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A look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)
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Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military and critical infrastructure, raised a $75M Series C led by Hedosophia (Chris Metinko/Axios)
A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware giant readies AI tools for game development and to help players sharpen their skills (John Kang/Forbes)
PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B+ in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy (Washington Post)
Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times)
The Winklevoss twins have become major GOP donors; a source says they've donated $32M+ since 2017, including $21M to a new pro-Trump and pro-crypto super PAC (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)
An in-depth look at AWS' underperformance in the GenAI era, as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud gain ground, and how Anthropic could spark an AWS AI resurgence (SemiAnalysis)
A profile of Mercor, a Scale AI rival valued at $2B in February, which hires domain experts to train models; it had a $100M run rate in March and $6M H1 profit (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
Austin-based Hello Patient, whose AI agents help healthcare organizations handle patient communications, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Marissa Plescia/MedCity News)
Mojo Vision raised a $75M Series B led by Vanedge Capital to commercialize its microLED tech for products such as AI glasses and optical interconnects (David Harold/Jon Peddie Research)
Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for managing meeting recordings and transcripts, raised $38M in a Series B led by Bessemer at a $250M valuation (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)
Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management, raised $30M seed and Series A led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone and others (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

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Get to Know the Ratfish and the Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex
Blue Light May Help Remove Food and Sweat Stains Without Harsh Chemicals
Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior
David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
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The Space Rock Stars of Brazil
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
Lightning Strikes California With Unusual Frequency This Summer
Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change
Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn
Debate Flares Over an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism
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The Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo
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Health Care Costs for Workers Begin to Climb
RFK Jr. Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up
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Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
Kennedy to Add New Members to Vaccine Advisory Panel
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F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots
Snubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines
Trump Responds to Rumors About His Health During Oval Office Press Conference
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find.
Reduced Screening May Have Led to Rise in Advanced Prostate Cancer Diagnoses
Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation
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Changing tides ushered in the world’s first civilization
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Cas9 senses CRISPR RNA abundance to regulate CRISPR spacer acquisition
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'How is this possible?' — two species birthed by one mother
Latent resistance mechanisms of steel truss bridges after critical failures
DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour
Divergent evolutionary strategies pre-empt tissue collision in gastrulation
Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization
Single-cell transcriptomic and genomic changes in the ageing human brain
A circuit that integrates drive state and social contact to gate mating
Spatial joint profiling of DNA methylome and transcriptome in tissues
Patterned invagination prevents mechanical instability during gastrulation
Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making
A nanobody specific to prefusion glycoprotein B neutralizes HSV-1 and HSV-2
Training of physical neural networks
Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing
3D-printed micro ion trap technology for quantum information applications
Supervised learning in DNA neural networks
Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence
PICALM Alzheimer’s risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in microglia
Infrastructure deficits and informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa
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Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy
Genetic suppression features ABHD18 as a Barth syndrome therapeutic target
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants
Dynamic fibroblast–immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury
Rewiring of cortical glucose metabolism fuels human brain cancer growth
Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars
Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs
Ultra-processed foods — it’s time for an improved definition
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Cocaine-activated ion channels engineered to break the loop of addiction in rats
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse
Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon
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Ant queens produce sons of two distinct species
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Resistin-like molecule γ attacks cardiomyocyte membranes and promotes ventricular tachycardia
Photochemical H2 dissociation for nearly quantitative CO2 reduction to ethylene
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Evolution of thumbnails across Rodentia
Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants
Order-to-disorder transition due to entropy in layered and 2D carbides
Cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code
Very-long-range dynamic triggering of mud volcano unrest and silent magnitude-6 fault slip
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Spin-selective transport through chiral ferromagnetic nanohelices
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America’s Perón
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Trump border czar warns sanctuary cities nationwide to ‘expect action’
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Pilot who tried to cut engines after taking mushrooms pleads guilty
Aging homes are crumbling across the U.S. Should government pay to fix them?

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South Korea announces deal to repatriate workers detained in Hyundai raid
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Japanese leader Ishiba announces resignation after electoral defeats
Pope Leo canonizes Carlo Acutis, the teen deemed ‘God’s Influencer’
Russian comedians try for laughs amid dangers of making the wrong joke
Sanctions on Palestinian rights groups expand Trump’s fight with ICC
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MAGA has a new cautionary tale: England
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Even as Classes Begin, Some Foreign Students Are Still in Visa Limbo
The Gaza Protests Are Still Haunting College Leaders. A Candid Interview With One President Shows How.
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Jewish-Studies Scholars, Beware: Trump's Deal Will Corrupt You
A Leader of UNC’s Civic Life School Is Fired, Adding to Turmoil
The U. of Oregon Says It’s Involving Faculty in Budget Decisions. Professors Say It's ‘Fake Shared Governance.’
Northwestern U.’s President Was Singled Out by Republican Critics. Now He's Resigning.
U. of California President Warns of Dire Consequences of Trump’s Cuts
Why Religious Studies Is in Trouble
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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | September 07, 2025
Short Answers to Simple Questions | September 03, 2025
If sexual assault is almost an expected reality in the event of a sacking, did women in historical civilisations have a mentality or culture to deal with that?
In Cabaret, a man in pre-Nazi Berlin hides that he's Jewish by simply writing down "Protestant" on his papers and living as a non-Jew. If he'd kept this up would it have fooled the Nazi race laws or would he have been rounded up at some point?
Can someone please recommend what to start reading so I can finally learn the truth about the USA?
Could Psychohistory be a thing?
If you were alive during the early years of Nazi Germany then what was your best course of action?
What are the best books to read to truly understand the formation of the world as we see it today?
Why are there so few eastern Iranian languages left alive?
Before "iPad kids", were there "Book Kids" or something else that was frowned upon?
During the Indonesian National Revolution, the Indonesian independence fighters were able to put several former Japanese planes into use. What other examples exist of significant aircraft usage by a non-state force, combat or otherwise?
What made the Union of England and Scotland more stable than similar, earlier constructs like the Kalmar Union or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
Why didn't Brits split India further to give independence to various ethnicities like the Tamil people?
As I was reading on the Aquitaine for a project, I ran across an odd passage in an old book abt Eleanor of Aquitaine’s father, Duke William. Who is Mitadolous?
Did captured knights pay a separate ransom for their men?
Is there any truth to Henry VIII considering a marriage between his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy and his oldest daughter Mary?
Books about historiography & myth-making of "Golden Ages" around the world?
If the Nazis viewed modern art as "degenerate", why did they still embrace simple, abstract symbolism?
How systematic was CIA meddling during the Cold War?
How exactly did the Teutonic order conquer Prussia?
How did the Sunni and Shia become divided between Arab and Persian?
Can anyone recommend books about the role of European powers in the American Civil War?
What proportion, if any, of the portraits of Ottoman rulers from the 15th-17th centuries are accurate depictions of them?
How did the medieval people deal with the black death? what did they do once the disease started spreading through the village/city?
What does "We are what they are not" mean in the context of the historical relationship between the west and the Islamic world?
Post-enlightenment, has a critical mass of historians ever tried to redefine history as an empirical discipline?
What were the political and economic conditions in Saxony Germany from 1850 to around 1900 that would trigger emigration of German men?

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Q&A weekly thread - September 01, 2025 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Mémoire sur le système primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-européennes by Ferdinand de Saussure
Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge by Marcolli, Berwick and Chomsky.
The morph as a minimal linguistic form by Martin Haspelmath
Misuse of linguistic evidence in a study of media bias
Prepositions in (English) Dictionaries
Following Locations Across Languages
Proto-Uralic by Ante Aikio (2022)
One Hundred Paiwan Texts (2003)
Writing in Bronze Age Crete: ‘Minoan' Linear A
PHYS.Org: "A universal rhythm guides how we speak: Global analysis reveals 1.6-second 'intonation units'"
Are you a high schooler interested in attending a series of lectures in linguistics topics given by academics and students? 2025's Teen Academic Linguistics Conference commences in 5 days! Our schedule is provided below:
Q&A weekly thread - August 25, 2025 - post all questions here!
Inferring language dispersal patterns with velocity field estimation
Language and the study of language by William Dwight Whitney
The Structure and Geography of the ASL Signing Community in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Hartford Gatherings of 1850 and 1854
Explanation in typology edited by Schmidtke-Bode et al.
A Grammar of the Shughni Language
Q&A weekly thread - August 18, 2025 - post all questions here!
In Memoriam of Linguistics Professor Emerita Robin Lakoff, a pioneer in gender and language
Darwinism tested by the science of language by August Schleicher
Split Ergativity (is not about ergativity)
Unveiling Messapic Funerary Discourse (2023)
Language is primarily a tool for communication (again)
The New Voice of God: Language, Worldview, and the Cherokee Bible
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Is There A Cooking Mini Game?
Which Year 2.0 (photo year guessing, now w/ per-photo stats & archive)
A Book Of Ghosts
This Princess Kills Monsters
Every EV available in Australia
Blobulator
Web version of Christopher Manson's 1985 puzzle book, Maze
Mythical Furry Football | Writings and Gallery

Open Culture

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Explore an Online Archive of 12,700 Vintage Cookbooks
How Egon Schiele Made Enduring Art from His Troubled Life and Times
Behold an Anatomically Correct Replica of the Human Brain, Knitted by a Psychiatrist
Hear the First Masterpiece of Electronic Music, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge
The World’s Most Famous Organ Piece Played on the World’s Largest Fully Operational Pipe Organ
How Raphael Became A Master: Watch the Evolution of the Artist Through His Madonna Paintings
A Massive Choir Sings “Paranoid” to Honor Ozzy Osbourne
Empire Without Limit: Watch Mary Beard’s TV Series on Ancient Rome
What Makes Picasso’s Guernica a Great Painting?: Explore the Anti-Fascist Mural That Became a Worldwide Anti-War Symbol
Hear the Long-Lost Chants of English Monks, Revived for the First Time in 500 Years
1,000+ Artworks by Vincent Van Gogh Digitized & Put Online by Dutch Museums
The 1830s Device That Created the First Animations: The Phenakistiscope
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD)
Watch Momijigari, Japan’s Oldest Surviving Film (1899)
Franz Kafka’s Anxious Letters to His Fiancée, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade

NYT > Technology

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The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road
Would Anyone Use a Chinese Stablecoin?
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds
Jean Twenge Is Still Warning Parents About Teens and Screen Time. Is Anyone Listening?
Google Is Fined $3.5 Billion for Breaking Europe’s Antitrust Laws
A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Package
YouTube’s NFL Broadcast Will Test Platform’s Ability to Handle Live Sports
Joshua Abram Dies at 62; Gave Workspace-Sharing an Upscale Spin
Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases
Amazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime
Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking
What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’
What Will Happen to Google After the Antitrust Ruling?
ChatGPT Will Get Parental Controls and New Safety Features, OpenAI Says
Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case
Anthropic Raises Its Valuation to $183 Billion in New Funding
How Fining Elon Musk’s X Could Threaten the U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal
Ask The Morning: What Do You Want to Know About A.I.?
How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image

NYT > Arts

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Charlie Sheen Is Ready to Tell You Everything
Carrie Underwood’s Lyrical Blitz of the N.F.L.
With Billy Porter Sidelined by Illness, ‘Cabaret’ Moves Up Closing
A Japanese Horror Franchise Is Finally Moving to Japan
The Girls Are Screaming
Man Ray’s Mysteries, in Glorious Bloom at the Met
Those New Announcements in the Subway? They’re Art
Trajal Harrell on Staging a Runway Show at the Park Avenue Armory
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Are Ready for ‘Godot’
You’ve Got It All Wrong About Doja Cat
40 TV Shows to Watch This Fall: ‘Task,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and More
Dance Performances and Festivals to See This Fall
Tate McRae on Tour: Dancing’s What She Loves
45 Albums, Concerts and Festivals Coming This Fall
Barnett Shepherd, Champion of Staten Island’s Heritage, Dies at 87
American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Sets a Surprise Box Office Record
Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles Home Is Saved From Demolition
3 Summer Books to Carry You Into Fall
Book Review: ‘Art Work,’ by Sally Mann
12 Video Games to Play This Fall: Borderlands 4, Pokémon Legends and More
Mark Volman, Singer of ‘Happy Together’ and Other Hits, Dies at 78
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
With ‘Christy,’ Can Sydney Sweeney Rebrand as a Serious Actress?
Tom Shipley, Whose Ode to Weed Reached the Top 10, Dies at 84
The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in September
Meet the Man Who Makes Jane Austen Come Alive on Screen
Hassan Ouakrim, Who Brought Moroccan Dance to the U.S., Dies
Art Seitz, Whose Camera Caught Tennis Greats On and Off the Court, Dies at 82
Barbara Jakobson, Art World Power Broker in New York, Dies at 92
Anthony Roth Costanzo Wears Maria Callas’s Heels in ‘Galas’
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
Sting Is Sued by His Former Bandmates in the Police
In a New Memoir, Elizabeth Gilbert Gets Dark. Very Dark.
‘Task’ Brings More Murder and Flattened Vowels to HBO
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Say Goodbye to ‘The Conjuring’
Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ Hero, Robert Langdon, Is Back. Here’s What to Know.
Fighting the Power, One Political Cartoon at a Time
The Downtown Ventriloquist
Stephen Colbert Sounds the Alarm on ‘Death by Florida’
Trump Is Exploring Ways to Take Over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum
What to See in Galleries in September
‘The Paper’ Is Hollywood’s Latest Take on Journalism
Daunted by the Sprawling Armory Show? Try These 13 Certified Winners.
‘Riefenstahl’ Review: Hitler’s Favorite Filmmaker Revisited
Fixing a Problem Painting With Ambera Wellmann
Amy Sherald to Show Paintings in Baltimore After Canceling Smithsonian Show
A Novelist Asks: Am I Bob Dylan’s Son?
Discovering Surprises Among the Familiar at the Independent 20th Century
Who Are the Five New ‘S.N.L.’ Cast Members Joining Season 51?
Morrissey Seeks to Sell His Rights to the Smiths’ Songs
Argentine Authorities Charge Couple With Hiding Nazi-Looted Painting
‘Tinā’ Review: Finding Their Voices
May the Bid Be With You: Darth Vader’s Lightsaber Heads to Auction
‘Twinless’ Review: Just the One of Us
‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Review: Wait Training
‘The Cut’ Review: A Boxer’s Grisly Comeback
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Review: A Disappointing Send-Off
‘The Baltimorons’ Review: The Night Before Christmas With the Dentist
10 Things We’re Excited About This Fall

Geography

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What "Third World Country" most people underestimate in terms of development
Most underrated city of Europe?
Why did cities like Fairbanks, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife grow like they did despite being in the middle of arctic North America?
How did ancient and medieval geographers know about Antarctica's existence when it was only confirmed in the 1820s? (In this 16th century map, it's labeled as "Southern Land Not Yet Known")
Why aren't there more cities in this valley in Colorado?
Many countries have a city that seems to "have it all" - scenery, architecture, weather, food, quality of life, and sensible politics. What's yours?
What cultural enclave/exclave is the most different from the surrounding areas?
What are the world’s most interesting lakes?
What are some weird misconceptions you had about history, geography and politics when you were little?
Why does the straight border between Oman and Yemen have this indent?
Which metropolitan area has the messiest municipal borders?
What was the shortest regularly scheduled transpacific flight in history? And, if not for geopolitics, what should it be today?
Batman, southeastern Anatolia region of Türkiye. Check out the Body Text for some Fun Facts about Batman, Türkiye.
What's the most centralized, yet fairly big, country in the world?
I divided the US into "provinces" (edition 3)
Today Brazil celebrates 203 years of independence
Which ocean am I swimming in?
The debate over US’s fourth best city
CREATE A US NATIONAL PARK...
Which country has the worst private education?
What's the explanation behind this border
What are the most underrated and most overrated cities in each country in Europe?
I divided the US into "provinces"
Yugoslavija's biggest project- New Belgrade
In response to the recent “Anal Island” post

The Public Domain Review

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Watching the World in a Dark Room: The Early Modern Camera Obscura
Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: Now and Then #4
Through the Magnifying Glass: The Cheese Mites (1903)
Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship
The Mowing-Devil (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle
Perspiration, Bilocation, and Plagiarisation: “The Heat Wave” (1929)
The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)
Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin: The Early History of Microphotography
Trojan Pig: Tiny Cryptic #11
The Language of Form: Lothar Schreyer’s Kreuzigung (1920)
Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)
Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
Imagining an Idle Countess: George Wightwick’s The Palace of Architecture
Under Construction: Tiny Cryptic #10
Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)
Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)
Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)
The Old, Old, Very Old Man: Thomas Parr and the Longevity Trade
Old Tricks: Tiny Cryptic #9
“The Great Enigma of Our Times”: Henry George’s Poverty and Progress (1881 edition)
In the Penal Colony: Now and Then #3
Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780)
Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)
As Bright as a Feather: Ostriches, Home Dyeing, and the Global Plume Trade
Warburg’s Werewolf: An Anamnesis
Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883)
Feather Tickler: Tiny Cryptic #8
A Popeless Situation: Now and Then #2
Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
Nikolai Agnivtsev’s Little Screw (1925)
Confessional Boxes: Tiny Cryptic #7
“I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte
Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll
Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)
Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)
Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferriss’ Retrofuturism
Zig-a-zig-ah: Tiny Cryptic #6
Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie (1868)
“The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)
Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)
Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century
Boxing Clever: Tiny Cryptic #5
Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)
Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)
The Mermaid “at Home!” (1809)
A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer
Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)
Con Heir: Tiny Cryptic #4
Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)
For He’s a Jolly Bad Fellow: Now and Then #1
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Fashion, Politics, and Identity in Mughal South Asia
The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)
Sartorial Codes: Tiny Cryptic #3
Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)
What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)
The Cat’s Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London
Paws for Thought: Tiny Cryptic #2
Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)
Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)
“Relaxations for the Impotent”: Ben Hecht’s Fantazius Mallare and the Contradictions of American Smut
Fantazius’ Folly: Tiny Cryptic #1
Peckish Alphabetics: The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye (ca. 1793–1796)
A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s Les Pigeons (1811)
Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes
Designing the Sublime: Boullée and Ledoux’s Architectural Revolution
Happy Together: The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921)
Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)
Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)
Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive
Happy Public Domain Day 2025!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2024
The Color of Memory: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet
“How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)
Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
Strange Gods: Charles Fort’s Book of the Damned (1919)
Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)
Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)
Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2024
“Here I Gather All the Friends”: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)
“Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)
Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896)
“To Eat This Big Universe as Her Oyster”: Margaret Fuller and the First Major Work of American Feminism
Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)
Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia (1682)
Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)
The Man and The Crowd (1928): Photography, Film, and Fate
Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)
Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
“Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)
Talking Lightly About Serious Things: Henri Rochefort and the Origins of French Populism
A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)

The Quietus

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Reissue of the Week: Autechre’s Quaristice
Saint Etienne – International
The Quietus is 17! We’re Celebrating With New Playlists for our Subscribers
Hyperspecific: The Best Dance Tracks from Summer 2025, Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel
Dream Skills and Burn Into Sleep – I Carried You For Years And The Deers Are Still Hungry
See It, Say It, Sorted: Antidepressants by Suede
tQ’s Highlights of Supersonic 2025
The Strange World Of… Saint Etienne
Prolapse – I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face
BlankFor.ms – After The Town Was Swept Away
New Weird Britain in Review for September by Noel Gardner
Guedra Guedra – Mutant
tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: August 2025
American Nightmare: Misfits’ Legacy of Brutality at 40
Adrian Sherwood – The Collapse Of Everything
Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of August 2025
Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Gush
Overmono Release Edit of High Contrast’s ‘If We Ever’
tQ Subscriber Release: Material Object’s Cloud Chamber
Rún – Rún
Voices Beneath the Rubble: Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends At TreePeople
Darren Hayman and his Electric Guitars – Amazing Things
Clock DVA Reveal ‘White Souls In Black Suits’ Reissue
Bendik Giske Enlists aya, Beatrice Dillon and More for New Remix Package
Apple Music Introduces Tool to Allow Users to Import Playlists from Other Streaming Platforms
Suede Launch New Album, ‘Antidepressants’, at Southbank Gig
Trump Administration Criticises Smithsonian Museum Over Drexciya-Inspired Exhibition
The Strange World Of… Van Morrison
Homecoming: Dev Hynes’ Favourite Albums
Earl Sweatshirt  – Live Laugh Love
Sunik Kim – Formenverwandler

Bandcamp Updates

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The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, August 2025
Essential Releases, September 5, 2025
Jetski, “The Radiant Radish”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Lemonheads, “Love Chant”
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
Eliot Krimsky, “I Made My House”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, August 2025
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, August 2025
JayWood, “Leo Negro”
Introducing Bandcamp Clubs
Bandcamp & Big Ears Celebrate Bandcamp Friday
Miguel Zenón Quartet, “Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard”
Essential Releases, August 29, 2025
Modern Nature, “The Heat Warps”
The Chaotic Genius of Pat Thomas
The Uncompromising Spirit of Irritable Hedgehog
For ShrapKnel, Triples Is Best
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, “GUSH”
Ninajirachi Is Online
Adrian Sherwood, “The Collapse Of Everything”
Dmitri Shostakovich Revolutionized Classical Music From Behind the Iron Curtain
Steve Gunn, “Music for Writers”
Exploring the Mystical Realms of Fantasy Synth
Water From Your Eyes, “It’s A Beautiful Place”
Essential Releases, August 22, 2025
Endless Summer: A Sunshine Pop Primer
Junior Murvin, “Cool Down the Heat”
Eddie Kaine On the Art of Staying Focused
Nourished By Time’s Never-Ending Fantasy
Galaxie 500, “CBGB 12.13.88”
Swirlies are the Greatest Shoegaze Band of All Time
Gabe ‘Nandez & Preservation, “Sortilège”
Fluff & Gravy Is One Big, Folky Family

dusted

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Listening Post: Ghosted
R.J.F. — Cleaning Out the Empty Administration Building (Dais)
LVTHN — The Devil’s Bridge (Amor Fati)
Street Eaters — Opaque (Dirt Cult)
Cass McCombs — Interior Live Oak (Domino)
Gwenifer Raymond — Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark (We Are Busy Bodies)
Vanessa Rossetto — Pictures of the Warm South (Erstwhile)
Various Artists— I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina (Run for Cover)
Happy Labo(u)r Day from all of us at Dusted; we hope work is not bothering you today, and we will be…
Listed: Georgiy Potopalskiy/Ujif_notfound
Brown Lemon — Live from Jam Jail (Mon Own)
Sun City Girls — Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666 (Three Lobed)
Walnut Brain — Weird Wire (Petty Bunco)
Mondo Lava — Utero Dei (Hausu Mountain)
Water From Your Eyes — It’s A Beautiful Place (Matador)
Pile — Sunshine and Balance Beams (Sooper)
Discreet Charms— Delivery Model Stateholder Meeting (Dot Dash Sounds)
Innumerable Forms — Pain Effulgence (Profound Lore)
Scree — August (Ruination)
Dust Volume 11, Number 8

Pitchfork

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MTV VMAs 2025 Winners: See the Full List Here
Watch Doja Cat Perform “Jealous Type” at 2025 MTV VMAs
Bruce Loose, Vocalist of Hardcore Titans Flipper, Dies at 66
MTV VMAs 2025 Performers List: See the Full Lineup Here
East and West
Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)
5 Takeaways From Justin Bieber’s New Album SWAG II
Tame Impala Announce U.S. Tour
Justin Bieber Releases New Album Swag II: Listen
Sigur Rós Announce 20th Anniversary Reissue of Takk..., Share Rarities: Listen
Watch Latto and Ice Spice’s Video for New Song “Gyatt”
Veeze Shares Video for New Song “L.O.A.T”: Watch
11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Big Thief, Titanic, David Byrne, and More
Drake Releases New Song “Somebody Loves Me Pt. 2”: Listen
Double Infinity
Heliocene
The Prophet and the Madman
Morrissey Claims He’s Selling His Rights to the Smiths’ Catalog
Tame Impala Announce New Album Deadbeat
Sword II Announce New Album Electric Hour, Share Video: Watch
Big Thief on Love, Politics, and Staying Together
The Weeknd Announces 2026 Tour Dates
Justin Bieber to Release New Album Swag II Tonight
Kneecap Announce Concert Livestream, Including a Showing at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre
Animal Collective Announce Feels 20th Anniversary Reissue, Share “Grass” Demo: Listen
Steve Gunn Announces Tour and New Album, Shares New Song: Listen
Bruce Springsteen Unvaults Yet Another Mythic Album, Electric Nebraska: Listen to “Born in the U.S.A.”
Burnover
Straight Line Was a Lie
Music for Nitrous Oxide (30 Year Anniversary Remastered)

Cool Tools

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Cheapest destinations/Similar song finder/Mini vacuum
Public Speakerphone Fines/What Not to Buy/Biz Class Deals
What’s in my NOW? — Danielle Krage
Tiki Style / An Unreliable History of Tattoos
Pedals & Saddles
Retro Recomendo: History
Book Freak #191: Strength to Strength
Leaving America/Osprey Carry-on/Residency for Paying Rent
Encyclopedia of Hell / Twisted History
African Trips

McMansion Hell

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For Patreon, I wrote about developer slop flooring, the history of walking on plastic, and what fake…
glam metal modern but also your contractor is going to jail dawg
FYI, this post is now available for all to read!
McMansion Hell urges all New Yorkers to Rank Zohran Mamdani #1 for Mayor of NYC
Bonus Post: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a treatise
simulacra for bootlickers
About my last few months.
on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)
New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“
new jersey “19th century” “eclecticism”
2007-core nostalgia extravaganza
namesake mcmansion
the motel room, or: on datedness
texas gothic revival
ode to a faux grecian urn
Hello everyone! The word is out – I am writing a book!
we’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven
pre-recession, post-taste
Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
mojo dojo casa house

Serious Eats

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We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers—Here Are Our Favorites
Food Processor vs. Blender: What's the Difference?
We Tested 12 Flatware Sets to Find the Best Ones for Everyday Use
What’s the Deal With Instant Cold Brew Makers?
Why We Think Baratza Grinders Are worth the Money (Including Two That Are on Sale)
Should You Be Storing Coffee in a Coffee Canister?
We Tested 7 Pasta Makers to Find the Best Ones for Rolling and Cutting Dough
We Reviewed The Vitamix Immersion Blender (And It Was Almost Silly Powerful)
Honing Versus Sharpening a Knife: What's the Difference?
My KitchenAid Stand Mixer is Leaking Oil—What’s Going On?
How Do Keurig Coffee Makers Work, Anyways?
Does Your Beer Glass Really Matter? We Consulted a Beer Expert to Find Out
We Tested 7 Anti-Fatigue Mats—Here Are the Best Ones for Your Kitchen
We Tested 8 Countertop Ice Makers—Three Stood Out
We Reviewed 11 Bento Boxes to Find One We’d Pack Lunch In
How Do Air Fryers Work?
Balmuda: Our Review of the Pretty, Steam-Powered Toaster
The Spinn Coffee Maker Is One of the Only Automated Brewers We Like
We Tested 12 Garlic Presses—Two Smashed the Competition
The Breville Barista Express Impress Makes Home Espresso Approachable
We Tested 8 Enameled Cast Iron Skillets and Found Three Great Options
We Tested 11 Different Bundt Pans—Three Won Top Marks
We Tested 14 Popular Vegetable Peelers to Find the Best Ones
All of the Tools You Need to Make Really Great Baguettes at Home
Baking Steels vs. Stones: Which One Should You Buy?
Nespresso vs. Keurig: Which Coffee Maker is Better?
We Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed Out the Competition
We Tested 8 Mandolines to Find Ones That Could Slice with Ease
How a Food Dehydrator Can Help You Reduce Food Waste
We Tested the Anova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer
We Reviewed the Challenger Fermentation Mat and Recommend It for Sourdough Bakers
The Best Methods for Making Whipped Cream, Explained
17 Quick Dinner Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less
12 Freezer-Friendly Soups for a Warm Meal Whenever You Want It
What’s the Difference Between Glass and Metal Baking Pans?
We Tested 7 Squeeze Bottles to Find the Best for Your Kitchen
Chè Chuối (Vietnamese Banana, Tapioca, and Coconut Milk Dessert)
We Tested 20 Bread Machines—Three Proved They Were The Best
We Tested the Ankarsrum Stand Mixer for Months to Find Out if It’s Worth Buying
10 Cake Flour Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Palestinian Food 101: Recipes to Get You Started
Shack Sauce
Mansaf (Palestinian Spiced Lamb With Rice and Yogurt Sauce)
Ka'ak al Quds (Jerusalem Sesame Bread)
Kitchen Gear and Tools We Think You Should Have Two (Or More) Of
14 Last-Minute, Food-Related Valentine’s Day Gifts
The Breville Pizzaiolo Oven Makes Great Neapolitan Pizza—And It’s 20% Off This Week
Our Winning Milk Frother Is Finally Back in Stock—And It's On Sale
What is Sumac?
Why an Offset Spatula Is the Tool I Can’t Bake Without
Lomi Composter Review: Here’s Whether It’s Worth It (or Not)
Spice World: A Look Inside the Serious Eats Team's Spice Cabinets
Losh Kebabs (Armenian Grilled Meat Patties)
19 Sides to Go With Wings
The Best Kitchen Shoes, According to the Serious Eats Team
Is the Instant Pot Duo Crisp Ultimate Lid a Good Air Fryer?
12 Spicy Snacks That Bring the Heat
We Tested 13 Wine Decanters and Came Away with 2 Favorites
We Tested 8 Mini Whisks And Came Away with Three Favorites
16 Easy Noodle Recipes for a Quick Meal Any Time of Day
We Tested 13 Carbon Steel Pans—Three Stood Out
Moin Moin (Nigerian Steamed Bean Cake)
18 Date-Night Recipes for a Cozy Meal at Home
Homestyle Bibimbap
How to Deep-Clean Your Dutch Oven (and Keep It Looking Like New)
Malloreddus Alla Campidanese (Sardinian Ridged Pasta With Saffron and Pork Ragù)
Khorovats (Armenian Shish Kebabs)
Efo Riro (Nigerian Stewed Greens)
How to Roast Butternut Squash
Madeleines
We Tested 13 Nakiri Knives—Three Sliced Through the Competition
Puntarelle Alla Romana (Puntarelle Salad With Anchovy and Garlic Dressing)
21 Recipes to Make With Your Newly Gifted Gear
Fake 'Nduja
We Reviewed Anyday Cookware: Are the Microwavable Dishes Worthwhile?
We Reviewed 3 Cast Iron Bread Ovens and Recommend All of Them
The Best New Year's Kitchen Sales
Our Favorite Features of 2022
The Most Popular Serious Eats Recipes of 2022
Back of the House: Meet Our 2022 Contributors
Our Favorite Images of 2022
Our Favorite Recipes of 2022
Croquembouche
Is Breville’s New Joule Air Fryer Toaster Oven Worth Buying?
Saving the Pint: How a CO2 Shortage is Changing Beer Brewing
Mixed Berry Trifle
Cheese Foam Tea
Can You Stop Beans From Making You Fart? We Put 17 Methods to the Test
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A Vegetarian's Christmas Eve Pig Roast
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