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tim abrahams

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architecture, progress, liberty

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Michael Bronstein@mmbronsteinNov 5
Newton's own handwritten annotations on Principia: fixing spelling mistakes (WTF?!!) of the first edition (missing "c" in "auctore" and correct ablative "Newtono") as well as career progression "equite aurato et regio societatis praeside" (knight bachelor and president of the RS)
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Trinity’s treasures, Cambridge edition: Newton’s annotated Principia and his walking stick. A fellow of Trinity admires it with the special pride of someone whose Trinity is in Toronto. Alas.
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Vintage Las Vegas
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Welcome ✴︎ November 1962
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Oliver Soden’s elegant biography of H.H. Munro, better known as Saki, reveals a complex man: was his real character the dandy who skewered the English upper classes, or the fervent patriot who died in the trenches? Saki’s two selves | @WomackPhilip engelsbergideas.com/reviews/…
Saki’s two selves

Saki’s two selves

Oliver Soden’s elegant biography of H.H. Munro, better known as Saki, reveals a complex man: was his real character the dandy who skewered the English upper classes, or the fervent patriot who died...

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Anna Clarke@AnnaClarke_____Nov 4
Fabulous report here by researchers at Warwick University who've done a massive job of data cleaning to work out the true number of new homes given planning permission in the last 20 years - and headline is that Gov't figures overcount by a staggering 43% thinkhouse.org.uk/site/asset…
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Jack Grove
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Thank you to @pressgazette for standing up for investigative journalism and press freedom after it received more than 500 complaints regarding my nomination for this year's British Journalism Awards pressgazette.co.uk/news/awar…
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Balcony on a skyscraper
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Letterhead design for Personal Correspondence. 1946.
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RIBAJ@RIBAJNov 2
Obituary: Pioneering conservation architect Donald Insall, who has died aged 100, played a key role in changing the way historic buildings were regarded ow.ly/sH2l5102uJX
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The Samarkand Memorial Teahouse, (1983), Samarkand, Uzbek SSR
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Soğuk Savaş sırasında Çin sınırındaki hareketliliği dinlemek için inşa edilmiş ve günümüzde terk edilmiş halde olan Sovyet dönemi radar kubbeleri. / Kırgızistan
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Charles Arthur@charlesarthurOct 28
Amazing: journalist does journalism to discover something, and because everyone is so used to people living by press release, they literally can't believe the journalist found it out on their own. holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/…
Broken embargo row erupts after Ipswich.co.uk city of culture scoop - Journalism News from Holdth...

Broken embargo row erupts after Ipswich.co.uk city of culture scoop - Journalism News from Holdth...

'We never received press release' says editor

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Paul Dobraszczyk@dobraszczykOct 29
Bishopsgate behemoth, City of London
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Vuk Vuksanovic@v_vuksanovicOct 26
To Western commentators, the elections in Serbia were about restoring democracy, but THEY WERE NOT ABOUT THE EU OR RUSSIA!
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Conseguimos. Vencemos. 🤩
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Lily Lynch
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Unreal
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The most Manhattan thing in London. Ideal House by Raymond Hood. 1928-29. Great Marlborough St.
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Sad story this. Adam Khan is such a good architect. And tried hard in an impossible sector.
Building Design (@BDonline) profile pictureBuilding Design@BDonlineOct 21
Stirling Prize finalist sank nearly £140,000 into collapsed practice to keep it going: Adam Khan Architects announced appointment of liquidators on 9 October dlvr.​it/TW0h8M #architecture #news
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Aidan James@mcandidate22 Jul 2023
sam fender aka Steve Bruce Springsteen
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeOct 20
Horrified to learn documentary films do not provide unfiltered access to objective truth. Have any documentary makers wrestled with this question
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These things are all very easy to unambiguously condemn and I would invite others to give it a try
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