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Before modern painkillers existed, what did people with chronic pain actually do? Not soldiers or kings — ordinary people. A farmer with a shattered knee. A seamstress with crippling arthritis. Did they just... suffer every single day of their lives?
Jesus seems unusual for a Jew of his time period to believe in an eternal Hell, where would he have gotten a belief in Hell and can this source be used to trace his spiritual development?
Before the concept of "retirement" existed, what actually happened to people who were too old or injured to work? Were elderly peasants just left to starve, or did pre-modern societies have support systems we've completely forgotten about?
Constitution of the Confederate States of America outlawed importing new slaves. Why was that?
How were high society gentry in the late 18th/early 19th century having all these affairs?
What was it like for Jewish scientists at NASA to work with Germans brought over in Operation Paperclip? Is there any record of a conflict between them? Do we know anything about any possible tensions that arose from former Nazis working at NASA?
Homosexuality In Islamic Golden age was so tolerated, and even seen as luxurious, what changed now ?
Is there a reason the US didn't invest more heavily in public transport after the 1970s oil crises?
Any questions about where rum came from? I’m the author of _The Invention of Rum _. AMA about the quintessential Atlantic commodity!
There is a brand of canned tuna in the US named Chicken of the Sea. At the time it was introduced would tuna have been a commonly consumed fish in the US?
South Carolina’s new license plate has the slogan “where the Revolutionary War was won.” How accurate, if at all, is this statement?
Is Adriani Rilandi's 1714 Book On The Demographics of Palestine Taken Seriously By Historians?
How disastrous were the american presidents before Lincoln?
Was honey used by medieval peasants to preserve meat?
When did grapes stop being decadent?
Given that how gigantic and "wide" Russia is, how did it manage to maintain control over its remotest territories before the age of trains and telegrams?
How can Eisenhower's seemingly contradictory nuclear policies be reconciled?
Has miscarriage rate gone down along with the child mortality rate?
By the time of the American Civil War, the UK regularly used diplomatic and military power to force other nations to stop slavery. Why weren't they stronger supporters of the Union?
Why are there barely any resources on the Arab rule over the Levant, how did the Arabs view them (ethnically, religiously, superiority etc.), were there tensions, oppression etc. How did locals react to the conquests and was their identity seperate after arabisation and conversion or not?
What historical figures likely had documented diseases/disabilities before they were properly named/described?
Would there be any actual way to tell if they found Ghengis khan's body?
How did Egyptians treat their monuments throughout history?

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Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Thoughts on critique of CDA?
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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
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Lusitanian language and onomastics of Lusitania: 25 years later (2021) [Spanish]
Q&A weekly thread - February 23, 2026 - post all questions here!
A new study reveals that newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
A Grammar of Gaddi
A Sociophilological Account of the Formation and Evolution of the Term Língua Geral, with Emphasis on Amazonia
Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
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
Meta-Analysis of Verbal Negation Studies in the Northeast and Southeast Regions
Q&A weekly thread - January 26, 2026 - post all questions here!
Pāṇini - Paul Kiparsky, 2022
Philosophy of Grammar in Ancient India: Reinterpreting the Gārgya Controversy in Nirukta 1.12–1.14
William Labov - The Linguistic Consequences of Being a Lame (1973)

MetaFilter Projects

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'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
Eating Litter (a poem)
Ideal Conditions Calculator
Motif: create patterns, see them repeat
Short Fiction about Academic Tech
TSOFA - The Simple, Offline Flashcard App
Tri-Con: The Trident Conference for Speculative Fiction

Open Culture

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AI Figures Out the Rules of a Mysterious 2,000-Year-Old Board Game from Ancient Rome
Inside the Automats Where Coin-Operated Machines Created a Modern, Democratic Dining Experience
Roman Statues Weren’t White; They Were Once Painted in Vivid, Bright Colors
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome
Bertrand Russell’s Advice For How (Not) to Grow Old: “Make Your Interests Gradually Wider and More Impersonal”
The First Robot Movie: Watch a Newly Discovered Georges Méliès Film from 1897
Download 60,000 Works of Art from the National Gallery, Including Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rembrandt & More
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film, Is Now in the Public Domain (1926)
Rome in 1890 Captured in Color Photographs: The Colosseum, Forum, Trevi Fountain & More
Behold the First Realistic Depiction of the Human Face (Circa 25,000 BCE)
The Greatest Double Agent Ever: How a Spanish Chicken Farmer Became the Most Important Double Agent in WWII
How Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Created the Blueprint for Modern Science Fiction (1927)
How Medieval Cathedrals Were Built Without Science, or Even Mathematics
What Did the Instruments in Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights Sound Like? Oxford Scholars Recreate Them
The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China

NYT > Technology

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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label
The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the A.I. Data Center Boom
‘Designed to Wreak Havoc’: The Cheap Drones Shaping the War With Iran
OpenAI’s Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
Former Meta A.I. Chief’s Start-Up Is Valued at $3.5 Billion
U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy
For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal
Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s Dance With the Pentagon: What to Know
Are A.I.-Generated Videos Changing How We See Animals?
From 2017: Frances Gabe, Creator of the Only Self-Cleaning Home, Dies at 101
Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power
The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
How $800 Monthly Car Payments Are Hurting Car Sales
You’ve Never Seen Ants Like This Before
A Word to the Wise: Don’t Trust A.I. to File Your Taxes
Elon Musk Defends Social Media Posts in Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit
Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power
Lawmakers Question Intel’s Use of Tools From Blacklisted Chinese Firm
Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles

NYT > Arts

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Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s Owner, Settles Antitrust Case With Justice Dept.
Don’t Fence Ted McGinley In
‘Testament of Ann Lee’ and the Entwining of Dance and God
For Longtime Kennedy Center Patrons, a ‘Lifeline’ Has Been Cut
After Kennedy Center Exit, Washington National Opera Returns
Review: Harry Styles Hits the Club on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’
Review: Jealousy, Deception and Another Round of ‘Othello’
‘Let’s Go for a Walk’: Three Dance Artists Strip Down Movement
Casting, Which Will Be Celebrated at This Year’s Oscars, Has Changed Drastically
The Met Opera’s Desperate Hunt for Money
After a Shooting at Rihanna’s Home, a Woman Is Held on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
‘Rooster’ Review: Steve Carell Goes to School
On ‘S.N.L.’, Pete Hegseth Says Iran ‘Isn’t a War, It’s a Situationship’
‘New Michelangelos’ and the ‘Dan Brown Approach’ to Art History
Late Night Scolds Trump Over Gasoline Prices
Fed Up With High Costs, American Theater Takes a Trip to London
Monti Rock III, Gleefully Untalented ‘Tonight Show’ Favorite, Dies at 86
Greg Greeley, Former Amazon Executive, to Lead Simon & Schuster
‘Scarpetta,’ Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84
In a Screen-Dazzled World, a Theater Critic Has the Antidote
MoMath Brings Prime Numbers to a Prime New Location
Tatjana Wood, Award-Winning Comic Book Colorist, Dies at 99
When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
Thaddeus Mosley, Sculptor Who Found Fame in His Last Decade, Dies at 99
Conductor Andris Nelsons Has Become a Cautionary Tale
I Make Connections. Here’s What I’m Actually Thinking.
Sturgill Simpson, Olivia Rodrigo: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Bill Lawrence’s TV Empire Is Built on Humor and Heart
A Washington Museum Zeros In on the Watergate Scandal
Book Review: ‘Stories,’ by Helen Garner
Bobby Cannavale Loves ‘Heated Rivalry’ and His Bearded Dragon
Alan Trustman, Lawyer Who Wrote ‘Thomas Crown Affair,’ Dies at 95
Boston Symphony Abruptly Ends Andris Nelsons’ Contract
Timothée Chalamet Has a Point About Ballet
Bob Power on His Work on A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’
Jeremy Larner, 88, Dies; Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic
Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center
A Philharmonic Conductor’s Concerts Surprise, for Better and Worse
For the Friars, a Sad Sale of Their Club’s Last Vestiges
From 1999: Charlotte Perriand, Designer, Is Dead at 96
When Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ended, Concern for Her Did Not
From 2001: Aaliyah, 22, Singer Who First Hit the Charts at 14
From 2014: Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86
From 1983: Karen Carpenter, 32, Is Dead; Singer Teamed With Brother
From 2007: Anna Nicole Smith Dies at 39
From 1995: Grammy-Winning Singer Selena Killed in Shooting at Texas Motel
From 1962: Brilliant Stardom and Personal Tragedy Punctuated the Life of Marilyn Monroe
From 1981: Death Ends a 39-Year Career, Starting With Child Roles at 4
From 1992: Marlene Dietrich, 90, Symbol of Glamour, Dies
From 2019: Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
From 1969: Judy Garland, 47, Found Dead
From 1977: Maria Callas, 53, Is Dead of Heart Attack in Paris
From 2005: Ruth Clement Bond, 101, Quilter and Civic Leader, Is Dead
From 2010: Lucille Clifton, Poet Who Explored Black Lives, Dies at 73
From 1967: Dorothy Parker, Literary Wit, Dies at Age 73
From 1992: Audre Lorde, 58, a Poet, Memoirist and Lecturer, Dies
From 1959: Billie Holiday Dies Here at 44; Jazz Singer Had Wide Influence
From 2011: Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 27
From 2019: Agnès Varda, Influential French New Wave Filmmaker, Dies at 90
From 2000: Hedy Lamarr, Sultry Star Who Reigned in Hollywood

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
The distance between Northern Turkey and Southern Yemen is the same as Winnipeg and Mexico City
Considering England's population is over 55 million and approximately 450 people/km^2, just how crowded is life there, including the rural areas?
Which places over time have now become pretty different from their historical common stereotypes?
The iran ground invasion will be worse than Afghanistan
Cities with an “Emerald Necklace”?
Why is Poland’s birthrate so shockingly low
Why has a canal never been constructed on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec?
If you want [insert well known place], why don't you try [lesser known, more accessible alternative]?
I have few questions about the Southern Alps. This does seem like an anomalous geological feature to me (my opinion)
Cities with the most/least commercial airports per-capita?
In your opinion, what major city would have the worst climate to live in?
What are some big global cities that are currently losing population or seeing lots of people move away? What’s causing it?
Why does Oman have this strange enclave/exclave situation near the Strait of Hormuz?
Is the diversity of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park unique in North America?
Considering Java's population is over 150 million and approximately 1200 people/km^2, just how crowded is life there, including the rural areas?
Coldest megacities in the world?
Bananas and Bauxite connection in Central Amercia?
What country is on the best trajectory?
How often do geographers use satellite imagery to identify places?
How often do geographers use satellite imagery to identify places?
How likely is it that most of Southeast Asia will escape the Middle Income Trap?
Sugarcane growing potential is largely unused. What do you think?
Sea ice and glaciers in the Arctic
Why is there generally a doomer attitude regarding Latin American development but very optimistic attitude about Southeast Asian development?

The Public Domain Review

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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 Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)

The Quietus

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Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble – Signals
How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids
New Age Doom featuring H.R. – Angels Against Angels
More than Theoretical Girls: Adele Bertei on the Women of No Wave
Fugazi Share Previously Unreleased Recordings Made Alongside Steve Albini
The White Hotel Adds Kali Malone, Klein and More to Lineup for Blackpool Festival
Reissue of the Week: Darkthrone’s The Fist in the Face of God
Shabaka – Of The Earth
Justin K. Broadrick Halts Godflesh Live Shows Following Abdominal Surgery
Carla dal Forno to Release New Album, ‘Confession’
Aldous Harding Details New Album, ‘Train On The Island’
Mr Smith Goes to Dalston: John Smith on The Girl Chewing Gum at 50
Crimes of the Future: Torn by Cobrah
Ragger – Euphonic Sounds
Seefeel Reveal First New Album in 15 Years
Green Man Unveils Lineup for 2026 Edition
The Auteurs Sing Uber Hate: After Murder Park At 30
Out of this World: SHERELLE’s Favourite Records
GENA – The Pleasure Is Yours
Hey Colossus – Heaven Was Wild
Loraine James Details New Album, ‘Detached From The Rest Of You’
DJ Marcelle to Take DJing Hiatus After Heart Attack
Arca, Mark Pritchard and More Rework Nine Inch Nails for ‘TRON: Ares’ Remix Album
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for March by Daryl Worthington
Guest Playlist: Alexis Taylor
Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
London to Get New 2,300-Capacity Music Venue in Late 2027
Berlin Atonal and Unsound to Collaborate on New Event, The Infinite Now
Your February Catch-up Playlist is Here
Radiohead Tell ICE to “Go Fuck Yourselves” in Social Media Dispute
Bong II – This Time It’s Personnel
The Early – I Want To Be Ready

Bandcamp Updates

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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”
How Kuljit Bhamra Invented Punjabi Disco
Essential Releases, February 27, 2026
EXEK, “Prove The Mountains Move”
Converge Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
Christine Ott and the Mysteries of the Martenot
El Gran Grupo, “Sí aquí llegó ya”
Feel the Darkness: The Story of Poison Idea
Dominique Fils-Aimé, “My World is the Sun”
The Women of Detroit House
Midori Hirano, “ OTONOMA”
The Bug Remembers
Big Ups: Gorillaz Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
Chris Crack, “Too Late to Start Following the Rules Now”
Steve Shelley’s Sonic Afterlife
Hen Ogledd, “DISCOMBOBULATED”
Essential Releases, February 20, 2026
Carpenter Brut Picks His Bandcamp Favorites
The Past, Present, and Future of Dance Music in D.C.

dusted

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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)
Heavenly — Highway to Heavenly (Skep Wax)
Bill Callahan — My Days of 58 (Drag City)
Marty Ehrlich, Julius Hemphill — Circle the Heart (Relative Pitch Records)
Various Artists — Music From The Mountain People Of Central Vietnam (Sublime Frequencies)
Dog Chocolate — So Inspired So Done In (Upset the Rhythm)
Vorago — Morulus (Amor Fati)
Abronia — Shapes Unravel (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube)
rest symbol — s/t (AN1MA)

Pitchfork

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Ex-Dead Kennedys Singer Jello Biafra Hospitalized After Stroke
Make-Up Is a Lie
IOWA
The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore
El Niño Bola
Donald Glover Cast as Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Dot Rotten, Rapper and Grime Pioneer, Dies at 37
Live Nation and Justice Department Move to Settle in Antitrust Lawsuit
Wasserman Agency Rebrands to The·Team
Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, and the Rajasthan Express Reunite for New Album
Franz Ferdinand “Nauseous and Furious” After IDF’s Use of “Take Me Out”
Jill Scott Announces 2026 Tour
Aldous Harding, Seefeel, Bassvictim, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Hayley Williams Covers This Is Lorelei’s “Perfect Hand”
Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
BIG MAMA
Heaven 2
Something We All Got
CyHi Tackles G.O.O.D. Music Fallout on New Song
Katie Alice Greer Announces New Album, Shares “Unglued”
Watch Gorillaz Make Their Saturday Night Live Debut
Dare Iz a Darkside
TRON Ares: Divergence
“Stickerbush Symphony”
Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar Announce New Album and Tour, Share Title Track
Angélique Kidjo Announces Album With Pharrell, Nile Rodgers, and More
Fugazi Unearth Shelved Steve Albini Sessions for New Charity Album
Honey Dijon Drops New Track “Just Friends”
Nettspend Drops New Album Early Life Crisis
5 Takeaways From Harry Styles’ New Album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Cool Tools

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Dental Care
Maverick tours / Protocol cards / Kitchen sponge
Book Freak #199: Thinking in Systems
Ski Coat Sales/Delayed Luggage Tactics/Another United Devaluation
What’s in my NOW? — Amanda McClendon
Smuggler’s Cove / Hieronymous Bosch
E-Books
Free sports TV / Hot and cold face wand / Best pencil
Book Freak #198: How We Know What Isn’t So
Best Hotel Values/Reserved Seat Tactics/Fastest-growing Tourism Destinations

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
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