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St. Patrick’s Day

On this merry verdant day, we highlight some of the many engravings from our copy of The Antiquities of Ireland by the English antiquary Francis Grose, printed in London by Thomas Bensley for Samuel Hooper in two volumes from 1791-1795. This is a later printing; Hooper first published this title in 1791, and most of the plates bear that date.

We thought it would be fun to pair the architectural plates with photographs (ripped off the interwebs) of how these structures appear today. From top to bottom, they are:

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

Reginald’s Tower, Waterford.

Bullock Castle, Dublin.

Ballinafad Castle, Sligo.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Cactus Corino ft. Treeboy - Bad Dreaming [Audio]

After a year out of the spotlight, UK Hip Hop artist Cactus Corino is making his return with “Bad Dreaming“, a bold and introspective single featuring the soulful Treeboy. The past year hasn’t been without its challenges for Corino. After completing an entire album only to shelve it due to creative disagreements, he chose to take a step back to refocus. “The music is what matters most“, Corino…

Cactus Corino ft. Treeboy - Bad Dreaming [Audio]

[semipartisansam]

The Daily Toast: Glenn Greenwald On Succeeding In Journalism

The Daily Toast: Glenn Greenwald On Succeeding In Journalism

  Glenn Greenwald gives an interview to Dillon Baker in The Freelancer, and offers his thoughts on succeeding in online journalism:

I think the most important thing is to avoid being a generalist. Don’t be willing to write about every single topic, because no person can be well-versed in every topic. If you write about stuff in which you are not well-versed and you don’t really have expertise,…

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