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Pearl Symbolism and Legends
An article on pearls in myth and folklore, from ancient beliefs that they were tears of the gods or born of moonlight to…
Pedestrian Observations
A data-heavy blog by transit writer Alon Levy comparing rail construction costs and transit systems across cities worldw…
People met in hotel lobbies
Selections from a Gilded Age Washington Post column that reported on whoever was spotted in the city's hotel lobbies, fu…
Perfectionism and Procrastination
A clear, research-informed explanation of how perfectionism feeds procrastination and what to do about it, from a site d…
Perlin Noise in p5.js
A hands-on tutorial on Perlin noise in p5.js, walking through 1D, 2D, and 3D noise with code sketches such as animated c…
Pessimists Archive
A newsletter and archive collecting historical moral panics over new technologies, told through old newspaper clippings…
Philip Glass and La Boulangerie
An essay on how the famously strict teacher Nadia Boulanger drilled the young Philip Glass in counterpoint in Paris, and…
Philosocom
A personal philosophy blog covering esoteric and everyday subjects, organized as a directory of essays on ethics, existe…
Philosophy Break
A site translating major philosophical ideas and thinkers into short, plain-language guides and articles for curious non…
Photographs of Old Japan
A gallery-style essay of 19th century photographs of Japan, with hand-coloured portraits and landscapes paired with cont…
Photography Composition: The Definitive Guide
A huge free tutorial on photographic composition by a landscape photographer, explaining the rules, when to break them,…
Piano Street
A resource for piano students and enthusiasts offering free sheet music, forums, and articles on repertoire and techniqu…
Pinocchio Is Weirder Than You Remember
A look at the original 1881 Pinocchio serial, from the puppet hanging dead from an oak to donkey-skin drums and dead-gir…
Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
Read the 22 storytelling rules first tweeted by Pixar story artist Emma Coats, short practical lessons on character, str…
Planetizen
A news and resource hub for urban planning professionals covering zoning, transportation, housing policy, and city desig…
Playing in the Creek
A reflective personal essay on damming a backyard creek as a kid and how that kind of open-ended play shapes the way the…
Pleasures by Aldous Huxley
A short 1920 essay by Aldous Huxley on the pleasures that civilization quietly depends on, free to read in a clean publi…
Ploughshares Blog
The blog companion to the venerable literary journal Ploughshares, offering essays and craft talk on contemporary fictio…
Poem of the Week: The Second Coming
W.B. Yeats's The Second Coming on PotW.org, a Poem of the Week site running since 1996 with an archive of past poems bro…
Poetry International
A Rotterdam-based archive connecting readers to poets and poems from dozens of countries, with translations that reveal…
Poison, Poison Everywhere
An essay that opens with a high school teacher's wild story and goes on to explore the surprising history and prevalence…
Pompeii
An illustrated World History Encyclopedia article on Pompeii, the Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE, covering its h…
Pompeii and World War II
An archaeologist recounts how Allied bombs struck the ruins of Pompeii in 1943, damaging the Forum and famous houses, an…
Possibly a Serious Possibility
Adam Kucharski explains how vague 'lurking weasel' phrases such as 'serious possibility' skewed Cold War intelligence as…
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