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word salad: Tabilonder is a music producer from Valencia, Spain and brings us this compilation of his best tracks as fragments of a cataclysmic stellar explosion.

These tracks immerse the listener in a cosmic symphony, offering a vision of the sublime power and beauty of the universe. Prepare to be enveloped in a transcendent sonic experience that blurs the boundaries between the earthly and the extraterrestrial.

This mesmerizing compilation interweaves ethereal soundscapes, pulsating rhythms and evocative melodies, evoking the mesmerizing sounds of distant stars and the haunting echoes of celestial bodies.

The Anxious History of the American Summer Camp

_{The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.}

_{The American summer camp tradition arguably began in 1861 with Connecticut educator Frederick Gunn’s “Gunnery Camp,” where children fished, foraged, and practiced military drills. Embiggenable.}

IN THE SUMMER OF 1861, weeks after Confederate troops fired the first shots of the Civil War, educator and abolitionist Frederick Gunn assembled his own troops—about 30 boys and a dozen girls who were students at his Washington, Connecticut, boarding school. Gunn, an early proponent of outdoor education, had led students on camping trips before, but this time he had something a little more regimented in mind.

Like the gathering Union forces, they would march—42 miles to be exact—to a beach on the Long Island Sound, where they would set up camp, waking in the morning to a bugle call and falling asleep under the stars after singing patriotic songs by the fire. During the day, between fishing and foraging, they would perform military drills in preparation for their eventual service in the Union Army. The Gunnery Camp, as it came to be known, was so successful (“a jocund ten days,” one student remembered), that Gunn made a tradition out of it.

The American summer camp had begun.

While much has changed in the century and half since Gunn trained future soldiers on a Connecticut beach, summer camp has always involved “adults projecting their own ambivalence about modern life onto children,” according to Michael Smith, a professor at Ithaca College who has researched the history of camp in the United States.

As the country rapidly industrialized after the Civil War and many families relocated from the country into loud, crowded cities, that ambivalence concerned the detrimental effects of urbanization. Suddenly, instead of spending their days outside working on the family farm, kids were languishing in cramped apartments or enduring long shifts in dark factories. …

If We Gave Unsolicited Advice to Power-Hungry Villains the Way We Do to Parents

_{If you’re tired of burning and pillaging, they’re tired of burning and pillaging too.}

Congratulations on this exciting milestone! Becoming a ruthless tyrant bent on usurping the throne is a magical event, and you should be cherishing every evilly plotted moment. Remember, you can only take over the kingdom once. After you conquer every village and city and finally stake your skull-covered flag of bloody triumph on the castle’s highest turret, you’ll never experience that particular thrill ever again.

Yes, of course, it is hard managing a team of thugs to make this happen, but keep in mind that dastardly despots have been doing it since the beginning of time. If they can keep track of their henchmen, so can you. All it takes is some creativity. (Have you considered making kingdom domination a game?)

Never underestimate the importance of clear communication. When you involve your underlings in your sinister coups from the get-go, rather than springing your plans on them at the last minute, they’ll be able to emotionally regulate themselves to stay better focused on defeating the good guys. Ne’er-do-wells need structure and predictability, or they’re liable to start ramming their swords into unsuspecting villagers and guards (and you’ll need those guards later to keep YOU safe!).

Make a list of specific steps your henchmen can complete independently, and coach them through each one. Keep your expectations reasonable: even Voiceless Destroyers can learn to do simple tasks like loading up the wagons with the bodies of all who oppose you, and Hook-Handed Barbarians will be proud to have the responsibility of slicing and chopping.

What are you complaining about? You think it takes more time to instruct your henchmen arrow-by-arrow than to just do it yourself? Well, of course it does! Why did you make a plan to take over the world if you didn’t want inconvenience, mess, and a nightly exhaustion that feels like you’ve been trampled by a thousand dragons? Yes, it’s harder for you now, but the dungeons full of treasure will be SO rewarding. …