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- The Marginalian – Marginalia on our search for meaning.
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- Marginalia on our search for meaning.
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Sunday newsletter
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Favorite Reads
we are alive
Love Against Probability
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A Lamentation for Linnaeus: In Praise of Confusion and Rewilding Wonder
If You Forget Me: Pablo Neruda’s Staggering (Un)breakup Poem
Chasing Fog: The Science and Spirituality of Nature’s Grounded Cloud
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| The Marginalian – Marginalia on our search for meaning. Length: 61 characters | |
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| Marginalia on our search for meaning. Length: 37 characters | |
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| Archives books etc. Sunday newsletter midweek newsletter Favorite Reads we are alive Love Against Probability donating = loving sunday newsletter A Lamentation for Linnaeus: In Praise of Confusion and Rewilding Wonder If You Forget Me: Pablo Neruda’s Staggering (Un)breakup Poem Chasing Fog: The Science and Spirituality of Nature’s Grounded Cloud View Full Site Count: 13 heading tag | |
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| MONTHLY DONATION ONE-TIME DONATION BITCOIN DONATION surprise me ABOUT CONTACT SUPPORT SUBSCRIBE CONNECT see more By Maria Popova Monthly donation One-time donation CANCEL MONTHLY SUPPORT and 1 more... Count: 15 heading tag | |
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| START NOW GIVE NOW Count: 2 heading tag | |
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| An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days Traversal Figuring The Universe in Verse Book The Coziest Place on the Moon The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story A Velocity of Being Marginalian Editions 18 Life-Learnings from 18 Years of The Marginalian Love Anyway The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power Emily Dickinson’s Electric Love Letters to Susan Gilbert Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” Resolutions for a Life Worth Living: Attainable Aspirations Inspired by Great Humans of the Past The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel Singularity: Marie Howe’s Ode to Stephen Hawking, Our Cosmic Belonging, and the Meaning of Home, in a Stunning Animated Short Film Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety A Rap on Race: Margaret Mead and James Baldwin’s Rare Conversation on Forgiveness and the Difference Between Guilt and Responsibility The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease Mary Oliver on What Attention Really Means and Her Moving Elegy for Her Soul Mate Count: 24 heading tag | |
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| page size: 90 kb | |
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Estimated Traffic
| Minimum Daily Unique Visitors: | 126 849 |
| Minimum Daily Visits: | 148 245 |
| Minimum Daily Page Views: | 255 226 |
| Minimum Monthly Unique Visitors: | 3 805 470 |
| Minimum Monthly Visits: | 4 447 350 |
| Minimum Monthly Page Views: | 7 656 780 |
| Minimum Yearly Unique Visitors: | 45 665 640 |
| Minimum Yearly Visits: | 53 368 200 |
| Minimum Yearly Page Views: | 91 881 360 |
| Maximum Daily Unique Visitors: | 160 472 |
| Maximum Daily Visits: | 171 170 |
| Maximum Daily Page Views: | 288 849 |
| Maximum Monthly Unique Visitors: | 4 814 160 |
| Maximum Monthly Visits: | 5 135 100 |
| Maximum Monthly Page Views: | 8 665 470 |
| Maximum Yearly Unique Visitors: | 57 769 920 |
| Maximum Yearly Visits: | 61 621 200 |
| Maximum Yearly Page Views: | 103 985 640 |
Estimated Valuation
| Daily Revenue: | US$ 183 - 413 |
| Monthly Revenue: | US$ 5 490 - 12 390 |
| Yearly Revenue: | US$ 65 880 - 148 680 |
Estimated Worth
| Minimum: | US$ 98 820 |
| Maximum: | US$ 446 040 |
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