Ursula K. LeGuin

 https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/through-a-hernes-eye-on-ursula-k-le-guins-five-novels/

Crazy successful investment fund: Medallion

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies

Masanori Murakami

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/02/23/masanori-murakami-first-japanese-mlb-player/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA4ODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEwMjE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDg4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjZkMTM4NTA1LWIzZGItNDA4NC1hY2NmLTMyNDIxMGRlODJiOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zcG9ydHMvMjAyNC8wMi8yMy9tYXNhbm9yaS1tdXJha2FtaS1maXJzdC1qYXBhbmVzZS1tbGItcGxheWVyLyJ9.eOCRJME47my_zQ_GZT8dorBlm1S_CHHtLQuTME4Bz6c

Comic page restructuring

 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/?s=gannett

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2024/02/22

Prufrock

 https://prufrock.substack.com/p/fiction-and-time-1

https://prufrock.substack.com/p/rewilding-europe
https://prufrock.substack.com/p/on-unsettling-literature An unsettling play: Plano, set in Texas, by Will Arbery. 

Dark-Land: A memoir hard to classify as anything but great

1587: A Year of No Importance

Memorizing poetry Writer tries to memorize a poem a week

https://harpers.org/archive/2024/08/my-mothers-oysters-rosanna-warren-breton/ Very good

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/guy-davenport-everything-geography-imagination

On Stones

https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/holy-mountain-in-the-wilderness

NYT on Tom Wolfe

Wired - most detailed map of human brain connections ever made

https://freebeacon.com/culture/taking-a-risk-with-nate-silver/

https://thecritic.co.uk/crossroads-of-history/ book on Cyprus

https://thecritic.co.uk/why-labour-has-the-best-history-books/ 

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/bride-of-los-alamos

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/guy-davenport-geography-imagination/ intriguing

https://thecritic.co.uk/rehabilitating-an-edwardian-genius/ architect Lutyens

https://www.amazon.com/Literary-Journeys-Mapping-Fictional-Literature/dp/0691266395

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/08/inside-court-adolf-hitler-people-review-richard-evans

https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-25/dracula

https://literaryreview.co.uk/changed-in-a-minute

"Except there was always the other path. Verse, unlike prose, could be instantly transformative. In summer 1962, Plath broadcast a fine essay on writing poetry and how it differs from writing fiction: ‘How shall I describe it? – a door opens, a door shuts. In between you have had a glimpse: a garden, a person, a rainstorm, a dragonfly, a heart, a city. I think of those round glass Victorian paperweights … You turn it upside down, then back. It snows. Everything is changed in a minute.’"

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-life-arts/3206637/a-world-without-boys-chapter-books/ Her boys like Freddy the Pig too. 

https://booksandideas.net/The-Poor-of-the-Ancien-Regime French book about the French poor of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Sounds like a remarkable book but it is currently only available in French.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-parasitic-fungus-turns-flies-into-zombie-insects-180985401/

https://hudsonreview.com/2024/11/at-lady-violets/ On Anthony & Violet Powell. Anthony was a novelist - I just read a Christopher Hitchens essay about him & his work sounds interesting. He wrote a twelve-book novel. His wife Violet sharpened his work as iron sharpens iron.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a62962446/haruki-murakami-profile-2024/
"In April 1978, Murakami attended a baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. An American player named Dave Hilton hit a double into left field, and when the ‘satisfying crack’ of Hilton’s bat arrived at Murakami’s ears, he thought to himself, apropos of nothing, I think I can write a novel. And he was right.”

https://slate.com/culture/2024/11/amazon-side-hustle-books-literature.html#new_tab

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/

https://gizmodo.com/the-untold-story-of-napoleon-hill-the-greatest-self-he-1789385645
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2024/12/night-of-the-world Rilke/Holderlin

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/falling-in-love-with-fanny-and-robert-louis-stevenson/
"The strife was necessary for Stevenson, who believed “the spice of life is battle; the friendliest relations are still a kind of contest.” They fought with and for each other, but in comparing marriage to warfare, Stevenson meant something else. For him, “the man who should hold back from marriage is in the same case with him who runs away from battle,” because Stevenson saw both as a moral test—“an occasion for our virtues.” 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240524-how-googles-new-algorithm-will-shape-your-internet
Rory McEwen, the otherworldly artist who made his name at The Spectator Early introducer of the blues to Britain. Extremely good botanical artist.

 

https://viamediaevalis.substack.com/p/beowulf-and-the-myth-of-primitive Not in Prufrock but that type of thing.

Both sound really interesting: 
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2025/01/iain-mcgilchrists-new-era 

https://blog.ayjay.org/family-matters/ Christopher Lasch

    "This [Wendell Berry statement] is effectively the conclusion that Lasch came to by the end of his book: that the conservation of the family is something that can only be achieved by politically and economically radical means. "

    "That argument is: The modern economic order simultaneously creates the need for family to be a haven and prevents it from serving as a haven. "

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/barry-malzberg-obituary-science-fiction/ Once wrote a novel in 27 hours. Sounds kind of interesting - PKD liked him. 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/28/great-abandonment-what-happens-natural-world-people-disappear-bulgaria?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Tony Rensa caught for 25 years

 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rensa-002geo

Amazing Japanese card auction

 https://prestigecollectiblesauction.com/Lots/Gallery

1962 Topps Green Tints

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/obctom/albums/72157602774575697/

Apple's new VR goggles may rewire our brains in some unexpected ways

 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-vision-pro-experiment-brain-virtual-reality-side-effect-2024-2

Soccer cards

https://pinnacecards.wordpress.com/team-cards/
https://pinnacecards.wordpress.com/cabinet-issue/

https://therangerscollection.com/home-2/category/trade-cards-2/trade-cards-1920-1929/

 https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1936-four-spanish-footballers-packet-issues-from-matchboxes-you-get-4-cards-17880-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1922-over-50-cards-bargain-lot-rover-footballer-singles-15196-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1940s-richs-of-denmark-100s-of-sports--other-cards-bargain-bundle-many-100s-some-with--amr-15255-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1956--58-nannina-italian-soccer-gum-cards-various-types--variations-40-rarities-26956-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1956--58-bargain-lot-c40-nannina--bovolone-cards-various-types-some-variations-mixed-condition-22435-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1969-70-fks-soccer-stars-150-unused-cards-mixed-with-faults-50-x-1969--100-x-1970-bargain-26908-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1975-topps-footballer-gum-cards-x65-all-excellent--near-mint--some-mint-22593-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1932-yugoslav-championship-soccer-cards-album-zagreb-belgrade-etc-x-68-cards-many-teams-26279-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/baines-timeline-1227-c.asp SUPER COOL

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/-1919-charlie-chaplin-rookie-card-uncut-sheet-rookies-fatty-arbuckle-will-rogers-tom-mix-pip-1917-26010-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1920s-charlie-chaplin-on-a-jcamps-spanish-trade-card-21369-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1934-dixie-dean-uncut-original-sheet-of-carreras-footballer-cigarette-cards-x-38-cards-uncut-26889-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1958-world-cup-israeli-gum-wrapper-ronnie-clayton-blackburn-rovers-england-11166-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1914--24-new-york-giants-chicago-white-sox-hans-lobert--harvard-v-dartmouth-fb-26396-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1899-1900-boxer-rebellion-china-britain-rugby-card-by-tom-witt-anti-chinese-propaganda-card-8727-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1901-w-g-grace-ogdens-a-series-126-general-interest-legendary-cricketer-the-babe-ruth-of-cricket-19434-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1902-wg-grace---the-babe-ruth-of-cricket---ogdens-d-series-general-interest-card-low-price-18734-p.asp

https://www.footballsoccercards.com/1905-jack-windmill-fa-cup-winner-aston-villa-cohen-weeactresses-footballers-and-jockeys-series-of-36-21216-p.asp

https://www.magliarossonera.it/img_misc/figu/Misc_figu_stella.html

 Adverse experiences resulting in emergency medical treatment seeking following the use of magic mushrooms

Drug Facts

 http://www.kfx.org.uk/drug_facts.php

Boxing

 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Willie_Beecher

https://www.jewsinsports.org/profile_sport_boxing_ID_39.html Beecher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Goldman

Leach Cross

Thoreau

 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2690-i-went-to-the-woods-because-i-wished-to-live

Japanese aesthetics

 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#MonoNoAwarPathThin

Giuseppe Castiglione - Italian Chinese painter

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Castiglione_(Jesuit_painter)#

 https://www.comc.com/Cards,sl,i100,=1923+bucktrout

https://www.comc.com/Cards/Non-Sports/1915/BDV_Great_War_Leaders_Sepia_Silks_-_Base,sl,i100
https://www.comc.com/Users/CMund/Cards/Cricket,sl,vDetails,p3,i100

Chadwick Bureau

 https://github.com/simonw/datasette

https://baseballdb.lawlesst.net/
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/17wz29t/it_looks_like_chadwickbureau_baseball_databank/
https://github.com/chadwickbureau/register
http://www.chadwick-bureau.com/doc/historical/

Mihir Bose: History of Indian Cricket

 https://www.amazon.com/History-Indian-Cricket-Mihir-Bose/dp/023305040X#:~:text=In%20this%20book%2C%20Mihir%20Bose,fixing%20scandals%20associated%20with%20the

Mono no aware

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware

https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/mono-no-aware/ cherry blossoms - the symbol of mono no aware
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/mono-no-aware-the-transience-of-life

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190124-seven-words-that-can-help-us-to-be-a-little-calmer

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#MonoNoAwarPathThin

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23111-mono-no-aware/

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/mono-no-aware/

Slint

 https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19182-slint-spiderland-remastered-box-set/

Boards of Canada

 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/arts/music/tomorrows-harvest-by-boards-of-canada.html
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic
https://www.elektronauts.com/t/where-have-the-boys-from-boards-of-canada-gone/156595/36

https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/boards-of-canada-interviewed-we-re-too-busy-to-give-a-23150/
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18104-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1alxmpx/tomorrows_harvest_is_so_underrated/

https://bocpages.org/wiki/Les_Alchimistes

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1apcfaq/new_to_boc_song_recommendations/

Pitchfork reviews rescored

 https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/pitchfork-reviews-rescored/

tQ

 https://thequietus.com/articles/00268-why-burial-s-identity-could-have-remained-secret-a-gallery-of-other-shadowy-musical-sorts?page=1

https://thequietus.com/articles/33692-the-quietus-reissues-compilations-mixes-of-the-year-chart-2023
https://thequietus.com/articles/33662-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2023-norman-records
https://thequietus.com/articles/00081-my-bloody-valentine-isnt-anything-and-lovelessreissues-reviewed

Soccer stickers

 Panini stickers facebook group

1970s-90s Panini facebook group

https://www.sportscardinvestor.com/its-time-you-started-investing-in-panini-soccer-stickers/
https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/77077647-panini-euro-football-78-johan-cruyff-michel-platini-complete-set sold for 800 Euro

https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2015/07/panini-pap-47-euro-football-1977.html
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2015/07/panini-euro-football-78.html

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/15/panini-football-stickers-swapsies-shinies-60-years
https://vintagefootball.cards/season_197879.html

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=panini+euro+complete+set&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_pgn=1

1980 Panini Euro sold

1984 sold

1984 sold (other)

1952-60 hi-s and hofers

1957 215

1950s-60s pinbacks

1960-69 121

1962 3 green tints incl Moon & Frank Howard

1968 258 starter

1970-71 108

1950s 55

1950s 78

1952 B 3 Milner sells for $10+ alone

1986 McDonald's Philadelphia Eagles

1956 130 $46
 1960 13 diff
1959 14 incl 550 Campy 20 Campy alone is $20 card
1962 Hoyt
1960-64 oddball with Mantle $26 - Mantle is not in great shape

1965 42 diff fair
1965 Topps Rookie All-Star Banquet 14
1968 Kahn's 3 w/tab for 14 - vg deal
1968 Jack-In-The-Box 20
1969 239 starter 49

1975 TCMA w/ Quiz 9

1976 TCMA w/ quiz 9

1978 Mickey Mantle card deck 5

1980s 4 Braves Police sets 9

1992 Bowman complete 50ish

1978 FKS Argentina 40

1977-78 Panini Euro 30

1978 Panini Euro 30

1981-82 T English League complete 10

Japanese baseball

 http://graveyardbaseball.blogspot.com/2015/12/your-guide-to-adopting-npb-team-part-1.html

https://websites.umich.edu/~wewantas/brooke/differences.html#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20teams%20are%20owned,sentimental%20favorite%20in%20the%20region.

Baseball in the Czech Republic

 http://mopupduty.com/baseball-in-the-czech-republic-091312/

Japan World Baseball Classic game most-watched in baseball history

 https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sports/usa-japan-wbc-title-game-could-be-the-most-watched-baseball-game-in-history/3002635/

Beatles

 http://www.beatlesebooks.com/norwegian-wood

New York Knicks / 76ers

 https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bellawa01.html

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/numbers.html

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/numbers.html