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Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project run by Tesla and SpaceX to manufacture robotics, AI, and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX (Bloomberg)
Speaking at a Beijing forum, Tim Cook praised Apple's partners and developers in China, a week after Chinese state media labeled the App Store "monopolistic" (Bloomberg)
Cloaked, which offers security and privacy services such as VPNs, raised a $375M Series B in a mix of equity and growth funding, for enterprise expansion (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Hands-on with Gemini task automation on mobile: it's super impressive despite being very slow and failing at some tasks; it can order food, book Ubers, and more (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places (Shubham Agarwal/The Guardian)
A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
Social media accounts showing AI-generated women as pro-Trump soldiers, truckers, and cops have gone viral, with thousands appearing to believe they are real (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)
Sources: advertisers that bought ChatGPT's first ad campaigns say the process was low tech and that they haven't received much data showing if their ads worked (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
CEO of Halide-maker Lux Optics, Ben Sandofsky, sues his co-founder Sebastiaan de With, now on Apple's design team, alleging improper use of funds and stolen IP (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars (Steven Levy/Wired)
Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers (Financial Times)
A look at China's rapidly expanding robotics sector, which now has roughly 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investments (Chang Che/The Guardian)
Universal recipes for startup success are impossible: once good ideas are widely adopted, founders converge on the same moves, erasing any competitive moats (Jerry Neumann/Colossus)
A review of Polymarket's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts, as the betting market presents itself as "News 2.0" (New York Times)

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Women Who Undergo Menopause Before 40 Face Higher Heart Attack Risk
Democrats Hammer Trump on ‘Energy Affordability’
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Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
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Author Correction: A PP1–PP2A phosphatase relay controls mitotic progression
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Adaptive evolution of gene regulatory networks in mammalian neocortex
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Bistable superlattice switching in a quantum spin Hall insulator
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The E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanism specifying targeted microRNA degradation
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Trump Is Finally Eyeing an Exit From Iran. But Will He Take It?
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Internet Blackout Keeps Iranians From Reaching Loved Ones During Nowruz Holiday
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Trump’s Reaction to Mueller’s Death: ‘Good, I’m Glad.’
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Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran
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Italy’s Leader Wants to Change the Constitution. Italians Don’t Get It.
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Donald Trump Is Nothing Like Robert Mueller
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Calvin Tomkins, who narrated the rise of contemporary art, dies at 100
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Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Strait of Hormuz does not open
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U. of Kansas Faculty and Students Voted No Confidence in the Chancellor. Or Did They?
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Saturday Showcase | March 21, 2026
Short Answers to Simple Questions | March 18, 2026
When the power loom was invented, did people complain about the quality of machine-made fabric compared with hand-made fabric? Was there loom slop :) ? What about other new technologies?
Why were ancient cities like Carthage or Angkor or Babylon abandoned while other cities like Rome or Constantinople remained populated and got rebuilt even after a downfall?
In Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, he says salt tastes "tart" (at least in my translation). Today, we usually consider salt to be its own flavor. Has the conceptualization of flavors changed since Hegel, or did salt taste different then?
Best ways to support AskHistorians or the work of history education financially?
Europeana believed well into the modern era that you could find water, oil, or precious metals using a y shaped stick and walking around. Why did such a simple superstition stick around for so long?
In medieval England, what did royal “control” actually mean in everyday practical terms for ordinary people, and how much would they have known about the laws they lived under?
How did the stereotype of the flamboyant gay person with a lisp come about?
Did the writers of the U.S. Constitution consciously reject snap elections in favor of fixed terms? If so, why? Or were snap elections introduced to Britain after American independence?
Was “Matoaka” really a private name for Pocahontas, and if so, is it appropriate to call her by that name today?
I'm an allied solider invading Normandy in 1944, I've been put in the front row of our landing craft, right behind the door. How do I make sure I don't just die instantly?
What happened to military weapons that were in civilian hands at the end of WWII?
Do we have any records of people deliberately seeking painfully spicy food before the modern period, and where can one read them?
'Be their own star witness' - were rap lyrics ever actually used as evidence for criminal prosecution?
Cucumbers and avocados are berries, strawberries aren't, carrots are roots, broccoli is a flower, spinach is a leaf. Since when have we been classifying such diverse plant parts colloquially into "fruits" and "vegetables"? Assuming this system isn't universal, who exactly is "we"?
Why did Albert Speer's "I didn't know about the holocaust" defense work where it failed for other nazis?
How long and complex were fight scenes in plays before films arrived?
Why did the British send thousands of Greek anti-fascists to imprisonment in Sudanese concentration camps during the Second World War?
What did psychiatry look like in early Soviet Russia (~1920-1940s)?
When printed books became wildly available in early Europe, did scholars worry that people would rely on books instead of developing their own memory and understanding?
What was the public’s reaction to the publication of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Did the use of time travel and talking with spirits blow people’s minds back then?
In the USSR or other socialist countries, how much was positivism an issue in public institutions?
How did private religious colleges in the US get so good at basketball?
Why did the nazis expend so much effort on the holocaust? It just seems like a logistical nightmare, when those resources would have better utilized elsewhere.

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Q&A weekly thread - March 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals
Beyond the pronoun: On neopronouns, nounself pronouns, and the ever-changing politics of language acceptability
Fact checking Geoffery Pullum's claims about Daniel Everett in Brazil
Connectives in Asur: A North Munda Language
Loanwords: Core Concepts and the Case of Wasei Eigo
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Language Contact and Deliberate Change - Sarah Thomason (2007)
“Inside the kaleidoscope: unravelling the ‘feeling different’ experience of bicultural bilinguals”
Q&A weekly thread - March 09, 2026 - post all questions here!
Thoughts on critique of CDA?
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Negativas: A Prototype for Searching and Classifying Sentential Negation in Speech Data
SPATIAL CODE AND CULTURAL GESTALT IN THE MEDIA FRAMING OF BUSINESS DISCOURSE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
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A new study reveals that newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
A Grammar of Gaddi
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Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Polysynthesis in Sora (Munda) with Special Reference to Noun Incorporation (2017)
Q&A weekly thread - February 09, 2026 - post all questions here!
Language Ownership and Language Ideologies - Margaret Speas in Negotiating Culture: Heritage, Ownership, and Intellectual Property (2013)

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Glasses Cleaning Simulator
Claude 2028 -- Yes Claude is running for president
Track the Oscar nominees you've watched and pick your winners
'Well, it's twinkle, twinkle, little star, /
Analyzing 5 years'-worth of heart rate and fitness data
The Sound of Ocean Heat Energy
Training chatbots on specific topics
[AI] The Machines Built a Church While You Were Sleeping
An experiment in reading resumes under time pressure
gradient.horse
New York City Housing Visualization
Relationship Evaluation Form, redux
I made Apple Syrup!
Hamster Mortis Audioboook
"See all the other memes I made"
Long Dog (and other elongated animals)
mynderMail v2 - send a note to yourself others as fast as you can type it

Open Culture

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How Quentin Tarantino’s One-Night “Detest Fest” Changed His Life & Set Him on the Path to Pulp Fiction
An Introduction to the Strait of Hormuz and Its Role in the Longstanding US-Iran Conflict
Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings
Jim Jarmusch Picks His Favorite Films from the The Criterion Collection
In Her Final Reflections, Jane Goodall Issues a Warning: “Without Hope, We Fall Into Apathy”
Learn Ancient Greek in 118 Free Lessons: A Free Online Course from Brandeis & Harvard
Hear Paul McCartney’s Forgotten 1967 Movie Soundtrack, Arranged by George Martin
Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition
The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built
How to Read Books That Challenge Your Mind: Advice from Robert Greene, Author of The 48 Laws of Power
Hear Seven Hours of Women Making Electronic Music (1938–2014)
The Monty Python Philosophy Soccer Match: The Ancient Greeks Versus the Germans
How the Long-Lost Body of Richard III Was Found Under a Parking Lot: Solving a 500-Year-Old Mystery
How to Rescue a Wet, Damaged Book: A Handy Visual Primer
The Met Releases High-Definition 3D Scans of 140 Famous Art Objects: Sarcophagi, Van Gogh Paintings, Marble Sculptures & More

NYT > Technology

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More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use.
Polymarket Says It Deals in Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods
White House Unveils A.I. Policy Aimed at Blocking State Laws
‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
What to Know About Electric Cars When Gas Prices Are Surging
Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
U.S. Says 3 Tied to Silicon Valley Server Maker Broke Export Laws
Jeff Bezos in Talks to Raise $100 Billion Fund to Transform Companies With A.I.
Have You Turned to A.I. For Advice on a Romantic Relationship?
The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
A.I. Bots Can Act as Personal Digital Assistants, but There Are Serious Risks
AI Replica of Val Kilmer to Appear in ‘As Deep as the Grave’
Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropic
Google Sits Pretty as A.I. Rivals Compete for Pentagon Favor
How to Follow the Game, Even When You Can’t See It Live
Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography
Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off.
U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk
Arizona Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi, the Prediction Site
China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus
Netanyahu Posts ‘Proof of Life’ Video as A.I. Sows Doubts About What’s Real
Trapped in a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack
Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference
How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I.

NYT > Arts

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‘The Bachelorette’ Took a Risk on Taylor Frankie Paul. It Backfired.
BTS’s Comeback Show Was Heavy on Their New Album
Chuck Norris: A Life in Pictures
Scott Evans Recommends These Books to the Women in His Life
St. Vincent, Death Cab for Cutie: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
BTS Is Back With ‘Arirang,’ but the K-Pop Landscape Has Changed
Gustavo Dudamel’s Portrait Emerges From a Season of Introductions
What the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Learned From a Firing
A Painter Faces His Biggest Show, and the Truth About Success
‘Saturday Night Live’ Arrives in London
‘The Comeback’ Review: Valerie Cherish vs. the Machine
Man Arrested After Valuable Glass Artwork Is Shattered at Seattle Museum
‘Monte Cristo’ Review: A Tale of Betrayal, on Two Counts
Who Is Antigone? The 2500-Year-Old Rebel With a Cause.
Why Are We Obsessed With Antigone?
K-Pop’s BTS Returns to the Stage
The director of the Netflix livestream is a veteran of the Oscars and the Super Bowl.
Behind the scenes of the BTS livestream.
Why BTS Is Promoting Its New Album, ‘Arirang,’ in Korea Before Hitting the Road
What BTS Wore for Its Comeback Concert and Why
Here’s how America met BTS.
There was extra security as BTS fans arrived at the concert site.
One reason BTS went on hiatus? To do military service.
​Gwanghwamun Square, the venue of the show, has long attracted crowds.
Here’s the latest.
Art Basel Hong Kong: Injecting Energy Into the Art Fair Experience
At Hong Kong Art Basel, an Exhibition of Works by El Anatsui
A Navy Veteran Finds His Niche in the Art World
Nicholas Brendon, Beloved Sidekick on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ Dies at 54
Don DeLillo’s Hockey Novel, ‘Amazons,’ Will Return to Stores
Chuck Norris Punched This Article Into the Sun: How an Action Hero Became a Meme
‘Dhurandhar the Revenge’ Review: A License to Kill, a Lot
Bernard Rands, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Dies at 92
Lights, Drones, Purple Pizza: BTS-mania Takes Over Seoul
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ ‘The Wild Party’ and More Shows Our Critics Enjoyed
Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86
Calvin Tomkins, Who Profiled Giants of Modern Art, Dies at 100
Two Revivals, ‘Tru’ and ‘The Fever,’ Tackle the Contagion of the Rich
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap: Chilling Effect
‘Jury Duty’ Returns. Can Prank Lightning Strike Twice?
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Spring Is Here. Do You Care?
9 Art Shows to Catch Before They Close This Spring
‘Lumière, le Cinéma!’ From Thierry Frémaux
Late Night Pans Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke
A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared.
Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use
Monopoly? Not a Chance, Says Live Nation’s Chief at Antitrust Trial.
Thomas Gentille, Artist Who Made Wearable Sculpture, Dies at 89
‘Bachelorette’ Season With Taylor Frankie Paul Canceled After Assault Video
Review: ‘The Wild Party’ Has a Ball at City Center
Jane Lapotaire, 81, Actress Hailed Across the Atlantic for ‘Piaf,’ Dies
Brooklyn Academy of Music Names New President: Tamara McCaw
Pop Mart and Sony Announce Labubu Movie Directed by Paul King
‘Miroirs No. 3’ Review: Kindness and Its Reverse Image
At the 34th Outsider Art Fair, Still Genuine Surprises
New Museum Debuts New Building With Ambitious ‘New Humans’
Crimson Desert Is South Korea’s Latest Game With Big Ambitions
2 Chainz, One of Hip-Hop’s Cheekiest Lyricists, Gets Serious

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Would you be able to cross from Kazakhstan to Mongolia on horseback or would there be issues with China and Russia?
There are actually pretty normal and warm beaches on the Arctic Ocean
Is this Everest?
Why do we have more blurry photos of Antarctica compared to Mars
TIL the state with the second most natural arches after Utah isn’t out West, it’s Kentucky
How did Kalahari and Namib deserts remain separate despite being so close to each other?
Where does the moister/precipitation in this area come from?
Is the Lebanese diaspora the world's largest in relation to the size of its original homeland?
What prevented South America from having as big a population as China or India?
Can anyone explain the actual deal and nuances (if any) with Danube's Inland Delta?
Does anyone know how to make these videos in premiere?
Really lovely little tidal channel at Blackpool beach!
Would you consider Mongolia as Central Asia or East Asia?
Why is Myanmar's coastal territory so underdeveloped relative to their potential?
Enterprise (Highlighted in Blue) has a population of over 260,000 people, and is one of 7 large unincorporated communities in the Vegas area. Why are there so many places that aren't incorporated here?
Geography NEA ideas that include biodiversity/ecology
What is the most interesting suburb you've ever visited? Not including edge cities.
just found out about the Danish colonisation effort in Hudson Bay, what are some other colonies/attempts of European nations in Canada?
Why south Asia have so many people?
Geography and the Ecopolitics of Food
What are these straight-lined formations north of Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico?
Why does wind just magically die down?
What are these unnamed and unmarked islands near the indo-pak border like?
Rainy but not humid?

The Public Domain Review

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Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History
Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)
Wayang Kulit: Raden Soelardi’s Illustrations of Javanese Puppets (1919)
The Blinkered Flâneur: Walking with Franz Hessel in 1920s Berlin
Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)
Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition)
Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)
Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832)
Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces
Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903)
Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943)
Cybernetic Attention: All Watched over by Machines We Learned to Watch
Flights of Fancy: The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594)
A Prophet of the Weather: Lantern Slides by Clement Lindley Wragge (ca. 1900–22)
Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2025
A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi
Nature Morte: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)
Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
Luke Howard’s Essay on the Modification of Clouds (1865)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)
Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902)
Art in Art: Cabinets of Curiosity and the Rise of the Gallery Painting
Too Computerised? Too Cold?: 1999 A.D. (1967)
New T-Shirts (Now in 100% Organic Cotton) and New Mugs in Our Shop!
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2025
Perverse, Grotesque, Sensuous, Inimitable: A Selection of Works by Aubrey Beardsley
Animal Costumes from the 1862 Fairytale Ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association
PDR's Halloween Reader
“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)
Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science
A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)
Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)
The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)
The Adventures and Experiences of the First Slovak Novel
Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)
Birth of the Pearl (1901)
The End of the World as We (Didn’t) Know It: Now and Then #5
The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)
“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess
A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)
Ivan Aivazovsky’s Miniature Seascapes (ca. 1887)
The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
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 Quietus

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Neurosis – An Undying Love For A Burning World
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ben Cardew on The Pivotal Role of Stereolab’s ‘Super-Electric’
Neurosis Release First New Album in a Decade
Reissue of the Week: Roland Brival’s Créole Gypsy
Leila Bordreuil + Kali Malone – Music for Intersecting Planes
Native Instruments to Go into Full Insolvency
The Afghan Whigs Share New Song, ‘House Of I’
UK Government Scraps Support for AI Models Being Trained on Copyrighted Creative Material
The Strange World Of… Ed Kuepper
Teerath Majumder – Dust To Dust
Twilight of the Idols: Yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell by The Heads
Organic Intelligence LIV: Psychedelic Porto
Kraftwerk Unveil 50th Anniversary Reissue of ‘Radio-Activity’
Ana Roxanne Shares New Song, ‘Untitled II’
Retro Instinct Versus Future Fetish: Emperor Tomato Ketchup 30 Years On
Kwes – Kinds
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: George Shaw’s Favourite Records
ELUCID & Sebb Bash – I Guess U Had To Be There
Horse Lords Reveal New Album, ‘Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!’
Feedbacker: Rock Music for March by JR Moores
A Question Of Lust: Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration Revisited
Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy – Dying Is The Internet
Alice Coltrane and Eternity in 1976
Delphine Dora – L’ineluctable pulsation du temps
A Cave of Wonders: Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten on the Record Shop that Made Him
Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt to Release Collaborative Album
Music Company Concord Acquires Ninja Tune
Reissue of the Week: Prostitute’s Attempted Martyr
Low Culture Podcast: Suicide’s Debut Album
Kim Gordon – Play Me
Rewire Completes 2026 Lineup
Kneecap Member Mo Chara Will Not Face New Trial After UK Government Loses Appeal

Bandcamp Updates

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Building a Home for Brazilian Funk in Japan
Essential Releases, March 20, 2026
Dagmar Zuniga, “in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music”
The Long, Joyous Tradition of Cajun and Creole Accordion Music
God Knows and MuRli: Ireland’s Hip-Hop Gamechangers
Crouch, “Breaking the Catatonic State”
Chicha Forever: The Evolution of Peruvian Cumbia
Xylitol, “Blumenfantasie”
The Ictus Ensemble Chart Classical Music’s Next Frontier
Duncecap & Samurai Banana, “Comfortably Suffering”
Cut Worms, “Transmitter”
Clover Records Is An Indie Pop Good-Luck Charm
Excavating the Pacific Northwest’s Art Rap Underground
Rapping with Kim Gordon
Essential Releases, March 13, 2026
Ora Cogan, “Hard Hearted Woman”
Underground Medicine #2
“Facts Aren’t Always Facts”: A Guide to Craven Faults
Mary Ocher, “Weimar”
ELUCID On The Chemistry That Powered His New Album
Bill Orcutt, “Music in Continuous Motion”
David Garland Picks His Bandcamp Favorites
Upset The Rhythm is One Big, Weird, Wonderful Family
The Notwist, “News from Planet Zombie”
Fugazi, “Albini Sessions”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, February 2026
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, February 2026
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, February 2026
Various Artists, “HELP(2)”
Essential Releases, March 6th, 2026
Today is Bandcamp Friday
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp. February 2026
The Tape Label Report, February 2026
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, February 2026
Shabaka, “Of The Earth”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, February 2026
NIMF, “Sirenoscape”

dusted

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Barbaric Oath — Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance (Caligari)
Isabel Pine — Fables (Kranky)
Pan•American — Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane (Kranky)
Mors.Void.Discipline — Txketh)ëké (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Tinariwen — Hoggar (WEDGE)
Gunner — Reality Soldier (Iron Lung)
A note from the organizer that they’re still accepting tracks for this until the end of the week….
Landowner — Assumption (Exploding in Sound)
Laura Cetilia — Gorgeous Nothings (Elsewhere)
Lande Hekt — Lucky Now (Tapete)
Dwellnought — Monolith of Ephemerality (Caligari)
Listed: Department
What Is Now — Both/And (Algorithm Free)
Ovella Negra — Va de Mescles! (Segell Microscopi)
Photo by Domenico Gruosso, used with permission.
Iron & Wine — Hen’s Teeth (Sub Pop)
Michael Pisaro-Liu / Forming — Concentric Rings in Magnetic Levitation (Sawyer Editions)
Dust, Volume 12, Number 2 — Part 2
Dust, Volume 12, Number 2 — Part 1
Hen Ogledd — DISCOMBOBULATED (Weird World)

Pitchfork

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Straight From the Heart
Written Into Changes
“Corona”
Neurosis Surprise Drop First Album in 10 Years
“Up Down”
Hop Into These 14 Rabbit Holes This Spring
Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, and Kehlani Set for Roots Picnic 2026
Lelo’s New Freaky-Ass Detroit
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Grace Ives, Underscores, BTS, and More
Kuru Taps Xaviersobased, Lucy Bedroque for New Album
Lizzo Meets Her Past Self in Video for New Single
Girlfriend
The Way I Am
No Need to Be Lonely
You’re Free to Go
JWords Announces New Album Sound Therapy
Muse Launch New Album The Wow! Signal in Space
Fakemink Lines Up Massive Tour
Watch Tom Waits in the Trailer for Martin McDonagh’s New Film Wild Horse Nine
Niontay: “I Wish I Could Take My Eyes and Put Them on the Homies Back Home”
Afghan Whigs Share New Single Ahead of 40th Anniversary Tour
in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music
Free Spirits
KHAZNA
BabyGoated EP
Listen to Yaya Bey’s Lovestruck New Song “Egyptian Musk’”
Jay-Z Announces Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint Yankee Stadium Shows
Lorde Leaves Universal Music Group
Willie Nelson’s 156th Album Includes a Bob Dylan Co-Write
Kelsey Lu Enlists Kim Gordon and Sampha for First Album in Seven Years

Cool Tools

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Book Freak #201: Indistractable
Earbud Straps/Companion Flights Perk/Extra Airport Time
What’s in my NOW? — Quentin Sinig
Creeping Death from Neptune / The Book of Gossage
Beekeeping
Articles of Interest / Still Here / Secret exec contacts
Book Freak #200: The 5 Types of Wealth
Wraparound Sleep Mask/Hotel Point Changes/Remote Worker Lodging
What’s in my NOW? — Paul Parkinson
What is a Witch / Rosalie Lightning

McMansion Hell

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mctuscan heaven
for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin’s…
chud atlantis
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

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)
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