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Babel

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articles: 17
total claps: 5,475
top claps: 1,467
avg read: 6.1 min
paywalled: 10
active: 2025-05-22 → 2026-05-14

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TR Trevor · Babel

You Cannot Say What You Mean

Exploring the limits of human language

Jun 21, 2025 · 5 min read · 1,467 claps paywalled #linguistics #philosophy-of-language #semantics

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TR Trevor · Babel

Siberian Skeletons and Linguistic Homelands

A revolutionary new discovery about the history of language

Sep 15, 2025 · 7 min read · 672 claps paywalled #linguistics #archaeology #historical-linguistics

Siberian Skeletons and Linguistic Homelands

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MI Mirko Božić · Babel

László Krasznahorkai: Have I got a Story for You

An encounter with the new Nobel prize winner and its ramifications.

Oct 12, 2025 · 7 min read · 659 claps #nobel-prize-in-literature #laszlo-krasznahorkai #literature

László Krasznahorkai: Have I got a Story for You

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MA Marc Barham · Babel

The Mysterious Art of Mark Edwards

The puzzling scenarios and sequences of those enigmatic men in black

May 07, 2026 · 5 min read · 505 claps paywalled #art #artist #culture

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VI Vincent Halles · Babel

A Clue Hidden in an Unreadable Book

The strange Proustian fragment inside the Codex Seraphinianus.

Nov 27, 2025 · 5 min read · 417 claps paywalled #language #proust #xcode

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MA Marc Barham · Babel

‘St Michael Conquering Lucifer’ (1889) by Chevalier Scipione Tadolini

From Rome to Boston: The story of a 19th-century masterpiece

May 10, 2026 · 6 min read · 364 claps paywalled #art #culture #history

‘St Michael Conquering Lucifer’ (1889) by Chevalier Scipione Tadolini

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AN Anne Kullaf · Babel

Creating a Still Life that Glows

Whether you are working in watercolor or oil, the key to creating a luminous look is by paying attention to values color harmony

Apr 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 348 claps paywalled #art #watercolor #oil-painting

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VI Vincent Halles · Babel

How I Started Writing Univocalic Poems

One vowel to rule them all

Mar 09, 2026 · 4 min read · 275 claps paywalled #language #poetry #oulipo

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AN Anne Kullaf · Babel

Painting Watercolor Flowers that are Fresh, Not Fussy

Pay less attention to detail, and more attention to form and value

May 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 271 claps paywalled #art #watercolor #botanical-illustrations

Painting Watercolor Flowers that are Fresh, Not Fussy

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KA Kari R · Babel

Which Curtain Should You Go Through?

To avoid an awkward mistake in Japan, learn two essential kanji

Mar 23, 2026 · 5 min read · 210 claps paywalled #culture #japanese #lifelong-learning

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PE Peter Markham · Babel

From Widescreen to Vert

What does this say about us and our world?

Mar 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 105 claps #cinema #film #movies

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SC Scott Allen Wilson · Babel

Tunnel Vision: My First Experience in Trento, Italy

Trento is one of those cities that I visited as a part of my year-long adventure in trying to find a place for my wife and me to move to…

May 22, 2025 · 10 min read · 60 claps #travel #italy #trento

Tunnel Vision: My First Experience in Trento, Italy

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PE Peter Markham · Babel

Cinema: Can a Film Know What It Is?

And can we see how that might be?

Apr 30, 2026 · 6 min read · 56 claps #cinema #film #movies

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KA Kari R · Babel

Signing the Gallery Visitors’ Book

Why is it such a nerve-racking experience?

Apr 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 46 claps paywalled #personal-development #identity #calligraphy

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LA Larsonrscreenwriting · Babel

A Frightening Look Into The Human Soul: Why Kyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cure” Is The Scariest Film Ever Made.

How the Japanese director pushed psychological horror’s boundaries to make a haunting claim about humanity

Apr 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 17 claps #film #movies #art

A Frightening Look Into The Human Soul: Why Kyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cure” Is The Scariest Film Ever Made.

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MI Mirko Božić · Babel

Mušica: The Last Man Standing

One man's unshakeable optimism and its legacy.

Oct 25, 2025 · 6 min read · 3 claps #activism #protest #mostar

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SC Scott Allen Wilson · Babel

Milan in Layers: Finding Beauty Beneath the Surface

I walked into Milan without a plan, no shot list, no checklist, nothing. I just knew I wanted to spend time in the city and photograph…

Apr 30, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #travel-writing #travel-photography #traveling-tips