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When did the male obsession with penis size begin? Is it a relatively modern phenomenon, or were the men of the past also insecure about their penises?
Was George McClellan actually that bad of a general?
how far is the gun culture in the US deep south linked to the institution of slavery?
How did familiesof seafarers manage their daily survival in times when salaries were still paid in cash only?
A close friend of mine is really getting into the idea that black people were in the Americas and are the true native Americans. Is there any credibility?
Did we have a culturally widespread symbol for “sudden good idea” before the invention of the lightbulb?
How do historians view “The Dawn of Everything”?
How did Soviet Union ended up called 'Soviet' instead of being translated to Council Union?
How come Teotihuacan is so well-preserved?
A gentleman farmer has just been elected Captain of a militia unit besieging Boston in 1775. With no proper military training, but a desire to be the best officer he can be, what resources and training opportunities would be available to him to prepare for the roll?
How would the Schuyler family have pronounced their name in 1780? ie how Americanised were Dutch words by the late 1700s?
Is there any written evidence that lends credence to the idea that white plantation owners who exploited enslaved African labor felt any levels of guilt or psychological turmoil?
How on earth did Byzantine monks learn Chinese fluently to pull off the 6th century silk heist?
How did American insurance (Healthcare in particular) become such a nightmare? What's the history of the industry in the us?
Is the association of ‘Malay’ with Islam a product of colonialism?
How much do we really know about pre-colonial sub-Saharan Africa?
I'm really interested in learning more about what was going on in North America before settler contact. Are there any books/resources that dive into stuff like wars, relations between tribes, etc?
What are good book recommendations on nuclear history between 1954 and 1962?
What culture invented candles and how did they come about?
During decolonization, did any Sub-Saharan African leaders push to restore pre-colonial borders? For instance, Nigeria had existed in its colonial form for just 46 years—why not revert to older entities like Igbo, Hausa, or Yoruba territories?
Did any other monarchs in history spend time trying to develop immunity to poison like Mithridates famously did, if the stories of Mithridates are true to begin with?
The “Uniqueness of the Holocaust” is a phenomena/debate present in historical studies. But is there such a thing as “Uniqueness of the Crusades” or the like?
How did the Mongols kill the last Abbasid Caliph?
Did sovereign equality really exist in the ancient world? And when we study the history of regions where sovereignty wasn’t actually equal in practice（should we apply the modern concept of sovereign equality to them）?
How did the New world react to Old world crops and cuisines?

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Open Culture

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How Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & Jethro Tull Financed the Making Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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David Bowie/Nirvana’s “The Man Who Sold The World” Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument from the 6th Century
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NYT > Technology

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OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices
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Grok Chatbot’s ‘White Genocide’ Responses Blamed on xAI Employee
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Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
Why We’re Unlikely to Get Artificial General Intelligence Anytime Soon
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S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers
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NYT > Arts

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‘Lilo & Stitch’: How a Fuzzy Blue Alien Became a Disney Cash Cow
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‘Business Ideas’ Review: A Parable in a Cute Cafe
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With ‘Van Gogh’s Flowers,’ the New York Botanical Garden Brings the Artist to Life
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Geography

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What mountain was this? Saw it on near Seattle during my flight from Boston.
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Which country on the African mainland would be the easiest to invade and conquer from outside of Africa?
Is there a name for this landform?
School book U-shaped valley
What would necessitate having two airports so close together?
Is the Canadian Shield *really* all that uninhabitable? And is the existence of the shield really the main factor in why so many Canadians live close to the American border?
We’ve discussed city centers surrounded by green space, but what about cities where the center IS green space?
Percentage of Catholics around the world by region
Why doesn’t China get more tornadoes? Its geography is similar to the US: a large east coast with warm moist air and nothing stopping cold fronts coming from the north clashing with that air.
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The Public Domain Review

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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
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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
Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)
Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)
“Relaxations for the Impotent”: Ben Hecht’s Fantazius Mallare and the Contradictions of American Smut
Fantazius’ Folly: Tiny Cryptic #1
Peckish Alphabetics: The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye (ca. 1793–1796)
A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s Les Pigeons (1811)
Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes
Designing the Sublime: Boullée and Ledoux’s Architectural Revolution
Happy Together: The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921)
Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)
Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)
Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive
Happy Public Domain Day 2025!
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The Color of Memory: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet
“How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)
Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
Strange Gods: Charles Fort’s Book of the Damned (1919)
Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)
Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)
Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2024
“Here I Gather All the Friends”: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)
“Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)
Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896)
“To Eat This Big Universe as Her Oyster”: Margaret Fuller and the First Major Work of American Feminism
Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)
Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia (1682)
Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)
The Man and The Crowd (1928): Photography, Film, and Fate
Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)
Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
“Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)
Talking Lightly About Serious Things: Henri Rochefort and the Origins of French Populism
A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)
Edwin D. Babbitt’s Principles of Light and Color (1878)
Gottfried Mind, The Raphael of Cats
Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)
Luigi Cornaro’s Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life (1722 edition)
Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)
Scenes of Reading on the Early Portrait Postcard
The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)
The Plague of Lust: Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity (1901 edition)
Lonely Together: Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928)
Our Mortal Waltz: The Dance of Death Across Centuries
Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s Book of Monsters (1914)
“A Truer and Deeper Knowledge”: Anna Maria van Schurman’s The Learned Maid (1659)
Sensitive Material: Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Blackmail, and the First Motion Pictures
Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)
American Grammar: Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century
Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for Nos Invisibles (1907)
From Fire Hazards to Family Trees: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

The Quietus

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The Strange World Of… Editions Mego
Karman Line Collective – To Be
Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums
Skaņu Mežs Reveals First Acts Playing 2025 Edition
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The Chameleons’ What Does Anything Mean? Basically, at 40
Pedal Off The Metal: Backxwash Interviewed
The Fall – Singles Live Vol.1: 1978–81
Brockwell Park Festivals to Go Ahead Despite Court Ruling
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for May Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Low Culture Podcast: Doctor Who – The Daemons
INTERVIEW: a Lesser Version on Liverpool’s New Outer Waves Festival
Last Few Acid Horse Weekend & Day Tickets Remaining
Goddess – Goddess
The Sound of Young Queer Scotland: An Interview with Carrie Marshall
Tectonic Details 20th Anniversary Compilation
Semibreve Reveals First Acts Playing 2025 Edition
Reissue of the Week: Shirley Collins’ Sweet England
I’m Being Good – Shapeshitter
35 Years On: X-Clan’s To The East Blackwards Revisited
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Ash Fure – Animal
Next Level Electro-Shaabi: Rhlt Jdi by Elkotsh
The Countercultural Figures who Helped Give Birth to the Neo-Nazi Terrorist Networks of Today
The Ultimate Fuck You: McAlmont & Butler’s ‘Yes’ Revisited
Arca Releases New Double-Sided Single, ‘Puta / Sola’
Adrian Sherwood Unveils First New Solo Music in 13 Years
Mike Drop: Finn Wolfhard’s Favourite Albums
Cole Pulice – Land’s End Eternal
DJ Haram Details Debut Album for Hyperdub, ‘Beside Myself’
Cabaret Voltaire to Mark 50 Years of Live Shows with Special Sheffield Show
Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for May Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel

Bandcamp Updates

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Big Ups with Beans
After-Hours Disco: A Guide to Morning Music and Sleaze
Swimming Bell, “Somnia”
A Guide to the Many Faces of Scott McCaughey
Alex Paxton, “Delicious”
Neuma Records is a Home for Unexpected Sound
“Severance” Composer Theodore Shapiro Has Heard Your Theories
Kawaguchi Masami 川口雅巳, Mike Vest, & Dave Sneddon, “To Be True, Then The Loop Will Run Forever”
Art Pepper Played With Love
Essential Releases, May 16, 2025
Artificial Go, “Musical Chairs”
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Oakland’s Borderless Post-Punk Scene
Milena Casado, “Reflection Of Another Self”
Traveling the Wide World of Batida
Dinamarca & Meth Math, “pachamami”
The Internet-Born Label Fueling South Korea’s Avant-Electronic Boom
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, April 2025
Cole Pulice, “Land’s End Eternal”
A Goldmine for Beat Diggers in the ’90s, Folk Funk Makes A Comeback
Various Artists, “Road Fever: New Generation Carnival Riddims from St. Lucia and Dominica”
billy woods on Time Travel, Death, and His New Album’s Heart of Darkness
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, April 2025
Essential Releases, May 9th, 2025
Nechochwen, “spelewithiipi”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, April 2025
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2025
Enji, “Sonor”
The Tape Label Report, April 2025
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, April 2025
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, April 2025
Jean-Michel Jarre, “Deserted Palace”
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, April 2025
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, April 2025
Teether & Kuya Neil, “YEARN IV”
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Andy Summers and Robert Fripp — The Complete Recordings (Panegyric)
Telekaster — Tracing Back the Stream (Empanada Musik)
Rainy Miller — Joseph, What Have You Done (Fixed Abode)
The Convenience — Like Cartoon Vampires (Winspear)
Labrador — My Version of Desire (Safe Suburban Home)
Kilynn Lunsford — Promiscuous Genes (Feel It!)
Samiarus — Reign Destroyer (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Dylan Golden Aycock — No New Summers (Feeding Tube/Worried Songs)
Babe Rainbow — Slipper imp and shakaerator (p(doom))
Amanda Mur — Neu Om (La Castanya)
The Almighty Yellow Star — S-T (Self-Released)
Jenny Hval — Iris Silver Mist (4AD)
Gotobeds — Masterclass (12XU)
Listed: Niko Stratis
Gold Dust—In the Shade of the Living Light (Centripetal Force)
Deerhoof — Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise)
M(h)aol — Something Soft (Merge)

Pitchfork

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Instant Holograms on Metal Film
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Burna Boy Reveals Release Date for New Album, Shares New Song Featuring Travis Scott: Listen
Kneecap’s Mo Chara Charged With Terror Offense for Displaying Hezbollah Flag at London Concert
Dead & Company to Celebrate Grateful Dead’s 60th Anniversary With San Francisco Concerts
Brian Eno Criticizes Microsoft for Support of Israeli Military
Rod Wave’s Attorneys Say Rapper Is Victim of a Burglary After Arrest on Assault Charges
Into the Horrid Depths of Instagram Reels Music
“Elderberry Wine”
Grinderman to Reissue Albums on Vinyl and CD
Girlpool’s Avery Tucker Shares Video for Debut Solo Single: Watch
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen
Wednesday Share Video for New Song “Elderberry Wine”: Watch
Gorillaz Celebrate 25th Anniversary With London Concerts and House of Kong Exhibition
Vybz Kartel Announces 2025 Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
The Armed Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song “Well Made Play”
I’m the Problem
La Belleza
Can’t Get Right
Megan Thee Stallion Releases New Statement on Tory Lanez as Drake and Others Support Pardon
Turnstile Share Video for New Song “Look Out for Me”: Watch
Salt-N-Pepa Sue Universal Music Group for Rights to Master Recordings
Blood Incantation Announce Summer 2025 North American Tour
Hunx and His Punx Announce Tour and First Album in 12 Years, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)” Airs on The Handmaid’s Tale
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Cool Tools

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What’s in my NOW? — Jim Lord
Little Blue Truck / We Found a Hat
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Google clean mode/Career Dreamer/Underrated Rituals
Real ID Day/Remote Worker Conferences/Maya Train
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Gar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #198

McMansion Hell

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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
Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
mojo dojo casa house
BONUS MCMANSION HELL: liminal edition
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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
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