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Sources: top VC firms operating in India are expected to commit investments ranging from $300M to $500M each to India's AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)
Valve says the Steam Deck OLED may be "intermittently" out of stock due to memory and storage shortages; it has been out of stock in the US for a few days (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Sony says it has developed tech to identify copyrighted music in AI-generated songs, aiming to help rights holders receive compensation if their music was used (Rei Nakafuji/Nikkei Asia)
Micron introduces the first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with read speeds up to 28GB/s, double that of PCIe 5.0 SSDs, optimized for AI/data center deployments (Aaron Klotz/Tom's Hardware)
Letter and sources: Starboard plans to nominate a majority slate to Tripadvisor's board; Starboard holds a 9% stake, and TRIP has dropped ~46% in the past year (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
Nifty IT Index, which tracks Indian IT stocks, has slumped about 15% so far in February on worries about AI and is on track for its worst month since March 2020 (Bloomberg)
Ireland's DPC says it has opened a "large-scale" inquiry into X over the creation and publication of "potentially harmful" sexualized images by Grok (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
Manus launches Manus Agents, allowing users to access Manus directly inside messaging apps, starting with Telegram and coming soon to other platforms (Manus)
Apple debuts iOS 26.4 beta 1 for developers, adding limited support for encrypted RCS messages, enhancements to Apple Music, a Smart List for Reminders, more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)
Sources: SpaceX and xAI are competing in a $100M DoD contest to make voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms; OpenAI is helping Applied Intuition's submission (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
Apple says it will bring "advanced video capabilities" to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Internal email: the European Parliament has blocked AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data protection concerns (Politico)
Crypto lender Nexo says it is relaunching in the US in partnership with Bakkt, three years after leaving the US and paying a $45M fine to settle SEC charges (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
As India hosts its AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week, the country is promoting its approach of developing cheaper AI tools aimed at solving local problems (Tripti Lahiri/Wall Street Journal)

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These Unsinkable Tubes Could Help Harvest Energy From the Ocean
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Mitochondrial control of fuel switching via carnitine biosynthesis
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The Heritage Foundation Drove Trump's 2025 Higher-Ed Agenda. What's Its Plan for 2026?
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Office Hours February 16, 2026: Questions and Discussion about Navigating Academia, School, and the Subreddit
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Where was the emergency room in Chicago in 1990s actually like and when did it change? Did attending doctors really work 36 hour shifts?
I just found out that the “buscadero” style of pistol holster and belt is actually a Hollywood invention and does not originate from the Wild West Era, so what did real cowboy holsters and belts actually look like in the late 1800’s?
Was cancer as prominent back in 1900s/1800s?
How was Hitler, a citizen of Imperial Austria, able to serve in the German Army?
Given its significant Islamic populace in the Caucasus and Central Asia, why did the atheist Soviet Union not suffer from Islamic terrorist movements?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a speech this week that "Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos – the entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West – these were born in Spain". How true is this description?
Why did Australia abolish birthright citizenship in 1986?
Perhaps the wrong sub, but can anyone speak to the how/why some countries are referred to used male gendered terms and others have female gendered terms. Why are some “fatherlands” and others are “motherlands”?
Could a medieval peasant become a monk/nun?
How did racialists of the 19th century explained the complexe architecture and arts of mesoamericans civilizations ?
I’m listening to an American Civil War lecture series and in it, the author says that the US Navy only had 90 ships when the war broke out. Why would a resource rich, industrial nation with thousands of miles of coastline to protect have so few vessels?
What examples are there of eras of military buildup ending without (proxy) wars?
Everytime I watch a documentary on the invasion of Poland, they always mention how strange the joint Nazi-Soviet alliance was due to the two nations being inherently ideologically opposed. But what does this mean in practice?
Why did hockey catch on so much stronger in Finland and Sweden than Denmark and Norway?
When Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in the lead up to WW2, why did they set up a Slovak puppet state rather then just outright annex the land directly like they did with the Czech lands?
When did people first experience the "Call of the void"? Are there earlier accounts than in the works by Edgar Allen Poe?
When Gerald Ford Became the Only Unelected US President, was there public backlash, or constitutional worry about it? What was public opinion?
The 1964 coup in Brazil was carried out by Brazilian military officers with the aim of deposing the government of João Goulart, but what were the real reasons for the military to stage this coup against Goulart, and what foreign entities may have influenced the coup?
Co-hosted AMA with r/MuslimAcademics: Philosophy in the Islamic World with Dr. Peter Adamson
Why is cannibalism used in fairy tales?
Long hair is a literal pain in the neck, and yet short hair didn't become fashionable for women until the 20th century. Why not?
why do arabic countries use the particular currency that they use?
Can anyone recall a duelling story that I think was posted here?

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Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
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
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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)
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UAM Corpus Tool
Hierarchical structure in language and action.
Introduction to the templatic verb morphology of Birhor (Birhoɽ), a Kherwarian Munda language
Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu: A sociolinguistic study
Q&A weekly thread - January 12, 2026 - post all questions here!
An Archive of the Caijia Language
Beserman Multimedia Corpus (2025)
Mundari: The myth of a language without word classes (2005)
Q&A weekly thread - January 05, 2026 - post all questions here!
Austroasiatic Roots of Sora Mythology. Origin and Development of the Image of The God Kittung (Ethnolinguistic Analysis)

MetaFilter Projects

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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
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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
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The Immortal Remains

Open Culture

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Ten Lost Roman Wonders: The World’s Longest Tunnel, Tallest Dam, Widest-Spanning Bridge & More
David Lynch Being a Madman for a Relentless 8 Minutes and 30 Seconds
The Untold Story of Bauhaus Women: The Avant-Garde Artists Who Helped Shape Modernism
How This Skyscraper Ruined Paris, and Why They’re Now Trying to Make It Invisible
Watch All of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Performed on Original Baroque Instruments
How Brunelleschi Engineered Florence’s Iconic Dome
Jack Kerouac Lists 9 Essentials for Writing Spontaneous Prose
Were the Egyptian Pyramids Not Built Up, But Carved Down?: A Bold New Theory Explains Their Construction
Rare Video: Vince Guaraldi’s First Televised Performance of “Linus and Lucy” (1964)
Why Some People Think in Words, While Others Think in Pictures & Feelings
Frank Gehry Designed His Own Home, and What It Teaches About Creative Risk
Discover Khipu, the Ancient Incan Record & Writing System Made Entirely of Knots
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
The Rohonc Codex: Hungary’s Mysterious Manuscript That No One Can Read
Cats in Medieval Manuscripts & Paintings

NYT > Technology

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Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing
User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved
Could an Electronic Coach Help Ski Jumpers Leap Farther?
More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad
David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91
Their Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App
F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News
Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round
Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction
Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI
Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market
Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs
Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial
OpenAI’s Biggest Challenge Is Turning Its A.I. Into a Cash Machine
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
Ford Says Electric Vehicle Losses Will Continue for 3 More Years
YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial
A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control

NYT > Arts

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What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
Who’s Pulling the Strings on the World Stage? Ask the Puppets.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
‘Muppet Treasure Island’ at 30: Tim Curry on His Pirate Role
From One President to Another, a Love Letter With an Edge
Shedding Light on a Roma Artist, and the Fate of Her People
‘Star Search,’ Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
‘The Simpsons’ Hits Another Milestone
Milo Rau’s ‘Hate Radio,’ ‘Pelicot Trial’ and More Theater of the Real
Tom Ellis on the 1960s Movie That Blew His Mind
A Winter Surfer at Rockaway Beach Questions His Dedication
Trump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait
Rosamund Pike in ‘Inter Alia’ and More Theater to Stream
MIO: Memories in Orbit Evolves From Infuriating to Ingenious
Frederick Wiseman Watched People Like Nobody Else
‘Shoresy’ Is Back, a Hockey Sitcom With ‘Heated Rivalry’ Ties
Robert Duvall: A Life in Pictures
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
Where to Watch Robert Duvall’s Top Performances
Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95
‘Tragedy of Coriolanus’ Swerves Off Course in Brooklyn
Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say
Henrike Naumann, Artist Set to Represent Germany at Venice Biennale, Dies at 41
Kaija Saariaho’s Masterpiece ‘Innocence’ Heads to Met Opera
André De Shields and Junior LaBeija Team Up for ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: ‘Get Up!’
Making the Dancing Lions for Lunar New York Celebrations
Noah Kahan, James Blake: 9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
How ‘Wonder Man’ Can Reshape the Marvel Franchise
Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat, Dies at 90
Texas University Closes Exhibition With Anti-ICE Artwork
Vicki Abt, Who Said TV Talk Shows Coarsened Society, Dies at 83
In ‘Neighbors,’ the Golden Rule Is ‘Get Off My Lawn’
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
‘Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip’ Review: Grandpa Knows Best
‘Neighbors’ Review: One Battle After Another
10 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
The Times’s TV Editor Shares How He Recaps Episodes
A Family’s Memories and a Nation’s Struggles in ‘My Father’s Shadow’
Watch: Emerald Fennell Narrates a Clip of Margot Robbie in ‘Wuthering Heights’
Jacob Elordi, Heathcliff and the Controversy Over ‘Wuthering Heights’
Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
Stream These Documentaries on the Winter Olympics Going Back a Century
‘Wuthering Heights’ | Anatomy of a Scene
‘The Daily Show’ Gives President Trump Yet Another Inaugural Award
‘The Unknown’ Review: Sean Hayes Turns One Man Into a Mystery
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: No Time for Goodbye
Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56
‘Love Story’ Recreates a Tragic Romance
PEN America Names New Leadership After Gaza Fallout
‘Cold Storage’ Review: Liam Neeson vs. the Gross Green Threat
‘Kramer/Fauci’ Revisits a Sparring Match During the AIDS Crisis
Helmuth Rilling, Who Recorded Huge Swaths of Bach, Dies at 92
Beethoven’s ‘Egmont,’ by Way of Cate Blanchett and Jeremy O. Harris
‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Review: Canadian Fakin’
Looking at ‘The Goldfinch,’ and Thinking About Extinction
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’: Lisa McGee Spins a Comedic Mystery
Improbably Famous, Then Perpetually Forgotten. Now, the Renaissance of Edmonia Lewis
Grand Theft Artifact? A New Game Asks Players to Steal Stolen Art.
‘The Monsters’ Review: A Redemptive Sibling Rivalry

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Sweden rivalled Russia. Why isn't it a great power today?
Its only called an isthmus if it's from the Isthmia region of Greece, otherwise it's just a sparkling narrow land bridge
What countries had a rough relationship history in the past but are now close?
Highway System in the USA
If everything went right for the city, would New Orleans have, from a geographical perspective, the potential to become a major city with millions of people in its urban area? In terms of location, geography, the Mississippi river, economics, etc.
Kiribati only has a land area of 811km. But if you take into account its Exclusive Economic Zone in the Pacific Ocean, then it has a land and ocean area of 3.5 million km. This would make it the second largest country in the world without land borders, after Australia at 7.7 million km
Underrated Wonders of the World?
What's your favorite National Park in the US and why?
China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution
Would the Baltic Sea bed allow for Long viaducts and Tunnels?
What's the reason UK is in the same time zone as Portugal?
Large-scale Fold, Korea widow Island, 5472×3468, [OC]
Can you assist in identifying the country or region?
What would happen if all the deserts on Earth were forests?
What are some urban parks that make you feel like you're not even in the city anymore?
Is it normal in the US to build cities in the mountains like in Mexico?
Volcanic strata, Korea
Is there any pattern to why some countries are referred to using male gendered terms and others use female ones? Like, why are some countries “fatherlands” and others are “motherlands”?
Densest 5-km Circles in Europe
I made a site where can draw on street view with friends in real-time
That little dark area in the middle, is the largest urban park in the world
Trying to figure out where in Sweden this rock is from. The current theory is that “Verike” was someone misunderstanding “Sverige” and that “Krustorp” is actually “Skultorp”? (Details in post)
I-70 in the high plains
Jakutsk/Lena River

The Public Domain Review

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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)
Sartorial Codes: Tiny Cryptic #3
Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)
What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)
The Cat’s Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London
Paws for Thought: Tiny Cryptic #2

The Quietus

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Tributes Paid to Ghold’s Oliver Martin
Guest Playlist: Hen Ogledd
Nightingale Floor – Five Stagings
Fight The Power: Chuck D on the Politics of Hip Hop
River Tweed Celebrated in new Installation
“Working-class males feel they are treated like scum by those in power” – John King Interviewed
Reissue of the Week: Sex Mad by Nomeansno
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
Upsammy and Valentina Magaletti Collaborate on New Album, ‘Seismo’
Scritti Politti Unveil Reissue of Debut Album
Low Culture Podcast: Missy Elliott’s Miss E… So Addictive
Charles Tyler Ensemble – Voyage from Jericho
Et In Arcadia Emo: The Apple Tree Under The Sea by Hemlocke Springs
Kim Gordon Shares New Song, ‘DIRTY TECH’
The Cribs’ Jarman Brothers on Their Love of Boxing
Mayhem – Liturgy of Death
Karshni – Buck Wild
Jonny Greenwood Launches Action for his Music to be Removed from ‘Melania’ Movie
Plex say Farewell to Corsica Studios
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for February Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Keep It Punk, Keep it Simple: Eva LeBlanc of Traidora Interviewed
Daniel O’Sullivan & Richard Youngs – Persian Carpets
Direct Action Gets the Goods: An Interview with Leather.head
Nilza Costa – Cantigas
How men are? The Preposterously Testosterone-fuelled Taxi Driver turns 50
What Makes a Classic Album in the Streaming Era? or What Charli XCX Could Learn from The Police
Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich Donates Gold Disc for Auction to Support Margate Venue WhereElse
Seb Rochford Shares New Finding Ways Track With Patrick Walden, Announces Tour
OST Of The Week: Duval Timothy & CJ Mirra – My Father’s Shadow
The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran
Sam Slater – Lunng
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Murder Ballads As Gangsta Rap Album

Bandcamp Updates

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The Improbable Journey of Dr Strangely Strange, Ireland’s Psych-Folk Pioneers
Worm, “Necropalace”
Essential Releases, February 13, 2026
25 Years In, Morr Music’s Electronic Empire Remains Unstoppable
Melbourne’s Cosmic Funk and Jazz Scene Punches Above Its Weight
Various Artists, “Mastery Quantum Sound”
The Tape Label Report, January 2026
Bandcamp Radio Adds Electronic Music and Indie to the Lineup
Where to Start With M., Black Metal’s Ascendant Dark Prince
Colin Self, “respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis (Expanded)”
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
In the ’70s, Grupo Um Forged New Pathways in Brazilian Jazz
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, “Laughter In Summer”
Kenneth Kirschner’s Book of Musical Days
Charles “Poppy Bob” Walker, “DOUBLE-WIDE”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, January 2026
Daphni, “Butterfly”
Essential Releases, February 6, 2026
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
Yamila, “Noor”
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, January 2026
Tilaye Gebre, “Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band (የጥላዬ ሳክስ ከዳህላክ ባንድ ጋር)”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, January 2026
Underground Medicine #1
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
Ulrika Spacek, “EXPO”
Bandcamp Friday Returns This Friday, February 6
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, January 2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
Toni Geitani, “Wahj”
Introducing The Side Door, A New Column for Jam-Curious Weirdos
Haruhi Kobayashi, “Maybe You Should Talk To Someone”
Essential Releases, January 31, 2026
Perpetual Doom vs. Doomerism
Blackwater Holylight, “Not Here Not Gone”
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, January 2026
Tashi Dorji, “low clouds hang, this land is on fire”

dusted

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The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
The Paranoid Style  —  Known Associates (Bar/None)
Final Dose — Endless Woe (Self-released)
Luke Temple & The Cascading Moms — Hungry Animal (Western Vinyl)
Photo by Domenico Gruosso, used with permission.
Eliza Garth — By the River (Centaur)
Shaking Hand — Shaking Hand (Melodic)
Robert Deeble — The Space Between Us (Mind Bomb Publishing)
Tyshawn Sorey — Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) (DACAMERA Editions)
YĪN YĪN — Yatta! (Glitterbeat)
Taker — Sons and Daughters (Self-released)
Department — The Audacity Files (Self-Release)
Scheen Jazzorkester & Ståle Storløkken — Double Reality Beyond Space And Time (Grong)
Cryptid Spawn — Black Phosphorous Dungeon (Iron Lung)
Cub — Come Out Come Out 30th Anniversary Editions (Mint)
أحمد [Ahmed] — سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (OTOROKU)
Tashi Dorji — low clouds hang, this land is on fire (Drag City)
Dust, Volume 12, Number 1
As previously mentioned, Dusted mainstay Jennifer Kelly is currently battling pancreatic cancer….
Angharad Davies & John Butcher — Two Seasons (Weight Of Wax)

Pitchfork

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Jeff Tweedy Covers Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles”
Labi Siffre Announces First Album in 28 Years, Shares New Song
J. Cole Announces Huge 2026 World Tour
Manchester Orchestra Drummer Tim Very Dies at 42
Casey Wasserman to Sell Agency Amid Epstein Files Backlash
Cupid & Psyche 85
We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years (Super Deluxe Edition)
“Iris”
Alex G and the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan to Score Jane Schoenbrun Film
“Yeannn” [ft. Tezzus]
Lemonheads’ Fan Accuses Evan Dando of Sending Unsolicited Explicit Videos
James Blake Reveals North American Tour, Shares New Song
Irreversible Entanglements Announce New Album Future Present Past
Sturgill Simpson Unveils New Johnny Blue Skies Album
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Charli XCX, Feng, and More
Rewatching House Party, a True American Story
Jane Remover Drops New Venturing Song “In The Dark”
Listen to Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira’s New Wuthering Heights Song
Lykke Li Details Final Album The Afterparty, Shares New Song
COLD 2 THE TOUCH
MAN BITES DOG
Canada
Buckaroo
Scritti Politti to Reissue Rare Debut Album
“SPLURGINBAGS”
Watch Central Cee Turn Back Time in “Iceman Freestyle” Video
Tame Impala Announce 2026 North American Tour
Wednesday Leave Wasserman Over CEO’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Listen to Andrew Bird’s New Song for The Pitt
Dijon and Aimee Mann Set for Return of Bon Iver’s Eaux Claires Festival

Cool Tools

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Fertilizer
Best Case Scenarios / Unloop / Craft Supply Bin
Purification Bottles/Cheapest Flights From Each State/Next Eclipse
What’s in my NOW? — Benoit
Things Organized Neatly / Sharks
Moving
Single sheet calendar / Secret Mall Apartment / Data poems
Book Freak #196: The Art of Spending Money
Travel Dollar Destinations/Bedbugs Tracking/Worldwide Rent Prices
What’s in my NOW? — Gearóid (Ged) Carroll

McMansion Hell

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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
pre-recession, post-taste

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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