom (narratively.com)

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Newsstands, 2012-2019 (trevortraynor.com)