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What happened to all the Mormon men who were left without wives in the period in which they practiced polygamy?
We've all heard the Margaret Meade quote that a healed broken bone was the first sign of civilization. Is this a universally accepted premise in academia, or do unique (viz Western vs Eastern) cultures see this differently?
Humans have been growing onions for 7000 years all across Eurasia. Why did a crop that provides only flavor and little to no calories or nutrients become so widespread?
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Does Easter symbology have Pagan roots?
How old is the heart ❤️ symbol?
Can anyone help me understand these address? And another question on immigration from Ljuxembourg/Belgium to Paris around 1850. Do we still have any documents on that?
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When did working class men stop singing?
How far back in time can you go before the standard currency of that period becomes too expensive to acquire in regular supply in 2026?
Is it true that all Oirat women were raped in front of their male relatives, as ordered by Ogedei Khan?
How did medieval nobles spend their leisure time?
What was the history of the Cult of Cybele in Ancient Rome, and how did the state handle its eunuch priests?
Do we have any records of picky eaters and how they lived before the industrial revoltion?
Was Fiume under the Regency really a good place for queer people under D'Annunzio?
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Geoffrey Chaucer was somewhat famously granted a gallon of wine a day for life by King Edward III. How was this delivered, and what was he supposed to do with it? Was he supposed to keep it, or was it a kind of indirect cash gift that he would be expected to sell?
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How did people in pre-Industrial times learn foreign languages, especially in the absence of organized tutoring or books?

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Thoughts on critique of CDA?
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Lusitanian language and onomastics of Lusitania: 25 years later (2021) [Spanish]
Q&A weekly thread - February 23, 2026 - post all questions here!
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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BanRay.eu – a sticker prohibiting AI wearables
Tiny single-page app for the 3/3/3 productivity system
Fiction About Trans People
Taeliana Creative
Parasite Personality Quiz
The Pelican
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

Open Culture

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Watch the Titanic and Lusitania Sink in Real Time: One Fast, One Slow
How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons
Discover the Retirement Home for Elderly Musicians Created by Giuseppe Verdi: Created in 1899, It Still Lives On Today
How James Cameron Shot Titanic’s Hugely Complex Sinking Scene
Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)
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

NYT > Technology

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Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok
OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I.
How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company
The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots
Uber and Lyft Offer Gas Price Relief, but Drivers Say It’s Not Enough
NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Took iPhones Into Space
Europe Pushes for a Gentler Internet for Children
Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? That’s Not Very ‘Agentic’ of You.
The Revival of the Fashion-Tech Love Affair
A.I. Could Change the World. But First It Is Changing Silicon Valley.
Goodbye ‘Geeky Hunk’? Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Usernames.
Apple’s Fitness Chief, Who Was Accused of Harassment, Is Retiring
A.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom Accelerates
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O.
WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed
Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up?
One of Apple’s First Employees Looks Back at 50 Years
OpenAI Adds Another $12 Billion to Latest Funding Round
How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled
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.
States Plow Ahead With A.I. Regulation, Defying Trump
From Foe to Ally: The S.E.C. Is Now Writing Crypto-Friendly Policies

NYT > Arts

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How Scientifically Accurate Is ‘Project Hail Mary’? Experts Weigh In
On ‘S.N.L.,’ Bondi Boasts of Being ‘First Woman Ever Fired as Attorney General’
‘Hacks’ Has the Last Laugh
After 11 Years in Court, Heir Reclaims a Modigliani Looted by the Nazis
How Did You Feel About ‘The Drama’ Plot Twist? Tell Us Your Thoughts
Seats Left Empty on Smithsonian Board as Strain With White House Persists
U2, Anne Hathaway: 9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Chekhov Plays for an Un-Chekhov Time
Regé-Jean Page on the Album He Considers Flawless
In ‘Burnout Paradise,’ Running on Treadmills Is Only the Half of It
Who Is the Polka-Dot Band That Plays Virtuosic Rock? Angine de Poitrine.
Megan Thee Stallion Makes Her Return to “Moulin Rouge”
Nadav Lapid’s Film ‘Yes’ Is Intended to Anger Both Israel’s Right and Left
On ‘Company Retreat,’ Anthony Norman Finished the Job
Carol Mullins, Who Illuminated Dance for Decades, Dies at 86
Dolores Keane, Singer Known as the ‘Soul of Ireland,’ Dies at 72
‘The Drama’ and the Secrets That Can Unravel a Relationship
Pedro Friedeberg, Whose Hand Chair Drew Outsize Attention, Dies at 90
Five International Movies to Stream Now
8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
What to Know About ‘The Testaments,’ a Sequel to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
‘Jimmy & the Demons’ Review
Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die
Late Night Says Goodbye to Pam Bondi
‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Episode 13 Recap: Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Blake Lively’s Harassment Claims Against Justin Baldoni Dismissed as Case Heads to Trial
Art Gallery Shows to See in April
Ex-Turnstile Guitarist Charged With Attempted Murder of Bandmate’s Father
‘The Blue Trail’ Review: A Drifting Journey Into Freedom
Ancient Artifacts Stolen in Dutch Museum Heist Are Recovered
Danish Shows to Watch While We’re Still at Peace
Kanye West Plays First American Concert Since 2021
The Age-Old Obsession With Living Forever
A Senegalese Artist Who Crossed Boundaries Others Didn’t Dare
‘The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson’ Review: Behind a Cyclist’s Death
‘Pizza Movie’ Review: Dude, Where’s My Pie?
‘The Stranger’ Review: An Unexamined Life
‘Living the Land’ Review: Rural China in Transition
‘A Great Awakening’ Review: An Unlikely Founding Friendship
‘The Drama’ Review: Her Secret Is His Crisis
‘DJ Ahmet’ Review: Finding Hidden Music in the Forest
Gainsborough’s Powdered Wig Portraits Are Suddenly Hot in New York
Everybody Wants to Sing Nate Amos’s Songs
Desi Lydic Wants Trump to Take a Hint About the Ballroom
Eugene Mirman, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Voice Actor, Seriously Injured in Car Crash
Bettina Köster, a Leading Voice in Berlin’s 1980s Avant-Garde, Dies at 66
The Good List: 7 Things to Add Some Delight to Your Day
Bravo’s ‘Summer House’ West Wilson and Amanda Batula Scandal, Explained
Fosse! Robbins! Making the Case for Vintage Broadway Dance
The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in April
Josefina Aguilar, Who Depicted Mexican Life in Clay, Dies at 80
Megan Thee Stallion Rushed to the Hospital During Moulin Rouge Broadway Performance
Adaptations of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Titus Andronicus’ Explore Themes of Life, Death and Joy
New York City Ballet in 2026-27: A Rare Balanchine and Ratmansky’s ‘Romeo’
Sadie Sink, Noah Jupe and the Wonder of Young Love, in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Bruce Springsteen Brings Fiery Speeches and Songs to Minneapolis
Jane Fonda, Jennifer Tilly and More Star in Off Broadway Shows This April
‘Star Spangled to Death’: Ken Jacobs’s History of the United States
When Stars’ Plastic Surgery Is Played for Your Entertainment
How ‘American Psycho’ and Marina Abramovic Fed the Met Opera’s ‘Tristan’
34 Fun Things to Do in N.Y.C. in April
The Best Movies and TV Shows Streaming in April 2026
Lucy Sante on Collage: ‘You Have to Kill One Thing to Make Another.’

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
All of Iraq’s lakes, reservoirs and marshes are beginning to fill up following the rainiest season in the last 40 years
What's this country?
What are some places on Earth that have an unusually straight coastline? (Region in France)
What is this white place?
Tristan da Cunha: The busiest place you’ve never seen : NPR
Do you consider Romania to be part of Balkan, Central, or Eastern Europe?
What country has the least to see in your opinion?
Why was the reclamation of the area around Pinheiro Island, Rio de Janeiro necessary to begin with?
Is Egypt the most densely populated country outside microstates if we only take the Nile areas as factor
Why is this lake in Sudbury District in Ontario called Nameless Lake?
What is the point of this bridge over Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. It seems like a wild effort when going around it only takes 13 more minutes.
Blurred area in the middle of nowhere
Serious inquiry, does anyone actually know which country between Pakistan, India,and China “controls” the Kashmir region?
Are Persian Gulf cities really as inorganic as Redditors claim? Could similarly hot, infertile, arid areas like the Pilbara have grown similar populations if they played their cards right?
Which region in a country shares more similarities with another country than they do with other regions in their country?
Are the Central Coast, Sierra Nevada, and Desert Regions of California actually culturally distinct from other regions?
The Philippines is one of the only countries, if not the only country formerly part of the Spanish Empire, including Spain itself, where the Spanish demonym or term for the inhabitants is also the same in English. No separate English demonym ever became established use.
Streaks and shell shaped landforms in Syria
The United States is not a landlocked country, but you can still travel south to every country it borders.
How would the climate in Mexico change if the Baja California peninsula didn’t exist?
Is it possible to turn Congo River into a navigable economic route if DR Congo alongside surrounding countries are prosperous and stable?
Hoping mod allows this question, since i am not necessarily asking about about a specific game or giving challenges. I have discovered a few geography games from random youtubers and liked them. So was wondering if there are any others you all could add to this list(in the body)? Thank you.
When did your country became fully integrated from a logistic, economic and populated point of view?
Light pollution in Chongqing from Airplane

The Public Domain Review

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The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain
Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)
“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)

The Quietus

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The Sounds of War: Drones Over Ukraine
Reissue of the Week: Connecters by Larrison
Ghosts in the Machine: Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge Talk Doublespeak
Thundercat – Distracted
Wanderfal Festival at The Cornish Bank for April 10 – 11
Smack Down: EYEHATEGOD Versus Iron Monkey & The Heaviest LP Of 1996
The Band Whom the Trees Loved: SUNN O))) by SUNN O)))
Xylitol – Blumenfantasie
The Shits – Diet Of Worms
Inner Ear: Croatian Music for April, by Jakub Knera
The Strange World Of… Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Our Subscriber-Exclusive Playlist for March 2026
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

Bandcamp Updates

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The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, March 2026
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG, “POMPEII // UTILITY”
The Hotlist, Spring 2026
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Larrison, “Connecters Volume 1: Original Recordings, 1992–1999”
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Robber Robber, “Two Wheels Move the Soul”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Various Artists, “Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986–91”
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

dusted

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Happy Easter weekend from us at Dusted! We hope you enjoyed our spring preview earlier today, and…
Incoming: Dusted writers flag the records they’re excited about for spring
Brown Horse — Total Dive (Loose)
Kim Gordon — Play Me (Matador)
dEUS — Worst Case Scenario + In a Bar, Under the Sea (30th Anniversary Reissues) (PIAS)
Jason Stein / Marilyn Crispell / Damon Smith / Adam Shead — Live At The Hungry Brain (Trost)
Hässlig / Opresija — Kali Yuga Aural Terror (Self-released)
Chronotope Project — Kaleidoscope (Spotted Peccary)
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)

Pitchfork

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Watch Jack White and Jack Black Reimagine “Seven Nation Army” on SNL
Generation X
Sunn O)))
“Fables of Faubus”
James Gadson, Prolific Funk and Disco Drummer, Dies at 86
Bo Lueders, Harm’s Way Guitarist and HardLore Podcast Host, Dies at 38
Watch Paul Simon Perform “Something So Right” on Colbert
Listen to Ravyn Lenae’s New Songs “Bobby” and “Reputation”
Jack White Returns With Two New Songs
11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt, Sunn 0))), Los Thuthanaka, and More
Vol. II
U2 Return with New EP Easter Lily
Indigo Park
Ambiguous Desire
Two Wheels Move the Soul
Pooh Shiesty Arrested on Robbery, Kidnapping Charges Over Alleged Gucci Mane Label Dispute
King Princess to Star in Aimee Mann’s Girl, Interrupted Musical
Olivia Rodrigo Announces New Album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Ex-Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Arrested for Attempted Murder of Brendan Yates’ Father
Of Montreal Prep New Album Aethermead
Loukeman Announces Album and Shares Extremely Canadian Video for “To the Sky”
Kanye Wades Through the Fog at SoFi Stadium: Live Review
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Connecters Vol. 1: Original Recordings, 1992–1999
THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
Paradises
Converge Announce Second Album of 2026, Share New Song
Sturgill Simpson Lines Up Johnny Blue Skies Tour
Hear Anne Hathaway Sing a New FKA twigs Song for Mother Mary
Shakira Announces Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran U.S. Arena Tour

Cool Tools

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Retro Recomendo: Followable
Book Freak #204: Living for Pleasure
Happiest Countries/Monthly Flight Pass/Favorite US Airports
What’s in my NOW? — Elisa Michelet
Tacopedia / Rude Cakes
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

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)
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