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Edra, which says it helps companies automate workflows by turning their operational data into a living knowledge base, raised a $30M Series A led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
Chinese cities are offering free apartments and office space to attract and incubate "one-person companies", startups run by a single founder with AI's help (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says Horizon Worlds will remain in VR for the "foreseeable future", after Meta said Quest headset users will lose access from June 15 (Janko Roettgers/Lowpass)
Source: Fal, a GenAI model hosting service, is in talks to raise $300M to $350M at an $8B valuation; annualized revenue has hit $400M, up from $200M in October (Katie Roof/The Information)
Industry executives say chip testing firms are racing to meet AI chip demand; Advantest, Teradyne, and Chroma shares have more than tripled over the past year (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
PwC's US boss Paul Griggs says partners who resist AI have no place at the firm, and it plans to convert some services into AI-powered automated tools (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)
Baidu joins Alibaba in raising prices for its AI computing power-related services by ~5% to 30% and its parallel file storage system by 30% from April 18 (South China Morning Post)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn releases a Senate draft of the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, a federal framework to replace state AI laws, incorporating KOSA and the NO FAKES Act (Oma Seddiq/Bloomberg Law)
Figma's stock closed down ~8% on March 18 after Google updated its Stitch AI coding tool for UI design; FIG is down ~80% since the company's IPO in August 2025 (John Wang/@j0hnwang)
Google updates Stitch, which lets users turn natural language prompts into UI designs, introducing an "AI-native" design canvas and a reasoning design agent (Rustin Banks/The Keyword)
AppMagic: Apple's revenue from GenAI apps grew from ~$35M in January 2025 to a high of $101M in August 2025, with 75% coming from ChatGPT and only ~5% from Grok (Wall Street Journal)
Counterpoint: Apple's China smartphone sales surged 23% YoY in the first nine weeks of 2026, while the overall market fell 4% amid rising Android phone prices (Reuters)
Walmart is embedding its own chatbot Sparky in ChatGPT after conversion rates via OpenAI's Instant Checkout were 3x lower than those requiring clicking out (Paresh Dave/Wired)
Anthropic releases a survey of 80,508 Claude users' views, hopes, and fears about AI, calling it "the largest and most multilingual qualitative study" (Anthropic)
LinkedIn signs The Trade Desk as its first DSP partner for connected TV ads, allowing ad buyers to layer in LinkedIn data to reach target audiences (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Spots Comet K1 Exploding Into Fragments
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How To Bring a Bird’s Song Back from the Edge of Extinction
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In Criminal Cases, Moss Is Often Underfoot and Overlooked
Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada
FEMA Will Relaunch Climate Resiliency Grants
James Barnard, a Global Force in Wastewater Treatment, Dies at 90
As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know
Women Who Undergo Menopause Before 40 Face Higher Heart Attack Risk
Democrats Hammer Trump on ‘Energy Affordability’
An ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Meningitis Raises Alarm in Britain
Judge Strikes Down RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policies in Blow to Trump’s Health Agenda
Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia
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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.
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Author Correction: Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug
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In vivo site-specific engineering to reprogram T cells
Synthetic circuits for cell ratio control
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Thymic health consequences in adults
Adaptive evolution of gene regulatory networks in mammalian neocortex
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Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes
Bistable superlattice switching in a quantum spin Hall insulator
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Global ocean heat content over the past 3 million years
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Proteasome-guided haem signalling axis contributes to T cell exhaustion
Biosynthesis of cinchona alkaloids
Integrated photonic neural network with on-chip backpropagation training
The E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanism specifying targeted microRNA degradation
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
Climbing fibres recruit disinhibition to enhance Purkinje cell calcium signals
A strong constraint on radiative forcing of well-mixed greenhouse gases
Catabolism of extracellular glutathione supplies cysteine to support tumours
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Climate snapshots trapped in ancient ice tell a surprising story
Genome editing that avoids immune detection to integrate large DNA sequences
Hair-raising: how carbon contamination can drive static charging
Leading the charge to explain static electricity
A gene-editing method generates immunotherapeutic CAR T cells in the body
Major Turing computing award goes to quantum science for first time
Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it
Quirky base pairing attracts rule-breaking enzymes to destroy microRNAs
AI set to map risks of future climate disasters
Affordable mobility for all: why we need smaller, cheaper electric vehicles
Mystery of how plants make a family of medicinal molecules has been solved
Brain’s protective barrier stays leaky for years after playing contact sports
Knock knock, no one’s there. Study finds scientists’ jokes mostly fall flat
Our microbial ancestors were probably oxygen-tolerant
CRISPR makes enhanced cancer-fighting immune cells inside mice
An enzyme inside the bacterial-cell membrane chops up viral DNA on entry
Thymus health is a predictor of lifelong well-being and immunotherapy effectiveness
Planar Li deposition and dissolution enable practical anode-free pouch cells
Molecular basis of oocyte cytoplasmic lattice assembly
Triple-junction solar cells with improved carrier and photon management
When artificial lightning strikes
Rethinking AI’s role in survey research: from threat to collaboration
Autism in older adults: the health system must recognize its effects
How the Pokémon franchise has helped to shape neuroscience
Marine conservation cities: a model for ocean governance
AlphaFold database hits ‘next level’: the AI system now includes protein pairing
AI is programmed to hijack human empathy — we must resist that
NIH pivots away from agency-directed science
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How I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career
How wealthy tech entrepreneurs seek to shape politics, culture and the future — and why we must resist
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Daily briefing: China approves world-first brain–computer interface device
Direct conversion from alkenes to alkynes
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Insulin resistance prediction from wearables and routine blood biomarkers
AI and the PhD student: friend or foe?
The real story behind China’s technology triumph
Cost-of-living crisis pushing PhD students to get second incomes, finds Nature poll
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China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first
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China intensifies push to become world leader in tech and AI
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Polymers with purpose: molecules can squirm free of the pack
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The imminent collapse of the Great Salt Lake
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Computational design of conformation-biasing mutations to alter protein functions
Seal and sea lion brains have evolved to support volitional control of vocal behavior and learning
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Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging
Autophagolysosomal exocytosis inverts Src kinase onto the cell surface in cancer
Cancer interception with KRAS inhibitors in preclinical models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Programmable genome editing in human cells using RNA-guided bridge recombinases
Polymerase trapping as the mechanism of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genesis
Evolutionary adaptation to global change reduces sustainable fisheries yields
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Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution from gastrulation to organogenesis
Multistep genomics on single cells and live cultures in subnanoliter capsules
High-throughput single-cell omics using semipermeable capsules
Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases
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HIV cure bid has virus trip immune alarm
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What’s a Threat? Gabbard Says It’s Up to Trump, on Iran and Elsewhere.
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For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region
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Trump’s Planning for America’s 250th Emphasizes Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding
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Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers
In Swaths of Germany, the Far-Right AfD Is Part of the Fabric
Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropic
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Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter Is Dangerous Because It’s Half True
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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Spots Comet K1 Exploding Into Fragments
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The Lesson of Tulsi Gabbard’s Flip-Flop
Maybe Turning War Into a Casino Was a Bad Idea?
Today’s Atlantic Trivia: Remember Lycos? Me Neither.
Photos: Birds in Early Springtime
Why Britain Is Saying No to Trump’s Iran War
The Iran War’s Next Threat Is to Food and Water
A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory
‘I’m Far Angrier’
Friendship, on Demand
Washington’s Sewage Apocalypse
Trashing American Allies Turns Out to Be Bad for National Security
The Same War, on a Loop
Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
The Myspace Dilemma Facing ChatGPT
Democrats Learned the Wrong Lesson From 2024
The Horseshoe Theory of Polyamory
How Much Pain Is Trump Really Willing to Endure?
The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran
Who Will Apologize for D.C.’s Tornado Bust?
The Dangerous Logic of the Joe Kent Letter
Joe Kent’s Secret
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Why Is Trump Giving Everyone the Wrong Shoes?
Atlantic Trivia for March 17, 2026: Unlikely Vacation Places
How Washington Can Help Lebanon

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Pakistani strike killed hundreds, Afghanistan says, as regional conflicts boil
Israel steps up assassinations as Iran war widens to energy facilities
Gabbard tells senators Iranian regime is degraded but still intact
Rubio says Cuba’s efforts to improve its economy are failing
Japan’s leader heads to D.C. bearing gifts of peace for a president at war
This Emirati billionaire put a voice to Gulf anger over Trump’s war in Iran
Hezbollah ignites blowback from its base as over 1 million flee war with Israel
Israel says it killed Iran’s top security official, along with paramilitary boss
European leaders rebuff Trump’s call to open the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. tells all its embassies to ‘immediately’ review security after strikes
Senior official openly breaks with White House, resigns over war
Trump has choked off Cuba’s oil supply. China is stepping in with solar.
Israel urges Iranians to revolt but privately assesses they’ll be ‘slaughtered’
Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97

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China is mobilizing thousands of one-person AI startups
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The Gulf war is reshaping how Asia works
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Meta failed to flag AI video during 2025 Israel-Iran war, Oversight Board says
China leads the humanoid robot race — but the U.S. still has a shot
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Black-box AI and cheap drones are outpacing global rules of war
Meta’s Oversight Board races to govern the AI surge
Iranian drone strikes at Amazon sites raise alarms over protecting data centers

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How Trump’s Demand for Admissions Data Is Burdening Your College
The Chilling Effect is the Point
Sian Beilock’s Star Turn
Private Colleges Are Getting Stricter About Student Speech
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Why Is the NIH Abandoning Science?
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I grew up Christian nationalist. Where should I start learning better history?
Why are/were people so obsessed with the Freemasons? They don’t seem to be remotely malignant.
The current Congress is known for not being very productive, and it feels like it’s been that way for my entire lifetime. I am 52. Was there ever a period in time where Congress was considered productive and effective? Particularly when one party did not control both houses and the presidency?
What influence, if any, did the 2001 comedy Zoolander have on the fashion industry?
Malta was ruled by the Knights Hospitaller for centuries. When in history did the Maltese identity separate from the Knights Hospitaller, and become it's own recognized ethnicity with their own Maltese traditions?
Where did islam acquire it's abrahamicness?
Why were THOUSANDS of Roman coins found in India?
When Bertha Benz went on the first long car ride in history, she had to refuel at a pharmacy with a petroleum. Why was the pharmacy selling gas?
I am a teenager living on a farm in the Iowa Territory of 1840s United States. Do I know what photographs are, and if so, how extensive is my knowledge of them?
Is there any consesus among Historians if the 1999 Russian apartment bombings were false flag operations or genuine work of islamic terrorists?
In the Band of Brothers finale episode, "Points", it shows a German soldier working alongside an American soldier at a checkpoint. Was this a common reality?
How does the field handle posthumous “bombshells” about a major historical figure?
Is it true that hallways were “invented” in 1597, and what is meant by this?
How well is Ada Palmer's work received by other professional historians?
Who is the father of modern asymmetric warfare? T.E. Lawrence? Or Mao Zedong?
What was the diet of the working and middle classes in post war America like?
Cannabis was first cultivated in China 12,000 years ago, and was grown extensively throughout East Asia. How come there is no evidence of cannabis consumption for hallucinogenic effect, both amongst shamans and the general public?
When did media stop either glorifying or portraying beating women as a joke? Was it whenever hitting women became unacceptable behavior, or before?
In ww2, how much training would soldiers get with weapons like bazookas or PIAT anti tank weapons?
Did most Germans really read Mein Kampf, or was it more an accessory than an influential text?
I found out how common eating out was in ancient Rome. Did they have any chain restaurants?
Why does Iran control the Strait of Hormuz and not Oman or UAE? Also, why does Oman own that little section of the Musandam Peninsula and not the UAE?
Why did the monarchs of Liechtenstein decide not to adopt the title of King after Liechtenstein became fully independent?

Linguistics

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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
Loanwords: Core Concepts and the Case of Wasei Eigo
A neuroimaging study of language impairments across the biological continuum of Alzheimer's disease (from healthy older adults to dementia).
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)
There's a grain of truth in every "myth", or, Why the discussion of lexical classes in Mundari isn't quite over yet. (2005)
The Reconstruction of Indo-European Stop Systems: From the Traditional Model to Glottalic Theories (Kloekhorst & Pronk eds. 2026)
Q&A weekly thread - February 02, 2026 - post all questions here!
Minegishi, Makoto - Santali English Japanese Wordlist

MetaFilter Projects

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[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"
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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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
Watch Peter Tork Quietly Mouth Other Actors’ Lines in The Monkees: A Strange Quirk You’ll Never Unsee
Who Would Be Emperor If the Roman Empire Still Existed Today?
The Futurist Cookbook (1930) Tried to Turn Italian Cuisine into Modern Art
AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome

NYT > Technology

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Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off.
U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk
Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography
China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus
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
Arizona Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi, the Prediction Site
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
U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets.
A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity
Meta Delays Rollout of New A.I. Model After Performance Concerns
Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.
A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.
Silicon Valley’s Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

NYT > Arts

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With ‘Ready or Not 2,’ Samara Weaving Can’t Stop Screaming
Got an Idea About Who Robbed the Gardner Museum? Get in Line.
The Loud Nights and Quiet Days of Avalon Emerson
BTS: A Guide to the K-Pop Group’s Discography
Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ Controversy, Explained
‘My Joy Is Heavy’ Review: Hope and Horror Live in the Same House
John Lithgow’s Career Spans 200 Roles — From ‘3rd Rock’ to Roald Dahl
With Twin Babies, the Opera Star Lise Davidsen Wonders What Comes Next
In the Oscars Audience, Stars Caught Their Breath
What to Know About Banksy and the Street Artist’s Identity
‘Ulster American’ Review: Matthew Broderick as a Star Blinded by Privilege
How Readers Voted on Miscast Roles in the Movies
Grace Ives Was Tipped as a Top Indie-Rock Star. Then She Hit the Bottom.
How Michael B. Jordan Won (and Timothée Chalamet Lost) Best Actor at 2026 Oscars
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
For Tschabalala Self, Art Is Romantic
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
Andy Weir on the Science That Inspired His Novel ‘Project Hail Mary’
Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ Is Back as ’90s Trend Soundtrack
Late Night Wonders Which Former President Spoke With Trump
Alfredo Bryce Echenique, 87, Dies; Novelist Bared Peru’s Privileged Class
8 Great Songs That Make It Easy to Be Green
Academy ‘Extremely Upset’ After Teyana Taylor Says Oscars Security Shoved Her
Playwrights Horizons Settles Case Over Discounts for People of Color
Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ and More Theater to Stream
Albert Zuckerman, Literary Agent and ‘Hero of the Blockbuster,’ Dies at 94
Len Deighton, Author of Espionage Best-Sellers, Dies at 97
Jocelyn Bioh’s ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play’ Heads to Broadway
Meg Webster’s Life in Five Artworks
Jimmy Kimmel Has a Bone to Pick With Trump’s War Plans
Inside the Katseye Fandom: Friendships, Rivalries and Boycotts Over Manon’s Hiatus
Richard Grenell: From Trump Cabinet Hopeful to Ex-Kennedy Center Manager
House Adopts Bill to Ease Heirs’ Recovery of Art That Nazis Looted
How ‘Marty Supreme’ and Timothée Chalamet Went Home With No Oscars
Judy Pace, 83, Dies; Actress Brought Layers to Black Characters
Live Nation Antitrust Case Resumes With Testimony About Springsteen Fees
At Dance Reflections, Embodied Acts of Memory
Oscars Cut Off ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Speech in Brutal Live Moment
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Close for 2-Year Renovation Project
John Bengtson, Modern-Day Silent-Film Sleuth, Dies at 68
For Once, the Oscars Got a Lot Right (Even the In Memoriam Segment)
Michael B. Jordan Wins Best Actor
Review: ‘The Silent Serenade’ at Mannes Opera
Review: Handel’s ‘Hercules’ at Carnegie Hall
Where to Stream the 2026 Oscar Winners, From ‘One Battle After Another’ to ‘Sinners’
The Politics of Teyana Taylor’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Character
At the Governors Ball After-Party, Stars Celebrate the 2026 Oscars
Norway Celebrates Oscar Win for Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’
The Best Oscars Fashion Trend Was Dresses You Can Breathe In
Pope to Make a (Virtual) Visit for the United States’ 250th Birthday
Best and Worst Moments From the 2026 Oscars
Where to Stream the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Jess and Morgs Blur the Boundaries Between Live Performance and Film
In ‘The Lady,’ a Current Royal Scandal Meets an Older One
Why Did Trump Officials Award $2 Million to a Small Art School in Queens?
‘Imperfect Women,’ Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
Javier Bardem and Other Stars Address Wars and Free Speech at Oscars
‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture at 2026 Oscars After Awards Sweep

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Why such a contrast between left and right of Caspian sea?
The Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, over 2000ft wide, has a very fun delta
Portland, OR Has One of the Strictest Urban Growth Boundaries in the US
Why is tobacco use so prevalent in Europe?
Far North Queensland
Help Me ID These Mountains Seen From Plane in the Andes
UAE farms around sand dunes
Adam's Peak from the Sea, Sri Lanka
Fes el Bali: The world’s largest car-free urban area. A medieval labyrinth of 9,400 streets where 150,000 people live and transport is still done by donkeys.
Oxbow Lakes in Distributaries of Ganges river (India)
Why does this lake exist in Central Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates, yet surrounded by desert?
What caused eastern protestantism to be so large in Slovenia?
Map of Global AI Compute Capacity by Country (H100-equivalents, existing clusters only)
Fieldwork
Globle not loading today?
Want to make your own nation? (Minecraft)
What is the smallest country without any freedom of movement agreements?
Why isn't trade in the Swahili Coast as powerful as it once was?
What is this Canada find?
I don't think that's how rivers work, Google Earth.
Is there an updated map like this?
Nepal has almost doubled its forest coverage since the early 90s
Missing island at the coast of Gaza
I need advice

The Public Domain Review

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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 Emperor’s New Clothes: Fashion, Politics, and Identity in Mughal South Asia

The Quietus

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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
Phew and Danielle de Picciotto – Paper Masks
Olof Dreijer Reveals Debut Solo Album, ‘Loud Bloom’
Skaņu Mežs Announces First Artists Playing 2026 Edition
Modest Mouse Return with First New Song in Five Years
MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt Unveil Split Album, ‘POMPEII // UTILITY’
Iceage Share First New Song in Five Years, ‘Star’
That’s How We Make It Our Home: Will Oldham Selects 13 Valiant Records from Louisville, Kentucky
Tanya Tagaq – Saputjiji

Bandcamp Updates

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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
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, February 2026
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, February 2026
Cryptic Shift, “Overspace & Supertime”
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, February 2026
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, February 2026
Bill Callahan, “My Days of 58”

dusted

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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)
Jackie West — Silent Century (Ruination)
Chad Taylor Quintet — Smoke Shifter (Otherly Love)

Pitchfork

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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
The Weight EP
Dylan Brady Is Releasing a New EP
Horse Lords Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! With New Album
Kehlani Is Releasing Their Self-Titled Album Next Month
Public Image Ltd. Announce Sprawling North American Tour
Lollapalooza 2026 Lineup: the Smashing Pumpkins, Charli XCX, the xx, and Lorde
Of Montreal Plot Summer 2026 North American Tour
Lucinda Williams Sets Spring 2026 US Tour
The Wallflowers Announce Bringing Down the Horse Anniversary Tour
Lil Wayne Adds New Tha Carter Anniversary Tour Dates
Peter Frampton Recruits Sheryl Crow, Tom Morello, and More for Comeback Album
Ed O’Brien Announces New Solo Album Blue Morpho
Monica
Extra Stars
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Megacity Madness (The Official Live Recordings)
Here’s What Went Down at Rosalía’s Lux Tour Opener

Cool Tools

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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
Dental Care
Maverick tours / Protocol cards / Kitchen sponge

McMansion Hell

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mctuscan heaven
for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin’s…
chud atlantis
For Patreon, I wrote about developer slop flooring, the history of walking on plastic, and what fake…
glam metal modern but also your contractor is going to jail dawg
FYI, this post is now available for all to read!
McMansion Hell urges all New Yorkers to Rank Zohran Mamdani #1 for Mayor of NYC
Bonus Post: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a treatise
simulacra for bootlickers
About my last few months.
on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)
New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“
new jersey “19th century” “eclecticism”
2007-core nostalgia extravaganza
namesake mcmansion
the motel room, or: on datedness
texas gothic revival
ode to a faux grecian urn
Hello everyone! The word is out – I am writing a book!
we’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven

Serious Eats

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We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers—Here Are Our Favorites
Food Processor vs. Blender: What's the Difference?
We Tested 12 Flatware Sets to Find the Best Ones for Everyday Use
What’s the Deal With Instant Cold Brew Makers?
Why We Think Baratza Grinders Are worth the Money (Including Two That Are on Sale)
Should You Be Storing Coffee in a Coffee Canister?
We Tested 7 Pasta Makers to Find the Best Ones for Rolling and Cutting Dough
We Reviewed The Vitamix Immersion Blender (And It Was Almost Silly Powerful)
Honing Versus Sharpening a Knife: What's the Difference?
My KitchenAid Stand Mixer is Leaking Oil—What’s Going On?
How Do Keurig Coffee Makers Work, Anyways?
Does Your Beer Glass Really Matter? We Consulted a Beer Expert to Find Out
We Tested 7 Anti-Fatigue Mats—Here Are the Best Ones for Your Kitchen
We Tested 8 Countertop Ice Makers—Three Stood Out
We Reviewed 11 Bento Boxes to Find One We’d Pack Lunch In
How Do Air Fryers Work?
Balmuda: Our Review of the Pretty, Steam-Powered Toaster
The Spinn Coffee Maker Is One of the Only Automated Brewers We Like
We Tested 12 Garlic Presses—Two Smashed the Competition
The Breville Barista Express Impress Makes Home Espresso Approachable
We Tested 8 Enameled Cast Iron Skillets and Found Three Great Options
We Tested 11 Different Bundt Pans—Three Won Top Marks
We Tested 14 Popular Vegetable Peelers to Find the Best Ones
All of the Tools You Need to Make Really Great Baguettes at Home
Baking Steels vs. Stones: Which One Should You Buy?
Nespresso vs. Keurig: Which Coffee Maker is Better?
We Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed Out the Competition
We Tested 8 Mandolines to Find Ones That Could Slice with Ease
How a Food Dehydrator Can Help You Reduce Food Waste
We Tested the Anova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer
We Reviewed the Challenger Fermentation Mat and Recommend It for Sourdough Bakers
The Best Methods for Making Whipped Cream, Explained
17 Quick Dinner Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less
12 Freezer-Friendly Soups for a Warm Meal Whenever You Want It
What’s the Difference Between Glass and Metal Baking Pans?
We Tested 7 Squeeze Bottles to Find the Best for Your Kitchen
Chè Chuối (Vietnamese Banana, Tapioca, and Coconut Milk Dessert)
We Tested 20 Bread Machines—Three Proved They Were The Best
We Tested the Ankarsrum Stand Mixer for Months to Find Out if It’s Worth Buying
10 Cake Flour Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Palestinian Food 101: Recipes to Get You Started
Shack Sauce
Mansaf (Palestinian Spiced Lamb With Rice and Yogurt Sauce)
Ka'ak al Quds (Jerusalem Sesame Bread)
Kitchen Gear and Tools We Think You Should Have Two (Or More) Of
14 Last-Minute, Food-Related Valentine’s Day Gifts
The Breville Pizzaiolo Oven Makes Great Neapolitan Pizza—And It’s 20% Off This Week
Our Winning Milk Frother Is Finally Back in Stock—And It's On Sale
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