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UN Unsolved Henrico

The 1984 Kings Crossing Murders of Donna Hall and Michael Margaret

Two teenagers killed in Henrico County in 1984. A drug deal, old money, and four decades of silence. The case remains open.

Jul 24, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #true-crime #cold-case #virginia

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SC Scott C Montgomery · Age of Awareness

I Was a Teenage Swindle Henchman.

Okay, I was more like 20, but I was horrified to discover I was complicit in a Stranger-Danger-related scam in 1984.

Jul 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 6 claps #design #swindler #moral-panic

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AN Ann

Orwell’s ‘1984’ and the Contemporary World: Part I

A novel published way back in 1949 is still relevant in this day and time, perhaps even more so than before. Why? Let’s analyse.

Jul 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 1 claps #dystopian-novel #contemporary-politics #1984-by-george-orwell

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RA Rachel Saunders

The gender critical twisting of language

Who gets to control language is as old as the written word itself. George Orwell’s 1984 remains the totemic book outlining how…

Jul 07, 2026 · 6 min read · 61 claps paywalled #society #language #psychology

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VI vic fortezza

Tony, David & More

1984 — construction worker Anthony Soraci plants kiss on Miss Liberty. Photo by Koni Nordmann, from Facebook/Google Images:

Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #stocks-soaring #rip-david-clayton-thomas #blood-sweat-and-tears

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MI Mihailo Zoin

Four Dystopias as Interactive AI LiveBooks

1984, Brave New World, The Trial, and A Clockwork Orange each describe one way to take a person’s freedom. We live under all four at once —…

Jun 29, 2026 · 7 min read · 138 claps #1984 #brave-new-world #a-clockwork-orange

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JD J Davis Mallory · Hooked on Books

From Madeline to 1984

The books that built my world

Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 102 claps #books #reading #personal-development

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LA Larrylambert

12 Facts About the Year 1984

It was a good time for some.

Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 70 claps paywalled #eddie-murphy #madonna #mtv

AM Amanda Barker

Who was King County John Doe (1984) a.k.a. “Bus Stop Man”?

Case

Jun 14, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #unidentified-dead #john-doe #unidentified

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GA Gaurav Khanna

Watching a Jar of Emotions Crack Open: Inside Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘The Sky Is Crying’

How a posthumously released 1984 recording captured the heavy, wind-swept restraint of a blues legend.

Jun 07, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #music #blues-music #stevie-ray-vaughan

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EA Eastern Bloc Noir

The Bokserska Protocol: Sanctuary and the Axe

Warsaw, 1984. A totalitarian police state tracked every dissident but ignored a pedophile ring in a concrete apartment block. A 19-year-old…

Jun 04, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #true-crime #crime #history

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JO Josep

I just read 1984…

An I only want to share a couple of reflections, nothing more, after reading 1984 — one of those books that became famous not only because…

Jun 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #generative-ai-tools #1984 #distopia

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TH The Inner Reader · NEW LITERARY SOCIETY

1984: A Novel About the Silent Erosion of Freedom

When Power Learns to Think for You

May 31, 2026 · 3 min read · 218 claps #1984 #george-orwell #writing

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LI Library of Book Summaries

📖 SUMMARY: 1984 by George Orwell.

Introduction.

May 29, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #1984 #george-orwell #book-summary

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AD Aditya

Gen-Z Activism and the Rise of the Cockroach Movement in India

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — George Orwell, 1984

May 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 4 claps #indian-politics #politics #gen-z

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JU Julie Ahlfeld RHIT, CCS

What Goldratt’s Factory Has to Do With Your Query Response Rate

In 1984, an Israeli physicist named Eliyahu Goldratt published a business novel called The Goal.

May 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #medical-coding #quality-assurance #clinical-documentation

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DA Dawood-Researching the truth

How Media and Government Control Narrative

In April 1984, as George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith opens his secret diary, he writes: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus…

May 18, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #government #media-control #narrative-push

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JI Jia Fatima

The Silent Psychology of Hospital Waiting Rooms

A Hospital waiting room affects the human brain not biologically but psychologically, as Roger Ulrich demonstrated in 1984 through his…

May 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #hospital #hospital-management #social-psychology

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LU luis ayala

Would Orwell Recognize a World Where Reality Itself Has Become Administratively Editable?

The deeper warning of 1984 was never simply about the left or the right. That is the shallow reading. It is the political reading. It is…

May 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 50 claps paywalled #reality #1984 #administratively

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CA Carla Paton · The Reading Lab

Why the Themes in 1984 Still Feel So Uncomfortably Real

A simple question can unlock George Orwell’s biggest ideas about truth, fear, and control.

May 08, 2026 · 1 min read · 1 claps #1984 #literature #books

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2001 yılından kalma bir Sony Discman, şu anda bir müzede sergileniyor.

2001 yılına gelindiğinde, Sony Discman, CD çağının en ikonik taşınabilir müzik cihazlarından biri haline gelmişti. 1984 yılında D-50…

May 06, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #sony #teknoloji #tarih

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CL Claire Vlases

The First Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary

In George Orwell’s 1984. the Party has just produced an Eleventh Edition of Newspeak, a dictionary of words in which “every concept that…

May 04, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #creative-coding #art #ai

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SH Shruthi Ramachandra

When David Sued Goliath: The Nicaragua v. United States Case That Rewrote International Law

*International Court of Justice | ICJ Rep 14 (1986) | Filed: 9 April 1984 | Decided: 27 June 1986*

May 02, 2026 · 13 min read · 0 claps #law #caselaw #legal

DI Dishen-迪紳梁

遙遠的1664，恐怖的1984

Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc🇫🇷

Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #法國大革命 #中英聯合聲明 #香港回歸

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PH Phil Kleyn

VAULT ECHOES#18 — PRIVATE DANCER BY TINA TURNER.

The Year is 1984 and Apple launches the Macintosh computer, this chunky little machine that promises to change how everyday people connect…

Apr 29, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #music #legend #women-in-music

DA Daniel Endara Zavala

LAS SIRENAS DE LAS ISLAS GALÁPAGOS

Por: Ángel Felicísimo Rojas. (En Un Idilio Bobo Libro de Relatos, Quito, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1984)

Apr 27, 2026 · 23 min read · 0 claps #leyendas-de-galápagos #sirena #ángel-f-rojas

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AS Assailly Remi

Reflections on Trusting Trust: forty years late to the party

How Ken Thompson showed in 1984 that auditing source code is not enough. And why that still holds.

Apr 21, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #compilers #unix #cybersecurity

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RI Richard Swan

2026 Thumbnail Review #12 The Children’s Bach by Helen Garner

Splinty, spiky: the prose, the structure, the situations, the characters all match up. This 1984 novella by Helen Garner, set in Melbourne…

Apr 21, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #helen-garner #australian-literature #book-review

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HE Helen Siwak · Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine

The Vancouver Art Gallery Opens Its Treasure Chest to the City — FOLIO.YVR

What do a 19th-century Haida totem pole, an Andy Warhol silkscreen, and a super-8 film shot in 1984 have in common? They all belong to you…

Apr 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #fine-art #vancouver #art-gallery

WI Wira Cakrabuana

1984 vs. Brave New World

Two Visions of How Freedom Dies

Apr 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1984 #brave-new-world #george-orwell

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AM Amanda Chun

When Housing Wobbles: The Social Politics of Home in Singapore, London and Asia

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges. — Analote France, The Red Lily, 1984

Apr 07, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #welfare-state #inequality #housing

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GU Guillermo Calvo Mahé

Irony by the Dawn’s Early Light

Many decades ago, actually, in 1984, a film, Red Dawn[1] was released. It was directed by John Milius from a screenplay he co-wrote with…

Mar 29, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #irony #politics #patriotism

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NA Nancy

Drawing Parallels Between 2026 and Orwell’s 1984 via an Interactive Game

What was once dystopian fiction now feels uncomfortably familiar.

Mar 20, 2026 · 8 min read · 233 claps #1984 #game-design #multimedia-storytelling

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PE Peter Siegfried Krug

From Kindergarten to Homelessness: The Reactivation of Childhood Trauma and Social Decline as…

This analysis documents the precarious phase of Peter Siegfried Krug’s early independence in Salzburg (approx. 1984–1987). It highlights…

Mar 19, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #homelessness #peter-krug #chess

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JA Jason Healey · The Riff

RIP Phil Campbell. The roar of Motörhead from 1984 to 2015.

On Friday, March 13th, Motörhead’s enduring guitarist, Phil Campbell, passed away. The impression he made on rock ’n’ roll will live…

Mar 18, 2026 · 6 min read · 28 claps paywalled #motorhead #music #death

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TH this is me brain dumping

My Library #2 — 1984 (1948) by George Orwell

Jika kau ingin menjaga rahasia, kau juga harus menyembunyikannya dari dirimu sendiri. Sementara itu kamu harus selalu menyadari bahwa…

Mar 15, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #george-orwell #1984 #george

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FE Felipe Cisternas

U2's The Unforgettable Fire Explores New Musical Territory

The Unforgettbale Fire album cover. U2 released their fourth studio album on October 1st, 1984.

Mar 10, 2026 · 3 min read · 6 claps #u2 #1980s #religion-and-spirituality

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AN Andrei Ranete

What If Society Isn’t Complex — Just Dishonest?

Everyone has heard of Orwellian politics and 1984, especially its most infamous slogans:

Mar 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 4 claps #philosophy #politics #critical-thinking

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DR Dr. Ikramul Haq

February 13, 2026 marks 115th birth anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1910–1984), Lenin-prize winner…

Great poet and humanist par excellence

Feb 12, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #faiz-ahmed-faiz #humanist #poet

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DC DC Larson

Springsteen 2026: Burn Down the USA

Anyone who’s heard Bruce Springsteen in recent years knows the corporate cash-box-in-denims no longer has the grit evident in 1984 hit…

Jan 31, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #bruce-springsteen #minneapolis #patriotism

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KO Kon16ov

1984, 2025/6 Corporate Style

A question was raised on a post regarding companies monitoring employees with increasingly stealthy and, yes, underhanded methods: ways…

Jan 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #employee-monitoring #ethicalconsiderations

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CT CT007

Macrobiotic Healing: A Full Summary by Michio Kushi (1984)

Health

Dec 27, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #health

CA 貓爸 Cat Daddy

《易元會運》的背景

1984至2343值卦鼎 — 耐人尋味。巽卦的六十年一過﹐「共」產黨的氣數亦隨之散失殆盡﹐所以中國共產黨必亡是象數所言。

Dec 22, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps #易元會運 #中國 #預言

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SA Savan Kong · Write A Catalyst

The Long Road Back to My Own Name

Me, as a kid, circa 1984

Dec 08, 2025 · 3 min read · 76 claps #names #identity #immigrant-experience

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SW Swati Pure Skies

Air We Breathe: Air Pollution and Its Effect on Human Health

On the night of December 2, 1984, the city of Bhopal witnessed one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. A cloud of toxic gas silently…

Nov 14, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #air-pollution #air-pollution-control #delhi-air-pollution

A 謝一了 · 語絲論叢

「世運」在香港

1984年起改稱「奧運」

Nov 12, 2025 · 3 min read · 25 claps paywalled #香港 #奧運 #粵文

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TZ tzenlong goh

Evolution of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) first crawled out of the inky sewers of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s imaginations in 1984, few…

Nov 12, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #tmnt #teenagers #ninja

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MA Maxime Cochard

Maxime Cochard — bio, tribunes et projets

Né en 1984 à Saint-Nazaire (Loire Atlantique), Maxime Cochard est diplômé de Sciences Po Bordeaux.

Oct 28, 2025 · 1 min read · 0 claps #communication #maxime-cochard #edition

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南宋祕藏：重慶榮昌驚現千年瓷器

1984年3月，在今重慶市榮昌區合靖鄉祝家村，工人正在爲一戶人家搭建房屋夯打地基。突然，隨着一聲巨響，院牆角處出現了一座長方形紅色砂岩砌成的石坑，令人驚喜的是，裏面密密麻麻疊放着大量完整瓷器。當地文化館和重慶市博物館聞訊後，立即派工作人員前往考察。經仔細勘察測量，石坑長1.3米、…

Oct 23, 2025 · 8 min read · 0 claps #拍賣 #古董 #藝術

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LU Luke Lombardi

My Joshi Journey #1: Intro + 1/9/1984

I haven’t talked about it much on this blog (whenever I sporadically post), but I am a massive wrestling fan. One of my favorite things to…

Oct 17, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #ajws #japan #japanese-wrestling