Articles by NaOH
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20 Years Ago I Bought a Tank of Gas in Mississippi and Decided to Draw It (katebingamanburt.substack.com)

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San Francisco's 24-Hour Diner Stops the Cosmic Clock (2023) (altaonline.com)

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This is What It's Like to Spend Your Life in Prison (2023) [video] (youtube.com)

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Assistant to the Regional Manager (paulbloom.net)

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In praise of the dad joke (2023) (wit.substack.com)

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Quitting (thepointmag.com)

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The Science of the Perfect Second (2023) (harpers.org)

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On Reading My Memoir to My Father (2022) (lithub.com)

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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105 (theguardian.com)

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The paper model houses of Peter Fritz (2013) (socks-studio.com)

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International Collection of Tongue Twisters (2018) (tongue-twister.net)

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“Let people help” – Advice that made a big difference to a grieving widow (npr.org)

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Typography on Pencils (2023) (presentandcorrect.com)

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How to bury your father (2025) (buttondown.com/monteiro)

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Renfrew Christie has died, sabotaged South Africa's nuclear program (nytimes.com)

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Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It (boltsmag.org)

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James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies (fordauthority.com)

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Betty Reid Soskin, oldest-ever US national park ranger, has died (latimes.com)

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How Willie Nelson sees America (newyorker.com)

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The existential balm of seeing yourself as a verb, not a noun (psyche.co)

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The Coffee Warehouse (scopeofwork.net)

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Why do commercial spaces sit vacant? (strongtowns.org)

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The Bob Dylan concert for just one person (flaggingdown.com)

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The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario (thelocal.to)

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Collection of Astronomy Simulations & Animations (unl.edu)

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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)