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The Woman Who Perfected Flower Painting

Zachary Fine | Atlantic | 9th August 2025

Rachel Ruysch, "one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art", was more famous during her lifetime than Rembrandt or Vermeer. Born in 1664, she lived to 86. Her father was a renowned embalmer and she too had the knack of turning "a perishable commodity into a stable one" — in her case, flowers and fruit, immortalised at the zenith of their beauty in her abundant compositions in oils (2,500 words)

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I Used To Know How To Write In Japanese

Marco Giancotti | Aether Mug | 15th August 2025

When learning Japanese, divide and conquer. Either learn to write the kanji first, or learn how to speak, but don't do both at the same time. This separation can later result in "character amnesia", though. "There is even a term for it, wahpro baka (ワープロ馬鹿), meaning 'word-processor idiot,' from the idea that spending too much time typing into Microsoft Word atrophies handwriting skills" (1,900 words)