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Memo: Roblox is planning to take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games and is overhauling advertising policies beginning May 4 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
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Sources: Amazon's ZeroOne unit is developing "Transformer", a phone that syncs with Alexa; it would be Amazon's second smartphone, after the Fire Phone in 2014 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
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Memo: ByteDance agrees to sell gaming unit Moonton to Savvy Games, owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, sources say for $6B; ByteDance bought Moonton for ~$4B in 2021 (Bloomberg)
Xiaomi unveils its MiMo-V2 AI models, including the 1T-parameter MiMo-V2-Pro, codenamed Hunter Alpha, which Xiaomi says benchmarks close to GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.6 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Filing: the SEC approved a Nasdaq rule change allowing some securities to trade in tokenized form; the new approach will be tested in an upcoming pilot program (The Block)
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Molecular basis of oocyte cytoplasmic lattice assembly
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The Dethroning of Cesar Chavez
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Why are most Jews, well, Jewish?
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Were police officers in Nazi Germany generally able to perform their duties as police officers without Nazi influencing their duties or were they considered complicit in the overall Nazi crimes?
The Suez Crisis in 1956 is often described as the end of Britain's role as a superpower. What did this mean in practice? Was Britain considered a peer to the US and USSR in the early Cold War era? What exactly was Britain's role in global geopolitics in the immediate postwar era?
Before the invention of cars, were people getting laid in the back of carriages?
Has anyone casually using a metal detector on the beach ever made a discovery significant to the historical record?
How Aware were Ancient Civilisations of their local past?
Would Persia have been a "better" imperial model than Greece or Rome for European imperial projects?
Was Hatshepsut's erasure by future pharaohs really as unique as pop culture constantly insists?
What foods went from “peasant food” to luxury over the last 100–200 years?
Why does the discourse on age gaps in relationships change over time?
To what extent were Chinese/Japanese/Korean ideas about Caste/untouchability influenced by the Indian subcontinent?
In the opening chapter of "Slaughterhouse Five," there's a prisoner of war exchange between eastern and western allies. How accurate is the account, and in what context did it occur?
Some modern discourse includes using language of "enslaved" and "enslavers" instead of slaves vs slave owners to talk about US chattel slavery. Did abolitionists and freedmen have similar semantic movements to reframe how people thought about the system through word choice?
What was the first time US considered Israel as inseperable ally?
When and how did dungeons become so central to the popular perception of the Middle Ages? Did people at the time have much reason to think about dungeons or even much of an idea what they looked like inside?
Where are the wild chickens?
What is the usual process for religious collapse? Especially state religions
Where real samurai/japanese nobles in general really as obsessed with loyalty, honer and sacrificing themselves for the good of the clan and there lords as depicted in japanese/samarai media?
How did European soldiers view American soldiers during WWI?
How did Orville Wright respond to the use of airplanes in two world wars?
Besides the short lived Klein-Venedig, Charles V HRE's German territories played nearly no part in the settlement of the New World, why weren't Germans soldiers, settlers, and craftsmen utilized on a large scale?
How did Italian Fascism relate to the regional diversity and identities within Italy?

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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?
Q&A weekly thread - March 02, 2026 - post all questions here!
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
An outline of Proto-Indo-European
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!
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)

MetaFilter Projects

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[AI] What If You Could Actually Know What Your Judge Did Last Summer?
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The Sound of Ocean Heat Energy
Training chatbots on specific topics
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An experiment in reading resumes under time pressure
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Hamster Mortis Audioboook
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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
The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
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?
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.
TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration
Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions

NYT > Arts

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BTS Is Back With ‘Arirang,’ but the K-Pop Landscape Has Changed
Gustavo Dudamel’s Portrait Emerges From a Season of Introductions
Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86
What the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Learned From a Firing
‘Jury Duty’ Returns. Can Prank Lightning Strike Twice?
A Painter Faces His Biggest Show, and the Truth About Success
‘The Comeback’ Review: Valerie Cherish vs. the Machine
Two Revivals, ‘Tru’ and ‘The Fever,’ Tackle the Contagion of the Rich
‘Monte Cristo’ Review: A Tale of Betrayal, on Two Counts
‘Saturday Night Live’ Arrives in London
‘Bachelorette’ Season With Taylor Frankie Paul Canceled After Assault Video
Monopoly? Not a Chance, Says Live Nation’s Chief at Antitrust Trial.
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
9 Art Shows to Catch Before They Close This Spring
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
Calvin Tomkins, Who Profiled Giants of Modern Art, Dies at 100
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap: Chilling Effect
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Spring Is Here. Do You Care?
‘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
Thomas Gentille, Artist Who Made Wearable Sculpture, Dies at 89
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
‘Two Prosecutors’ Review: Practicing Law in a State of Fear
‘Tow’ Review: When a Camry Is Home
‘Spacewoman’ Review: Mission Driven
‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling Is Lost and Found in Space
‘Palestine ’36’ Review: A Time of Revolt
‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Review: Cillian Murphy Returns as Tommy Shelby
‘Marc by Sofia’ Review: Coppola Profiles Her Friend Jacobs
‘Late Shift’ Review: Understaffed and Overworked
‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: Do Unto Others (or Not)
‘Dead Lover’ Review: A Monster of Her Making
Our Spring Book Recommendations
Ida Ekblad’s Experimental Space Where Artists Come to Play
As BTS Returns From the Military, There’s a Precedent: Elvis
Great Vampire Books
‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Review: The Blood Is Thicker
How Did Flea Make a Jazz Album? Practice, Practice, Practice.
Late Night Tells the Tale of Dueling Senators
AI Replica of Val Kilmer to Appear in ‘As Deep as the Grave’
Trump’s Planning for America’s 250th Emphasizes Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding
Tschabalala Self Shares Some of Her Favorite Artworks
Jennie Jieun Lee’s Celebration of Community and Crafts
Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins
The Good List: 6 Things to Add Delight to Your Day
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‘My Joy Is Heavy’ Review: Hope and Horror Live in the Same House
Andy Weir on the Science That Inspired His Novel ‘Project Hail Mary’
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Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
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just found out about the Danish colonisation effort in Hudson Bay, what are some other colonies/attempts of European nations in Canada?
Why is this part of England so empty compared to the rest?
500 Years of Ethnic Change in Vojvodina This map shows how the ethnic composition of Vojvodina has changed dramatically over the past five centuries.
Population Growth in the Caucasus Question
Unidentified Island
Miami is further West than almost all of South America
New Mexico cannabis dispensaries on the El Paso, Texas border
The Hungarian State and Language Area (1090-2011)
Why such a contrast between left and right of Caspian sea?
What district is this PIN?
Question: We all know the USA has incredible geography but I'd to know where it's geography is a disadvantage?
What is this pink stuff on Elephant Island? Is it the data or is there some salt or mineral making it pink? Ocean spray?
Why Zealandia deserves to be the 8th continent?
Translated atlas or map brochure of USA?
What explains the higher concentration of Christian adherents in the northern and eastern regions of Canada, such as Nunavut, Newfoundland and Labrador, Québec, and New Brunswick?
Probability to be born in the Americas
What’s this range of hills near the Eye of The Sahara in Mauritania and why are they so Martian looking and so extremely dark in colour compared to anything else I can find in The Sahara?
The Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, over 2000ft wide, has a very fun delta
What makes some countries easier to recognize geographically than others?
Is Ram Setu (Adams Bridge) going to disappear with climate change and erosion?
Case Study on the Dependent Territory of New Zealand. One of the most isolated inhabited locations to access. Tokelau 🇹🇰 (Physical Geography mainly).
Portland, OR Has One of the Strictest Urban Growth Boundaries in the US
Why is tobacco use so prevalent in Europe?

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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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
Tara Clerkin Trio Detail New Album, ‘Somewhere Good’
Ore Ore Ore: The Andrea True Connection’s More More More
The Four Seasons: Bill Orcutt’s Music In Continuous Motion

Bandcamp Updates

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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”
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, February 2026

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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“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
“Somewhere Good”
HELP(2)
Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
How to Make a Breakfast

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
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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
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