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Friends! (those who know abt my dad’s minesweeper project). Dad & his team have encountered problems and had to take the engine out. So I am doing a raffle. If you can donate (as little as a couple of 💵 helps) I will enter you into a raffle 🌎 delivery. 3 of my cookbooks signed

ALSO TODAY: @jidesalawu on shopping and racial profiling. “These discomforts have grown sharper now, in an age of increasing racism and amid the rise of hard-right politicians in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere.” flaminghydra.com/shopping-and-i…

TODAY: @shirleyshirlw plumbs the depths of Facebook marketplace, and the soul flaminghydra.com/r/60a015f3?m=1…

All the Flaming Hydra pieces linked here are free to read: - Osita Nwanevu on punk rock and libraries - Arwa Mahdawi on how to write about Palestine - Julianne Escobedo Shepherd on the music industry’s “pretty tax" ... pieces to remember: kickstarter.com/projects/thebr…

'Many students no longer arrive at college—even at highly selective, elite colleges—prepared to read books.' theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

'HYDRA’s whole purpose, as they point out on their website, is to bring back the innocent vibe of the early-’90s internet when the Web felt more like a playground & less like some nightmarish corporate-sponsored meatgrinder.' thestory.au/articles/coope…

'In 2011, Maria Concetta Cacciola, a thirteen-year-old whose parents were involved with the ’Ndrangheta, was married off to an associate. She eventually fled Calabria for northern Italy, leaving behind her three children.' newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

'The thing is this: she knows the value of silence. There is a way, alone with her in the car, that travel falls quiet.' Miles Klee flaminghydra.com/the-mall-pulls…

Have you ever dreamed of supporting our Kickstarter? That is a VERY specific dream, but today it can come true!! AND you can help us preserve the archives of both The Awl and The Hairpin! kickstarter.com/projects/thebr…

TODAY: As part of our LOST INTERNET series, @ppolitics on the surprising fun of Delicious, the earliest "social bookmarking" site that also served as a little microblog for enterprising users flaminghydra.com/r/bf438650?m=1…

Dami Ajayi celebrates 5 years of migranthood in poetic prose damiajayi.substack.com/p/50a3ebd5-dd0…

TODAY: A very beautiful read from @BenEhrenreich about running through a bucolic English park while considering riots, crusades, and violence around the world and throughout history #a-run-in-mousehold-heath" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flaminghydra.com/issue-141/#a-r…

Just a note that this won the third place @itsflaminghydra's readers' choice poll. A good pat on the back for a newsletter with thousands of subscribers. flaminghydra.com/the-library-is…

ALSO TODAY: Maria Bustillos and Tom Scocca talk AI flaminghydra.com/yakkin-about-a…

TODAY: an absolutely incredible new illustrated story from Amy Chu. flaminghydra.com/r/c05d4232?m=1…

With “Rob Peace,” the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor directs a cohesive ensemble in a heart-wrenching tale based on a true story. nyti.ms/4dnOdVm