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Sources: China recently told tech companies, including ByteDance and Moonshot AI, to reject US capital without state approval, after Meta's Manus acquisition (Bloomberg)
Alibaba says its Qwen AI models will be integrated into BYD, Volkswagen, and other cars, letting users buy food and tickets via voice commands on select models (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
As part of the Cohere-Aleph Alpha deal, Aleph Alpha backer Schwarz Group plans to invest $600M in Cohere's Series E, which a source says is set to close in 2026 (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
Norway plans to ban children from using social media until they turn 16; the government says it will introduce a bill in parliament by the end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)
Canada's Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha agree to a merger deal valuing the combined group at ~$20B to work on sovereign AI; both governments support the deal (Financial Times)
EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: ~49% of consumers have used AI over the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)
Tracxn: global edtech funding fell from $16.7B in 2021 to $2.6B in 2025, while the number of startups launched dropped from 10,491 in 2021 to just 645 in 2025 (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
Sources: India is piloting 10 schemes to test whether its CBDC, the e-rupee, can deliver welfare payments more efficiently, as it looks to boost e-rupee usage (Reuters)
DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/1M input tokens and $3.48/1M output tokens, while V4 Flash costs $0.14/1M and $0.28/1M; both models are the cheapest in their class (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Staffing experts say India's IT sector is seeing a rise in replacement hiring as companies adapt to Gen Z staff leaving jobs faster than previous generations (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
Sources: Cursor hit $2.7B in annualized sales in March, up ~14x from a year ago, and reported a ~$900M loss in its last fiscal year on $770M in total revenue (The Information)
China's top market regulator says it is launching a six-month crackdown on the country's online ad sector, targeting malpractices including the misuse of AI (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
The AI boom has pushed the market cap of Shenzhen-listed Zhongji Innolight, a leading optical communications device maker, close to $146B, a record high (Bloomberg)
DeepSeek V4 Pro has 1.6T total parameters, its largest model by that metric, and V4 Flash has 284B parameters; both models have a context window of 1M tokens (South China Morning Post)
Huawei says its Ascend supernode based on the Ascend 950 AI chips will fully support DeepSeek V4, as DeepSeek launches a preview of its V4 model (Reuters)

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Thursday Reading & Recommendations | April 23, 2026
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We used to say in English say The Ukraine, now we dont. There is also The Lebanon, and The Sudan, but not The Russia or The France. When and why did this convention emerge and change?:
In No Country for Old Men, set in 1980, some of the sheriffs in South Texas consider the area to be historically quiet, with cartel-related violence being a new problem. Was this true, and if so, around what time did being a sheriff near the border go from being a quiet job to a more dangerous one?
How widly known was Jimmy Savile's paedophilia in the entertainment industry during his life?
Did Victorian-era doctors genuinely believe that masturbation was terribly unhealthy, or was that just something people said as a deterrent due to it being "improper"? And if it's the former, how did the doctors ever reach that conclusion?
Samurai were instrumental in the Meiji Restoration, which eliminated the Samurai class. What were their motivations?
Why wasn't the Isle of Man incorporated into the United Kingdom?
At what point in American history could a person openly say they're atheist without major social backlash?
How cynical was the public of Nazi Germany towards the state? Did the average "Aryan" German know that the government was kleptocratic, that officials took bribes, & that the SS & others were pocketing "confiscated" goods for themselves? Or was this stuff not realized until the end of the War?
I am a German citizen who lives in Berlin in 1943. I realize the war is lost and want to flee the country with my family and wealth. Is that possible? What if I waited until '44 or '45?
What was the deal with Americans worrying about cannibals in the early to mid 20th century?
I’m a noble in pre-Revolutionary France, what is my economic and moral justification for why the nobility should pay extremely low taxes and the poor should pay for everything else?
I recently found a statistic online that said up to 42% or 750k Portuguese emigrated out of Portugal from 1500 to 1800, 42% of the population is a insane number, so why did so many Portuguese leave Portugal when other colonial powers did not have the same type of exodus?
Was the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's mother grew up on a southern plantation surrounded by slaves, and that Roosevelt's two uncles fought for the confederacy, ever used against him by political opponents? Conversely, did it help him in the south?
Was Magic: The Gathering completely groundbreaking in terms of gameplay and collectibility? Did it have any major influences?
How did the feudal customs and rights work in the medieval Europe when a minor title subordinate to one kingdom was inherited by a vassal of another kingdom?
What did the Romans think about dreams?
Did the North really want to end slavery or was it more complicated?
Why is Henry VIII so Famous?
How Much Champagne did the Nazis Drink While Occupying France?
What caused the Church to say that heliocentrism was heretic?
Are there any pre-modern moral guides written by successful parents?
Was there backlash (popular or professional) associated with the introduction of recording technologies or synthesizers in music?
Sources on Germany's World War One Mobilization?

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Statistical structure and the evolution of languages
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The application of "Word Embeddings as Metric Recovery in Semantic Spaces"(Hashimoto, Alvarez-Melis & Jaakkola (2016) ):Mapping Latin Prefixes into 4D Semantic Space: Analyzing super-, supra-, inferior-, infra- via RBF Interpolation
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Endangered languages conference (Boston area)
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Q&A weekly thread - March 23, 2026 - post all questions here!
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
Q&A weekly thread - March 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Connectives in Asur: A North Munda Language
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!

MetaFilter Projects

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Female Kill Machine 3
iheartlists game - from easy to death
Morellet Art Generator
In the Shadow of the Tower: A Skyline Murder Mystery
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

Open Culture

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An Ancient Philosophical Song Reconstructed and Played for the First Time in 1,000 Years
What Happens When a Globalized World Collapses: Archaeologist Eric Cline Explains How Bronze Age Civilizations Adapted, Survived or Vanished
Hear Classical Music Composed by Friedrich Nietzsche
Why Animals Look So Strange in Medieval Manuscripts
“The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken”: The 1927 Solvay Council Conference, Featuring Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger & More
Gandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: “We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World” (1939/40)
The Greatest Documentary You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Wang Bing’s Nine-Hour Tie Xi Qu
Try the Oldest Known Recipe For Toothpaste: From Ancient Egypt, Circa the 4th Century BC
The $666 Board That Built Apple: How the Apple I Changed Computing 50 Years Ago
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
How George Orwell Predicted the Rise of “AI Slop” in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Watch La Linea, the Popular 1970s Italian Animations Drawn with a Single Line
10,000 Chicago Concert Recordings Are Being Uploaded to the Internet Archive: Nirvana, Phish, Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants & More
Leo Tolstoy Calls Shakespeare an ‘Insignificant, Inartistic Writer.’ Then George Orwell Fires Back
Watch 35 Short Films by Charles and Ray Eames: “Powers of Ten,” the History of the Computer & More

NYT > Technology

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Meta to Lay Off 10 Percent of Work Force in A.I. Push
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s Epic Fight Heads to Court
OpenAI Unveils Its New, More Powerful GPT-5.5 Model
Anthropic’s New Mythos A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms
Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
A.I. Start-Ups From Canada and Germany Merge to Take On Silicon Valley
Sam Altman’s Next High-Wire Act: Getting OpenAI to Make More Money
How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses
Intel’s Revenues Soar, Aided by A.I. Boom
New Phishing Scam: Fake Invitations
Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun Sues Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial, Accusing It of Fraud
Leaked Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era
Musk’s SpaceX Goals Shift Ahead of Its I.P.O.
Aging in Place: How Technology Might Help You Grow Old at Home
A Wish List for John Ternus, the Man Replacing Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO
Amazon Plans to Invest Up to $25 Billion in Anthropic
Apple C.E.O.s Through the Years: From Michael Scott (Not That One) to John Ternus
Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O.
Elon Musk Ignores French Prosecutors, Widening Tech Rift With Europe
California Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing in Legal Filing
White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise
Cerebras, an A.I. Chip Maker, Files to Go Public as Tech Offerings Ramp Up
How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?

NYT > Arts

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They Were Michael Jackson’s ‘Second Family.’ Now They Say He Abused Them.
Who’s Who in ‘Michael’: A Guide to the Characters
How Ashley Padilla, Breakout ‘S.N.L.’ Star, Nails Comic Timing
This ‘Sustainable’ Island Is Venice’s Newest Art Oasis
Riz Ahmed Stars as James Bond and Hamlet
The Restaurant World Can Be Heated. ‘Top Chef’ Is Lowering the Temperature.
‘Bernstein’s Wall’ Documentary Focuses on Leonard Bernstein
People of Note Is ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ for Gamers
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Saudis Withdraw Offer of Millions to Metropolitan Opera
Anne Hathaway, Queen of Effort, Is Finally Ready to Vibe
Controversies and Production Issues Around ‘Michael,’ the Jackson Biopic, Explained
How a Museum Built Its Buzz: Popcorn, Puppets and Free Tickets
Is 1990s Alternative Rock the New Country?
5 Resistance Museums Recall the Bravery of ‘Ordinary People’
Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Trump at a Mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Review: ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Revival Gives Us What We Want
‘Apex’ Review: Taron Egerton on the Hunt for Charlize Theron
How Shikeith Brings Pittsburgh’s Black History to the Surface
Stream These Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave Netflix in May
Darrell Sheets, Auction Bidder Who Starred on ‘Storage Wars,’ Dies at 67
Ruth Slenczynska, 101, Dies; Piano Prodigy Overcame Father’s Abuse
After Cesar Chavez’s Fall, What to Do With the Art That Honored Him?
Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrated American Conductor, Dies at 81
Meet the Turner Prize 2026 Nominees
‘Two Women’ Review: An Erotic Protest Against Monogamy
‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Review: Possibilities of a Blank Page
‘Over Your Dead Body’ Review: Unholy Matrimony
‘I Swear’ Review: Surviving and Thriving Against the Odds
‘Omaha’ Review: Right Road, Wrong Destination
‘Fuze’ Review: Dishonor Among Thieves
‘Desert Warrior’ Review: An Extra-Lavish Epic From Saudi Arabia
These Literary Thrillers Explore Hollywood’s Dark Side
Stephen Colbert Sends Jimmy Kimmel a Box of ‘Iran War Jokes’
‘Beaches’ Review: A Classic Weepie Dries Its Tears
Joy Harmon, Car-Washing Temptress in ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 87
Alan Osmond, Who Led His Brothers in Song, Dies at 76
Judge Dismisses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s $100 Million Defamation Suit Against NBC
The Nerve Center of This Art Fair Isn’t Painting. It’s Couture.
Nathalie Baye, Versatile and Admired French Actress, Dies at 77
D4vd Murder Case: Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Cause of Death Is Revealed
The Good List: 6 Things to Add Delight to Your Day
Review: At the Met, a Polished and Polite ‘Onegin’ Returns
‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd’s Bloody ‘Baby Reindeer’ Follow-Up
Clowning Around With Fascists, in ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’
In Central Java, an Eco-Resort Aims to Build Sustainability Through Creativity
Dutch Panel Designs Plan to Deal With ‘Orphaned’ Nazi-Looted Art
Imagining the Manosphere as a Kinder, Gentler Place
Vilma Jää’s Voice Is Unlike Anything in Opera
4 Takeaways From ‘Lorne,’ the Movie About Lorne Michaels and ‘S.N.L.’
Inside LACMA’s Eye-Popping New Home, How Do You Find the Art?
École des Sables, Africa’s Premier Dance School, Faces a Precarious Future
Krysten Ritter Returns as Jessica Jones in “Daredevil: Born Again”
Michael Kosta Introduces Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Dave Mason, Songwriter and a Co-Founder of Traffic, Dies at 79
Olafur Eliasson Uses Art and Sound to Raise Climate Awareness in Utah
The Vienna Climate Biennale Contrasts Chaos with Hope
A Mural by the Painter of ‘American Gothic’ Gets New Life
An Installation in Nature has Climate Lessons for Humans
The Haas Brothers’ Creative Creations Are on Tour
Review: In ‘The Balusters,’ Neighborly Dysfunction Is on the Agenda

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
What is going on the road
Indian districts Christian map
Most major cities in Florida are coastal, except for Orlando. Why?
Can the Aral Sea be reborn?
55 Smallest Counties in the US (by population)
Climate types out at sea
What is the purpose of these man made lake/wetlands by the iran-iraq border near the euphrates?
Which European City have very demanding Winter Climates?
Generate your name in landset
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This random portion of land behind a fire station in Central Texas is one of the only preserved pieces of the post oak savanna ecoregion I’ve ever seen
what would climate,biome,plant coverage of these underwater islands could look like if they were above sea level
What’s your favorite Street View spot to visit when you want to relax, both in your country and worldwide?
How did I do?? Did I miss any??
Before Katrina, there was Camille — still one of the most intense hurricanes to ever hit the U.S
Arizona is the state which has both the metropolitan area with the most days over 100 °F (38 °C) (Phoenix), and the metropolitan area in the lower 48 states with the most days with a low temperature below freezing (Flagstaff).
Can anyone explain me the "No Man's Land" of Jerusalem and the West Jerusalem enclave inside the East Jerusalem.
What is your favorite ancient middle eastern civilization and why?
Self Study Pre-Education
What did i miss?
A map of Africa's rivers (I don't know how accurate this is), but it's still cool:)
Does anyone know where Twanda, Hungary was?
Post a map of what you roughly consider the largest geographic extent of your home area or region. Here's mine
I know it’s serious sub but this geo fact meme made me laugh

The Public Domain Review

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Magic by Return of Post: How Mail Order Delivered the Occult
Pulex irritans: The Attack of the Monster (1885)
“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
Introducing PDR Press Minis
Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Songs from the Commons: A Q&A with Simon Close about the Public Song Project
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

The Quietus

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Live Album of the Week: Cabaret Voltaire’s But What Time Is It Really?
Quiet Light – Blue Angel Sparkling Silver Angel 2
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals New LP, ‘Mirage – Ballet For 16 Dancers’
Low Culture Essay: James Bailey on The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
The Ultimate Statement: John Robb’s Favourite Singles
Maramfa Musick Pro: Serokolo 7 Resurrects the Frenetic Pulse of Mapanta
Bali Gamelan Sound – Topeng Semar Pegulingan
Tricky Unveils New Album, ‘Different When It’s Silent’
Boards Of Canada Detail New Album, ‘Inferno’
Brian Eno, Massive Attack and More Call for Eurovision Boycott
Tanya Donelly and Chris Brokaw – The Undone Is Done Again
The Vanishing Twin: Tricky’s Nearly God turns 30
Gnod – Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol.1
New Weird Britain in Review for April, by Noel Gardner
Nine Inch Noize – Nine Inch Noize
Combustible Material: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Tinderbox at 40
Graham Dunning – Quern
Guest Playlist: Mark Jenkin
A Different Beast: Abigail Snail Interviewed
Naná Rizinni – Epiblast
Portraits of the Artist: Künstlerromane in an Age of Uncertainty
Kraftwerk Lose Long-Running Copyright Dispute
Djrum, Laurel Halo and More Remix Lyra Pramuk on New Release
Abigail Snail – Rad Berms
Reissue of the Week: The Beastie Boys’ To The 5 Boroughs
Boards Of Canada Share New Track, ‘Tape 05’
Massive Attack Collaborate with Tom Waits on New Song, ‘Boots On The Ground’
Organic Intelligence LV: Dies Irae in Popular Culture
ADULT. – Kissing Luck Goodbye
Thickened Moments: Life Day by Kristen Gallerneaux
The Field Reveals First Release in Eight Years
Oneohtrix Point Never Shares New Track, ‘Dim Stars’

Bandcamp Updates

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Retracing Belgian New Beat’s Accidental Explosion
Various Artists, “Ephemeral & Fleeting: Modular Music of Japan”
Underground Medicine #3: Rewiring the History of ‘90s American Noise Rock
“I Was Never Interested in Being Owned”: An Interview with Persian, the Anonymous Iranian Pioneer of UK Rave
Fat Ray & Raphy, “Santa Rosa”
Teen Suicide Comes Out of Hiding
Jimmy Scott, “Falling In Love Is Wonderful (2026 Remaster)”
Blu is The Warmest Color
This Bob’s For You: A Guide to Guided By Voices
Neo Geodesia, “Oknha Stamina”
How Sunn O))) Taught Us to Listen Beneath the Surface
Eve Maret, “Diamond Cutter”
Essential Releases, April 17, 2026
The Breathless Energy of Mexican Rave
How Nic Dalton’s Half A Cow Became an Australian Indie Mainstay
Rocketship, “A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)”
Hannah Lew, “Hannah Lew”
Trip Hop Strikes Back
Roger Doyle, Ireland’s Electronic Trailblazer
Rosa Pistola, “Incorregible”
Side Door No. 3: How Skerik Became the Noisy Punk Deviant of the Jam Band World
Prism Shores, “Softest Attack”
Through Label Drama and Divorce, Eleventh Dream Day Endures
Nate Garrett on the Trials and Tribulations Behind Spirit Adrift’s Final LP
Juni Habel, “Evergreen In Your Mind”
Essential Releases, April 10, 2026
The Art of Rock
Après la Révolution: The Sound of the ’70s French Underground
Lero Lero, “Lero Lero”
The Tape Label Report, March 2026
Makthaverskan, “Glass and Bones”
The Sidepeices Are Hip-Hop’s Hottest New Duo. Also, They Just Met.
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Scissor Fits, “It Wasn’t Nothing”
Better Call Paul
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Musica Transonic + Mainliner, “Solid Static”
Time Enough At Last: A Guide to Cluster

dusted

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The Shits — Diet of Worms (Rocket Recordings)
Tacoma Park—Baltimore (Centripetal Force)
Mylingar — Út (Amor Fati)
Souled American — Sanctions (Jealous Butcher)
Irreversible Entanglements — Future Present Past (Impulse!)
Damaged Bug — ZUZAX (DEATHGOD CORP)
Wednesday Knudsen — Atrium (Spinster/Feeding Tube)
Marcelo dos Reis Flora — Our Time (JACC)
Tanya Donnelly & Chris Brokaw  —The Undone Is Done Again (Fire)
Poison Ruïn — Hymns from the Hills (Relapse)
Young Fresh Fellows — Loft (Yep Roc)
Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection — s-t 3 (Full Time Hobby)
Various Artists — Indian Talking Machine Part Two: Instrumental Gems From the 78rpm Era (Sublime Frequencies)
Prism Shores — Softest Attack (Meritorio/Having Fun)
Robert Humber — Into Air (Redshift)
Yankee Bastard — Seongun (Sex Fiend Abomination)
Last Dream Of The Morning — Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Sluchaj)
Petr Válek, Ondřej Merta, Jara Tarnovski — Punctum (Flaming Pines)
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

Pitchfork

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Yung Lean Debuts New Music in Short Film Storm Pt. I & II
Listen to Lucy Dacus’ New Song “Planting Tomatoes”
Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2
Malarial Dream
e.a.l. (euro arab lovergirl)
Bitches Blues
Former Police Officer Arrested Over Planned Shooting At Louisiana Music Festival
What Critics Are Saying About Michael: “Like Being Frog-Marched Through a Wax Museum”
Geese Set 2026 North American Tour Dates
Baltimore Orioles to Host Turnstile Night
Meet the Young Wikipedians Writing the Front Page of Music History
Bon Iver Unveil “Bon Dylan” Covers Band
Life and Death in Kevin Morby's Midwest
LIVING TYPE DANGEROUS Vol. 1
Confession
…Beginning of the End
Something Worth Waiting For
horsegiirL Announces Debut Album, Shares New Single
PinkPantheress, Robyn, More to Guest on Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun: Girls Trip
Tyla Announces Sophomore Album A*Pop
Ian Sweet Announces New Album and Tour
Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group Readies Debut Solo Album
Smerz Reveal New Easy EP and Song “Spring Summer”
Grouper Lines Up Mini North American Tour
Azealia Banks’ New Album Is an… Hour-Long Guided Meditation Suite?
Traffic’s Dave Mason Dies at 79
Boards of Canada Reveal New Album Inferno
Tricky’s First Album in Six Years Is on the Way
Fidelity
Indigo Garden

Cool Tools

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Your Ideal Carry-on Bag/Better Budget Airline/Cultural Atlas
What’s in my NOW? — Camille Newsom
Groundbreaking Food Gardens / World of Warcraft Chronicle
Drawing
Paint pens / Budget espresso / AI bird feeder
Young Adult Destinations/Bag Check Hikes/Hotel Labor Shortage
What’s in my NOW? — Augie Nielsen
Beautiful Birds / The Botanical Treasury
Music Production
Best weather app / Airport delay tracker / Mars photos

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
What is Sumac?
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