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Alibaba's new Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model, which processes text, audio, images, and video, is proprietary, marking a shift away from its open-source strategy (Juro Osawa/The Information)
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UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
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Wearable maker Whoop raised $575M led by Collaborative Fund at a $10.1B valuation and says it hit $1B in ARR by 2025's end; 60% of its 2025 sales were non-US (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
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Sources: London-based chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise over $200M from Accel and others at a $1B valuation; Fractile raised a $15M seed round in 2024 (Financial Times)
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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
A Sociophilological Account of the Formation and Evolution of the Term Língua Geral, with Emphasis on Amazonia
Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!

MetaFilter Projects

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The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock
PartPerfect - practice app for a cappella singers
[AI] What If You Could Actually Know What Your Judge Did Last Summer?
Adventures in Higher Education Marketing
spider mapping
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"

Open Culture

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How Many Lives Does God Take in the Bible: An Investigation into a Surprisingly High Body Count
A Free Course on Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 from Yale University
How Kraftwerk’s 22-Minute Song “Autobahn” Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)
Watch Errol Morris’s Tune Out the Noise Free Online: A Documentary About the Financial Revolution That Transformed Investing
When Soviet Youth Bootlegged Western Rock Music on Discarded X‑Rays: Hear Original Audio Samples
An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete
Meet the “Telharmonium,” the First Synthesizer (and Predecessor to Muzak), Invented in 1897
See the Climactic Ending of Steven Spielberg’s Breakout Duel Recreated Entirely with 3D-Printed Models
How the Hoover Dam Works: A 3D Animated Introduction
Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom
Watch Jazzy Spies: 1969 Psychedelic Sesame Street Animation, Featuring Grace Slick, Teaches Kids to Count
Every Known Work by Georgia O’Keeffe Has Been Digitized and Made Available Online
Why Smart People Feel Like Frauds: The Psychology of Impostor Syndrome and Its Hidden Benefits
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

NYT > Technology

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States Plow Ahead With A.I. Regulation, Defying Trump
From Foe to Ally: The S.E.C. Is Now Writing Crypto-Friendly Policies
Democrats Examine Elon Musk’s Role in Suspension of Business Disclosure Law
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion
Whoop, a Wearable Health Device Maker, Raises $575 Million
What to Know About California’s Executive Order on A.I.
What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O.
Elon Musk Joins in Phone Call Between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi
The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
An Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry
Why the Verdict Against Meta and YouTube Could Change Social Media
Judge Stays Pentagon’s Labeling of Anthropic as ‘Supply Chain Risk’
Safety Experts Considered LaGuardia Challenging but Not an Outlier
The Clues Binance Missed That Led to Billions in Crypto Flowing to Iran
U.S. Accuses NewYork-Presbyterian of Reaching Deals That Kept Costs High
Shield AI, a Start-Up Making Military Drones, Raises $2 Billion
Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety
In ‘The AI Doc,’ Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Go on the Record
Leonid Radvinsky, 43, Dies; Built the Adult-Entertainment Giant OnlyFans
Meta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top Executives
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations
Epic Games Lays Off Over 1,000 Employees, Citing Fortnite Slump
Arm Holdings, in Break From Past, Will Sell Its Own Computer Chips

NYT > Arts

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‘The Book of Mormon’ Is Sorry if You Were Offended for 15 Years
Morton Feldman Was Loud. His Music Was Quietly Haunting.
‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway Has Help From Something Old
Celine Dion Announces Comeback Concerts in Paris
Symphony Space to Undergo a $45 Million Makeover
With Mario and Minecraft, Hollywood Courts Gamers
Sarah Shahi Plays a Therapist on ‘Paradise’ and Nearly Everywhere Else
‘The Real Housewives of Rhode Island,’ Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
How a Mistake Made ‘Project Hail Mary’s’ Rocky Into a Breakout Star
‘The Wild Party’ Is a Vivacious Play That Started as a Scandalous Poem
Taylor Frankie Paul’s Past Was No Secret. A Child’s Cry Changed Everything.
Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Bringing ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ to Broadway
Don’t Let the Name Harry Hole Fool You. The Important One Is Jo Nesbo.
Bruce Hornsby Isn’t Playing It Safe on ‘Indigo Park’
Stephen Colbert Marvels at ‘No Kings’ Rallies Worldwide
‘Dog Day Afternoon’ on Broadway, With Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Is Underbaked
Ben Stevenson Dies at 89; Choreographer Made Houston Ballet Thrive
Mary Beth Hurt, Actress Acclaimed in ‘Interiors’ and ‘Garp,’ Dies at 79
Agosto Machado Is Dead; Artist Memorialized New York’s Avant-Garde
Mark Morris’s Stations of the Cross: Simple and Stinging
Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Paintings Are Stolen in 3-Minute Museum Heist, Police Say
For a High Priestess of Extreme Theater, Death Is Gentler Than Life
In Her Broadway Debut, Mariska Hargitay Will Replace Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
How Dancers Are Helping Scientists Rethink Bodies Without Gravity
In a New Memoir, Arsenio Hall Recalls His High-Flying Years as a Talk-Show Host
29 New Books to Read in April: Emma Straub, Patrick Radden Keefe, TJ Klune and More
‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Episode 2: Getting the Band Back Together
Eric Overmyer, Who Wrote for Modern Television Classics, Dies at 74
‘Life! Life! Life!’: Reviving a Globe-Trotting Sculptor of the Gilded Age
Yearning for Sun, New Yorkers Soak Up the Sauna
Paul McCartney, Robyn: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Thundercat Can Geek Out With the Best of Them
7 Podcasts to Boost Your Spirits
Overlooked No More: Gertrude Chandler Warner, Author of ‘The Boxcar Children’
Outside Kennedy Center, Jane Fonda and Joan Baez Raise Voices in Protest
New York City Ballet Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Performances
Alexander Kluge, 94, Revolutionary Filmmaker in Postwar Germany, Dies
The BTS Connection With Howard University
Stream These Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in April
Coleman Barks, Who Popularized the Islamic Poet Rumi in the West, Dies at 88
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
5 Takeaways From Netflix’s ‘BTS: The Return’ Documentary
How ‘Love Story’ Gave Viewers a History Lesson on the Kennedys and ’90s NYC
‘For All Mankind’ Is the Anti-‘Black Mirror’
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Can We Settle Your Music Debate? Of Course We Can.
33 Fun Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Spring
Late Night Disses Trump’s New ‘America First’ Award
Tracking Trump’s Efforts to Reshape Cultural Institutions
Theater Tickets Are Cheaper in London Than New York. What Gives?
Salzburg Festival Fires Its Artistic Director
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 12 Recap: Breaking Points
Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
FKA twigs Says in Suit That Shia LaBeouf Had Her Sign ‘Illegal’ NDA
Sam Kieth, Creator of Surreal Comic Book Series The Maxx, Dies at 63
‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the Met Opera Has a Troubling Problem
Robert Fox, Acclaimed Producer in Britain and on Broadway, Dies at 73
‘Yes’ Review: From Israel, an Uncomfortable Existential Howl
Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87
‘Public Charge’ Review: The World Is Messy. Being a Force for Good Is, Too.
‘Teeth ’n’ Smiles’: A Pop Diva and a Flamed-Out Rock Music Revolution
The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Could Spain close the Strait of Gibraltar like Iran is closing the Strait of Hormuz?
Why were Europeans in Africa mainly in the south of the continent compared to the north? Is there a geographical reasoning for this?
Minnesota is only one state away from Ohio, due to its maritime border with Michigan. What is your favorite example of this? Can apply to U.S. states or any other border!
In what country does the average person have the easiest life?
Where else on Earth is there a tidal stait as prominent as the East River in NYC?
Why are south east asian countries are not as populated as India, China, Bangladesh?
Why is the historical range of the siberian tiger only to the right of this line? Even though there are warmer forests to the left?
If the houthis manage to even partially close off the red sea, how will it effect the world and will it drag other nations like Egypt into the war?
What’s with this massive clearing running from Missouri to Louisiana?
The water level of the Caspian Sea WILL drop by at least 9 meters by 2100 due to evaporation, even if temperatures stay as they are now. If temperatures continue to rise, which they will, the sea could lose ~20 meters in depth and ~37% of its surface area.
Pittsburgh has Laurel Highlands, Columbus has Hocking Hills what are other underrated regional nature escapes?
One of the more interesting theories at the intersection of biology and biogeography is Foster's Rule, the tendency for large animals becoming smaller and small animals becoming larger when they colonize island habitats
Why is Madeira so lacking in wildlife compared to other islands?
Why have large areas of mangroves formed in the Ganges Delta, but not in the Irrawaddy Delta?
What's the best example of a town that only exists because of one specific industry?
another fun tidbit: Kansas ALMOST borders Iowa, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Texas. What other examples of this exist, where two territories typically not associated with eachother are only separated by a relatively short drive?
How did Mauritius become the most developed country in Africa ?
What is going on here?
How come SEA peninsula isn't as densely populated as India or China?
Why hasn’t the Louisiana Bayou been entered as a national park?
South Dakota-What is it like living here? What is the best city to live in with good job availability?
Where does there exist temperate islands/archipelagoes where one can become "lost in the wilderness"?
Is there an equatorial line in which both hemispheres have the same amount of landmass?
A Level Geography NEA Help

The Public Domain Review

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“Wretches, Speak Evil of Me”: Goethe and Schiller’s Xenions (1896 edition)
Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)
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)

The Quietus

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Triple Threat: An Interview with Orcutt Shelley Miller
Prince’s Parade (Under The Cherry Moon) 40 Years On
Irreversible Entanglements – Future Present Past
The Yugoslav Psy-Op That may have Given us Laibach… and Inspired Rammstein
Robyn – Sexistential
Fishing for Pearls: Ghostface Killah in 2006
London’s MOTH Club Secures “Huge Win” After Nearby Development Application Refused
Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of March 2026
The Strange World Of… Ladytron
Reissue of the Week: Fall Heads Roll by The Fall
Iztok Koren & Raphael Rogiński – Nocturnal Consolations
Actress and Suzanne Ciani Unveil Collaborative Album, ‘Concrète Waves’
Symphonies from Destruction: Kinshasa in Action by KinAct
Taupe – Waxing | Waning
Judas Priest, Sad Wings Of Destiny & The Birth Of Modern Metal
Why we made a film about Mark Fisher called We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher
Natalie Marlin on The Chemical Brothers’ Hanna OST
Lee “Scratch” Perry’s ‘Final’ Album, a Collaboration with Mouse On Mars, Set for Release
Vince Clarke Launches Covers Project with Benge and Blancmange’s Neil Arthur
EFG London Jazz Festival Announces First Acts for 2026 Edition
james K Unveils ‘Friend’ Remix Album
Outside the Box: Sarah Nixey’s Favourite Albums
Ladytron – Paradises
FKA twigs Sues The Twigs Over Trademark Dispute
Rockfort! French Music for March, Reviewed by David McKenna
A lot of Opportunities: Pet Shop Boys’ Please Revisited
The Leaf Library – After the Rain, Strange Seeds
Sweet Belief: Cameron Picton on My New Band Believe
Underscores – U
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

Bandcamp Updates

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The Best Punk on Bandcamp, March 2026
Maryam Saleh’s Secret
Foote/Dickow, “High Cube”
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, March 2026
Inside the Miraculous Return of Neurosis
The Montvales, “Path of Totality”
The Best Albums of Winter 2026
The Rise, Fall, and Revival of sugar plant, Japan’s Indie Darlings
Parlor Greens, “Emeralds”
Side Door No. 2: How Taper’s Choice Became One of the Jam World’s Most Exciting Bands
Stuck, “Optimizer”
The Unclassifiable Excepter
A Puzzle Game Soundtrack That Plays With Your Head
dälek, “Brilliance of a Falling Moon”
On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
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

dusted

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Third Coast Percussion — Standard Stoppages (Cedille)
This House — Soft Rains Will Come (Pink Cotton Candy/Ramble/Red Wig)
Dust, Volume 12, Number 3
a hug of songs for Jenny
bobbie — Lessons (Orindal)
Sunn O))) — S/T (Sub Pop)
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
The Notwist — News From Planet Zombie (Morr Music)
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)
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Pitchfork

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It’s the Long Goodbye
Hurts Like Hell
Morning Star
Madonna, Gracie Abrams, Muna Sign Petition to Close ICE Detention Center
Disclosure Share Video for New Song “The Sun Comes Up Tremendous”
Céline Dion to Perform First Concerts in Six Years
Kali Uchis Announces For The Girls Tour with Mariah the Scientist
Watch Drake Honor Nelly Furtado, Rehash Junos Beef
Jessie Ware, Nia Archives, Robyn, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Future Islands Announce Tour of… North Carolina
Blackpink’s Lisa Books First K-Pop Vegas Residency
Nobody’s Chosen: An Interview With Sideshow
Ricochet
Whole World as Vigil
Consecrated Abysses of Dread
High Cube
Watch Joni Mitchell Perform, Accept Lifetime Achievement Award at 2026 Junos
Bob Dylan Launched a Patreon for Some Reason
Chuquimamani-Condori Confirms New Los Thuthanaka Music, Shares Unreleased Songs
Watch Wolf Alice Perform on Saturday Night Live UK
James Blake Requests Removal From Kanye West’s Bully Production Credits
Full Moon
Watch Thomas Bangalter and Fred again..’s Full Alexandra Palace DJ Set
Honora
“Golden”
“Klouds Will Carry Me to Sleep”
Choose Your Fighter in Pitchfork’s Bracket Challenge
Jack White Announces European 2026 Tour
Listen to Empress Of’s New Song “Dream House”

Cool Tools

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Weeders
The Gentle Romance / Career Dreamer / Skull
Book Freak #203: Knowledge, Reality, and Value
Book Freak #202: Determined
Airplane Speakerphone Ban/Slomad Paradox/Colors of Asia
What’s in my NOW? — Mark Rae Peet
Quidditch Through the Ages / Hurts Like a Mother
Power Gear
Flighty / 23 learnings on community / Keep the Meter Running
Book Freak #201: Indistractable

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
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