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    Anonymous on House and HomeMarch 31, 2026

    But she makes it sound like people with these gigantic incomes are homeless. Quite a lot of American terminology develops…

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    Anonymous on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 31, 2026

    I appreciate when niche genres are immediately recognizable by the cover art. Especially genres I don't like. This sounds like…

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    Clarissa on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    I'm so sorry this is happening. I really am. I pray for a swift victory over Iran and that we…

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    Clarissa on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    Exactly. This is 2026. Any narrative of "poor sainted Russians victimized by evil Putin" is completely dishonest. We've seen hours…

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    Clarissa on Another AI ExperimentMarch 31, 2026

    Yours are hilarious, though. While AI's are invariably soporific.

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    Clarissa on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 31, 2026

    I have looked into the popular novels in the genre, and they are mostly all female backsides. Not just these…

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    Clarissa on The Mother of EvilMarch 31, 2026

    I'm talking very specifically about the efforts made by Stalin to guarantee Hitler his election win. The Weimar Republic was…

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    v07 on The Mother of EvilMarch 31, 2026

    I'll start with the disclaimer that in my opinion Communist symbols should be treated the same way as Nazi symbols.…

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    cliff arroyo on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 31, 2026

    "Maybe the publishers think it adds to the “mystery” when you don’t see a woman’s face" More likely they don't…

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    cliff arroyo on Another AI ExperimentMarch 31, 2026

    "AI - I asked it to explain what a certain work of literature we are reading in class was about"…

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    cliff arroyo on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 31, 2026

    "on purpose that they all have women’s backsides on the cover?" I was curious and did a quick google image…

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    cliff arroyo on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    " Putin’s Russia" I, personally, am not interested in any movie that follows the narrative about poor little russians and mean…

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    el on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    OT: have you heard of this new movie that received Oscar? Mr Nobody Against Putin is a 2025 documentary film directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin.…

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    el on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    Typo, I meant since the start of this war: "Before that since 28.2.26 I only went with her 2-3 minute…

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    el on Post SuggestionsMarch 31, 2026

    It's also "Iran launches missiles at central Israel ... Air raid sirens sound" brain. Yesterday the entire day was uncharacteristically…

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    Anonymous on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 30, 2026

    The part where the cover has a designer rather than an artist...

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    Anonymous on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 30, 2026

    I checked the Rose Code and there is a name of the designer of the cover listed, so it doesn't…

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    Clarissa on What I Do and Don’t Like in the Mystery GenreMarch 30, 2026

    Maigret is a great example of this down-to-earth, realistic yet fascinating portrayal of daily life.

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    Clarissa on What I Do and Don’t Like in the Mystery GenreMarch 30, 2026

    There's also Elizabeth George. Her special thing is that she researches different regions of Great Britain and sets her novels…

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    cliff arroyo on What I Do and Don’t Like in the Mystery GenreMarch 30, 2026

    " The snake that bit a young woman in the English countryside in Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mystery was a real…

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    Clarissa on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 30, 2026

    Yep. Is it on purpose that they all have women's backsides on the cover? Is the cover art AI generated?

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    Anonymous on A Mystery Box of NovelsMarch 30, 2026

    Let me guess, at least one of the books is by Kate Quinn.

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    Anonymous on What I Do and Don’t Like in the Mystery GenreMarch 30, 2026

    Other than the authors you mentioned, who else would you recommend in the mystery genre?

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    Clarissa on Post SuggestionsMarch 30, 2026

    No, that's ok. I respect mommy brain. 😁 Had it myself for a year.

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    Anonymous on The Death of the Soviet Service SectorMarch 30, 2026

    This sounds just like the way we fight with our GPS on road trips to get it to take us…

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    el on Post SuggestionsMarch 30, 2026

    You're right, sorry. Still would love more of such posts. :) Not disappeared but imo became less prominent compared to…

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    Clarissa on Post SuggestionsMarch 30, 2026

    What do you mean it disappeared when I just posted a series of posts about Paul Kingsnorth?

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    el on Post SuggestionsMarch 30, 2026

    I would love to read about your research and exciting new insights. Reading about Bauman and other thinkers was the…

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    Anonymous on The Death of the Soviet Service SectorMarch 30, 2026

    People are saying if you add stops on the way to your destination in a Waymo (Über’s self-driving Jaguar, which…

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    oldcowboy3 on Post SuggestionsMarch 30, 2026

    Fawn(Easter) Lily — my wife planted fortyeleven white, pink, and yellow ones ;-D

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