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LA-based Lingokids, an interactive learning app for kids aged 2-8, raised $120M led by Bullhound Capital and General Catalyst to help expand its IP partnerships (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)
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"A People's Tragedy", a history of the Russian Revolution, contains the story of Bim-Bom the clown, who is shot to death by the Cheka during a performance for mocking the Bolsheviks. Nick Heath, a British historian rebuts this claim. What really happened to Bim-Bom the clown(s)?
How did magic go from something that could get you burned at the stake to something you can be hired to do at children's birthday parties?
WWII Pacific Theater, Marines insult to Gen. McArthur with a Banner/Sign..?
How were couples/families handling the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s?
What (if any) push back did first generation royalty face when they first claimed their “divine” right to rule over others?
Why did Bin Laden never go after Israel?
At the end of the Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus violently torture some of their female slaves to death because they were raped by Penelope's suitors. Was this acceptable or standard punishment for the period? What, if any, protections did enslaved rape victims have in Archaic Greece?
What is a "Gorbachev husband"?
Who decided on the order of operations, PEMDAS? How did they decide that multiplication/division comes before addition/subtraction? Was this invented or discovered?
Were the Americas effectively depopulated prior to major European Colonization?
Bartolomé de las Casas - a short report about the devastation of the west indian islands: how do people in spain refer to those unspeakable cruelties?
How common was castration/mutilation for POW after WW2?
Could the author of Ecclesiastes have been a woman?
How did the US population and government reconcile the existence of The German American Bund? Were there multiple American fascist political parties throughout the 20th century?
At which point in our history/evolution did we become occupied with aesthetic (jewelry, clothing, architecture, etc.) and why?
Did Athenians become focused on the pursuit of knowledge because Athena was their patron goddess, or did they consider Athena their patron goddess because they were focused on the pursuit of knowledge?
I’m an average guy in 1714 Scotland, what are the chances that I own a horse and how much did it put me out?
Nicholas II is regarded by historians now and was regarded by many inside Russia then as stupendously incompetent. Was that his reputation outside Russia at the time as well?
Within Christian historiography/theology, what went into the Book of Judith, Susannah, and others being "apocrypha"? has there been interest in reevaluating apocrypha in the last few centuries?
One of the big grievances that lead to the French revolution was the use of private tax collectors who were often corrupt. Why didn’t the king of France curtail this practice?
Why was it easier for Europeans to colonize the Americas than Africa?
What groups have maintained a cultural identity for thousands of years despite not living in the same place?
How would long distance travelers pay for their expenses before the advent of modern banking? Did they have to carry large stashes of coins wherever they went, or did they have other payment options?
Rag-tag uniforms during the Napoleonic Wars?
Would it be considered accurate to say the Principality of Moscow was the same thing as Russia? (as in, the modern country of Russia)

Linguistics

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Q&A weekly thread - September 15, 2025 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Smartphone language features may help identify adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae and their trajectories
Dark Matter by Stefan Höfler
The English phrase-as-lemma construction by Goldberg and Shirtz
A global and interoperable dataset of linguistic distributions derived from the Atlas of the World’s Languages
Patterns of genetic admixture reveal similar rates of borrowing across diverse scenarios of language contact
Sharing and Preserving Sociolinguistic Corpora on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Q&A weekly thread - September 08, 2025 - post all questions here!
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
Q&A weekly thread - September 01, 2025 - post all questions here!
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

MetaFilter Projects

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Archive/Convert your Typepad Blog
Some lessons from an indie TTRPG zine fundraiser
Food + Cooking at Skool
Nominations open for MeFi board
VTV music video station
A Kids' Gamebook Introducing Money Management & Entrepreneurship
Fuzzy Fruit - a Match-3 game
Poemagraphs
MeFi userscripts: MeFi Navigator Redux
Sub/Title - a movie dialogue game
8-Bit Recipes
The Scroll Art Museum
MeFi Board election proposal
Pixel Piranhas
Primesweeper
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

Open Culture

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A 107-Year-Old Irish Farmer Reflects on the Changes He’s Seen During His Life (1965)
An Art Conservator Restores a Painting of the Doomed Party Girl Isabella de’ Medici: See the Before and After
40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language
How a 19th Century Scientist Created Incredibly Realistic 3D Models of the Moon (1874)
When Michelangelo Created Artistic Designs for Military Fortifications to Protect Florence (1529–1530)
Albert Einstein Gives a Speech Praising Immigrants’ Contributions to America (1939)
Everything That Went Wrong During The Wizard of Oz’s Seriously Troubled Production
Leonardo Da Vinci’s To-Do List from 1490: The Plan of a Renaissance Man
The Horrifying Paintings of Francis Bacon
The Earliest Known Appearance of the F‑Word (1310)
The Technology That Brought Down Medieval Castles and Changed the Middle Ages
How Erik Satie Invented Modern Music: A Visual Explanation
Browse Thousands of Free Vintage Cocktail Recipes Online (1705–1951)
The Advanced Technology of Ancient Rome: Automatic Doors, Water Clocks, Vending Machines & More
Discover the 100-Year-Old Self-Playing Violin, One of the Most Complex Music Players Ever Made

NYT > Technology

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Elon Musk Has Focused on xAI Since Leaving Washington
Apple’s New AirPods Offer Impressive Language Translation
Nvidia to Buy $5 Billion Stake in Intel, Giving Rival a Lifeline
Who Is Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. Chair Who Played a Role In Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension?
Newark Airport Crisis Has Eased but Tech and Staffing Issues Persist
With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition
Meta Unveils Smart Glasses With Apps and an Artificial Intelligence Assistant
Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls?
Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again as a Deal Takes Shape
Tesla’s 2021 Model Y Doors Could Trap Riders, US Safety Agency Says
Man Known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’ Is Arrested in Georgia
LimeWire, the Former File-Sharing Service, Is Buying Fyre Festival Brand
United Airlines Says Newark Airport Problems Have Eased Greatly
YouTube Expands its Livestreaming Tools In Push for More Live Video
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death
What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.
New Crypto Super PAC Garners $100 Million to Help Push Industry Agenda
In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches
U.S.-China Deal to Avert TikTok Ban May be Close, Trump Official Says
Elon Musk Buys $1 Billion in Tesla Stock as Board Defends His Pay
Nvidia Broke Antitrust Law, China Says, as Tensions With U.S. Mount
Lina Khan Revamped Antitrust. Now She’s Pushing the Democratic Party.
Used E.V. Sales Take Off as Prices Plummet
Tesla Board Chair Defend’s Elon Musk’s Humongous Pay Proposal
Trump Administration Seeks Pilot Projects for Air Taxis
Roblox Sued for Wrongful Death After Teenager’s Suicide
Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom
‘Civil War’ Mentions Surge Online After Charlie Kirk Shooting
A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down

NYT > Arts

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ABC’s Suspension of Kimmel and Trump’s Chilling Effect on Late Night TV
David Letterman Says Kimmel’s Suspension Is ‘Just Not How This Works’
How Jimmy Kimmel Went From ‘The Man Show’ to MAGA Adversary
New York’s Art Stars of the ’80s, Curated by One of Their Own
‘Come From Away’ Will Be This Season’s Most Produced Show in the U.S.
‘Megadoc’ Review: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Pricey Passion Project
‘Swiped’ Review: A Woman in a Man’s World
‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Rides Out Disaster
‘HIM’ Review: Dying to Go Pro
In Alice Birch’s New Play, It’s Bleak Being a Man
Robert Redford’s Many Types of Heroes
For Jason Bateman and Jude Law, ‘Black Rabbit’ Was the Perfect Bad Bromance
He’s Left MoMA Smarter, Richer and at a Crossroads
How This Mom’s Viral Clips Fueled the ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Fandom
With ‘Inter Alia,’ NT Live Brings Viewers Around the World Up Close
‘Demon Slayer’ Review: Arresting Visuals on a Familiar Battleground
The Books We Loved This Summer
‘The Summer Book’ Review: Glenn Close’s Autumnal Notes
‘The Senior’ Review: Just Like Old Times
‘Speak.’ Review: How to Debate Like a Pro
‘Predators’ Review: Busted for Social Good (and Maybe Ratings)
‘Plainclothes’ Review: The Trap of Desire
‘Peacock’ Review: Design Your Life
‘In Whose Name?’ Review: The Ye Chronicles
‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: A Multidimensional Meet Cute
Late Night Tracks Trump’s Trip to the U.K.
Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Broad Divisions
Israel Says It Will Defund Film Awards After Palestinian Win
France’s Oscars Pick Is an Acclaimed Iranian Film Snubbed by Iran
Review: At Fall for Dance, War, Persistence and a Slow Tap of Love
‘The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language’ Explores Jewish Tradition of Debate
‘The Twilight Zone’ Gave a Glimpse of Robert Redford’s Gifts
Bad Bunny and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Lead 2025 Latin Grammys Field
As Partisans Battle Over History, Former Presidents Try Another Tack
Aunt Gladys From ‘Weapons’ Inspires Drag Artists Around the World
How MoMA’s New Director Welcomed a Cuban Master to the Museum
In War-Torn Ukraine, ‘I Never Doubted the Importance of Theater’
Inside Anne Buckwalter’s Collection of Hand-Carved Bird Decoys
Sports Romance Books: A Starter Pack for Fans of Hockey, F1 and More
How Jenny Han Handpicked ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Soundtrack
Listen to Elizabeth Gilbert on the Modern Love Podcast
Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump’s U.K. Trip
‘Alien: Earth’ Episode 7 Recap: My Pet Monster
In ‘Art,’ James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris Go to War
John McQueen, Who Made Art Out of Burrs, Bark and Vines, Is Dead at 82
Ronny Whyte, Cabaret Singer Who Personified Elegance, Dies at 88
Robert Redford and Paul Newman Defined a Cinematic Era
Robert Redford: A Classic American Ideal Who Escaped the Mold
Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand and Others Mourn Robert Redford
Pat Crowley, Veteran Actress of Film and TV, Dies at 91
8 Songs That Will Catch You Up on This Year’s Music
Robert Redford, American Style Icon
‘Galas’ Review: A Vocally Gifted Paper Doll
As an Activist, Robert Redford Understood the Power of Celebrity
Palestinian Artists Open Gaza Biennale in New York
John Lithgow to Tackle Roald Dahl’s Antisemitism in Broadway ‘Giant’
Robert Redford: 15 Memorable Movies to Stream
Robert Redford: A Life in Photos
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He Left the Prejudice of America. But His Music Came Home.
Shamek Farrah Made a Jazz Masterpiece. He’s Still a Mystery.

Geography

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It is possible to draw a straight line that passes through five US state capital cities
What country is liberal and conservative at the same time?
A country you were surprised to discover it has high or low number of tourists
How did Jamaica become such a popular country with global influence on pop culture, music, and sports despite only being a population of 4.4 million worldwide?
What are the most interesting structures found in the "middle of nowhere"?
Does every country have a “spicy” region?
Tell me some interesting and fun facts about Togo
Which city in "the Western world" feels the most like an East Asian city (in terms of built environment)?
What other country look like a animal on a map?
In Brazil there’s a mountain that looks like a mammoth getting his trunk bit by a dog. Are there similar formations in different counties?
Why are Africa and Asia home to the fastest-growing cities in the world?
Any reason the biggest russian cities lie roughly on this line?
Coordinated Scratch
Never realized how much of South America is South of South Africa
Why do the slopes of Mt. Rainier receive less precipitation than the summit?
I finally made it to the westernmost point of Europe! A memorable moment!
Is there a name for this type of geographic feature?
What’s up with this weird border in Yemen?
Countries that declared war on birds… and lost.
Is this an impact crater?
Transnistria and Russian army
Train to Nowhere, How Do You Get Off in the Middle of the Tundra?
Ideas for terraforming Australia
Spanish as home lenguage in Spain
Tundra in Tasmania, Australia

The Public Domain Review

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“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 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)

The Quietus

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More Than 400 Artists and Record Labels Sign Up to Israel Boycott Campaign
Seefeel, Lucy Railton and More Complete 2025 Lineup for ROBOT
London Venue IKLECTIK Finds New Space in Peckham
Sound Hunting: Sysivalo by Ø
Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed
Low Culture Podcast: Withnail & I
Ganser – Animal Hospital
Early Bob Dylan Recordings to be Collected in New Box Set
Jeff Mills Plots Tour to Mark 30 Years of ‘Live At The Liquid Room’ Mix
Daphne Oram Centenary Compilation Features New Works by Cosey Fanni Tutti, TAAHLIAH and More
keiyaA Unveils New Album, ‘hooke’s law’
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore Collaborate on New Track, ‘Perpetual Adoration’
Galya Bisengalieva – Polygon Reflections
25 Years of Infernal Weight: The Destructive Legacy of Electric Wizard’s Dopethrone
NEW YORK – Push
Sleaford Mods Release New Single, ‘Megaton’
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Launches New Film Company, Invada Films
Marja Ahti – Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth
Stereolab Releases Two New Songs, ‘Fed Up With Your Job’ and ‘Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown’
Hermeto Pascoal has Died, Aged 89
Mobb Deep to Release First Album in 11 Years, ‘Infinite’
Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Set for 50th Anniversary Reissue
No Greater Wonder: Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love, 40 Years On
Rian Treanor and Cara Tolmie – Body Lapse
Follow Your Bliss: How Cosmic Thing Became the B-52s’ Horniest Record in Years
Boxset of the Week: David Bowie’s I Can’t Give Everything Away [2002-2016]
Organic Intelligence XLVIII: The Multinational Music of Occitanie
Baxter Dury – Allbarone
Skaņu Mežs Announces 2025 Lineup Featuring SHAPE+ Artist R3YWYA
Maruja – Pain to Power
A Different Man: Bronto by The Hidden Cameras
Spotify Adds Lossless Audio for Premium Users

Bandcamp Updates

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Wayku Adds Jazz and Rock To Peruvian Pandilla
The Next Step: A New Generation of Artists Is Reinvigorating Dubstep
Yasmine Hamdan, “I Remember I Forget بنسى وبتذكر”
Following Leeds: The Northern English City is Reshaping UK Indie
The Sabres of Paradise, Rave’s Unsung Heroes, Ride Again
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza, “Sasquatch Landslide”
The Bands of Henry Threadgill
Venera, “Exinfinite”
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
Celebrating a Decade of Les Disques Bongo Joe
Halima, “SWEET TOOTH”
Like ’90s Ambient? Telepathic Fish’s Parties Are to Thank.
Essential Releases, September 12, 2025
Michael Hurley, “Broken Homes and Gardens”
New Breakcore is (Still) Badass
Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie, “Body Lapse”
The Tape Label Report, August 2025
A Guide to the Music of Okkyung Lee
Introducing Rinse FM’s Bandcamp Radio Residency
Lucrecia Dalt, “A Danger to Ourselves”
Mapping NYC’s South Asian Sufi Renaissance
Throwing Shapes, “Throwing Shapes”
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
20 Years of Greenleaf Music
Vanessa Wagner, “Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes”
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

dusted

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Species — Changelings (20 Buck Spin)
múm — History of Silence (Morr Music)
Thee Reps — Cryptocartography (Gold Bolus)
Wonderful Aspiration of the Source — S-T (Centripetal Force)
SANAM — Sametou Sawtan (Constellation)
Jeff Fuccillo & Ayal Senior — From 5pm to 5am (Medusa Editions)
Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny — Drueling (Twenty One Eighty Two)
Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, and Ethan Miller — Orcutt Shelley Miller (Silver Current)
Listed: Prolapse
Ritual Mass — Cascading Misery (20 Buck Spin)
Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway — How the Dust Falls (Auricle)
Shaki Tavi — Minor Slip (felte)
The Beths — Straight Line Was a Lie (ANTI-)
Big Thief — Double Infinity (4AD)
Buck Curran — Far Driven Sun (Obsolete/Echodelick/ESP-Disk)
Various Artists — Ping Vol 1 (Different Circles)
Michael Hurley — Broken Homes and Gardens (No Quarter)
Prolapse — I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face (Tapete)
Listening Post: Ghosted
R.J.F. — Cleaning Out the Empty Administration Building (Dais)

Pitchfork

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Federal Trade Commission Sues Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment
Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, and Doja Cat Set for New Season of Saturday Night Live
The Together for Palestine Concert Was Gutting but Necessary
MJ Lenderman, King Krule, Arca, MIKE, Yaeji, and More Join Campaign to Block Their Music From Streaming in Israel
Massive Attack Say They’ll Remove Music From Spotify
Pavement Release New Best-Of Compilation Hecklers Choice: Listen
Clairo Signs to Atlantic
ABC Takes Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments, Prompting Wave of Support for Host
Party With Feng
I’m Only F**king Myself
Pain to Power
Listen to Silvana Estrada’s New Song “Good Luck, Good Night”
Ozzy Osbourne Documentary No Escape From Now Gets First Trailer: Watch
Bob Dylan to Revisit Earliest Days With New Bootleg Series Box Set
KeiyaA Announces New Album Hooke’s Law, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Helado Negro Announces New EP The Last Sound on Earth, Shares Song: Listen
Latin Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here
Yves Jarvis Wins Polaris Music Prize 2025, and Mustafa Wins Inaugural Polaris Song Prize
Drake, Beyoncé, and Lil Wayne Producer Omen Dies at 49
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Addison Rae Stars in Trailer for New Netflix Show Monster: The Ed Gein Story: Watch
Why Do I Keep Getting Mad at Coachella Lineups? What’s Wrong With Me?
At the Gates’ Tomas Lindberg Dies at 52
They Are Gutting a Body of Water Share Video for New Song “RL Stine”: Watch
Cardi B Announces 2026 Arena Tour
Neko Case Gets Better With Age
Game, New Feature Film From Geoff Barrow Starring Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson, Gets First Trailer: Watch
Coachella 2026 Lineup: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, the Strokes, and More

Cool Tools

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Electric Toothbrush Flying/Most Peaceful Countries/Hotel Brands Map
How to Wrap Five Eggs / Frostgrave
Somatics
Handheld duster/GetYourGuide.com/Expert photo tip
No-fee ATM Cards/Best Internet/Socks You Can’t Kill
Awkward Zombie / Bone: Coda
Portable Performances
Cheapest destinations/Similar song finder/Mini vacuum
Public Speakerphone Fines/What Not to Buy/Biz Class Deals
What’s in my NOW? — Danielle Krage

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
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