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How come Haj Amin al-Husseini features so prominently in the "Jewish" narrative of the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict while he is absent in the Arab narrative?
(WW2) At Iwo Jima, why didn't the Marines enter the tunnels and attack the Japanese from within?
Why are Japanese castles so different from European ones?Did medieval Japan have siege warfare like Europe?
What sort of actual “religious persecution” was being pushed against Puritans in the early 1600s to spark the great Puritan Migration?
How did rice replace millet as the primary staple grain in East Asia?
Did Stalin fear a nuclear war with the United States? Did he consider such a conflict likely in the near-future? Did he have any concept of MAD, or did he think the Soviet Union would manage to win a nuclear war?
Did MLK jr.* ever respond publicly to the surveillance and harassment directed toward him from the FBI?
Could the Dutch "Huishoudschool" (Housekeeping School) be a reason for the lackluster traditionally Dutch cuisine?
Did the Swiss ask the Nazis to mark Jewish passports to make it easier to refuse Jewish refugees?
Is it possible there are Russian Winchester 1895 rifles in storage in Ukrainian caves?
For what audience did Marcus Aurelius compose his Meditations? How has public reception of the work changed since it first became widely disseminated?
Is there any explanation as to why prisoners in nazi concentration camps called each other "Muselmann" (a term used for Muslim men in Germany)?
What do you think of "The Great"?
How big were the armies of the Iberian reconquest? Mainly how many man at arms did a noble like Dom Afonso provide to be given the "condado portucalense?"
What was the immigration situation like for white Canadians coming to the US in the 1920's? Is my family's origin story plausible?
Were there any Black Marxists, socialists, or atheists who held critical perspectives on the Black Church, viewing it as a potential obstacle to political or social liberation?
Do the English exist because of the Norman conquest or despite it?
French as Upper Class?
Is it true that the main function of riflemen in WW1-2 is to protect the machine gunner, which in turn to protect the artillery crew?
Did observers from other nations view U.S. segregation under Jim Crow as unusually harsh or excessive, even in comparison to racial or ethnic hierarchies in their own countries?
When does a famine become a genocide?
What role did Israel play in the US-Iran Relations?
Why do Vikings' longships have square sails?
How did traveling during Medieval times actually work?
Why did the ussr weapon bluffing fail?

Linguistics

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Q&A weekly thread - July 07, 2025 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Serke, A. (2022). A description of Taruma phonology
New book on Second Language Cognitive Task Complexity – A comprehensive meta-analysis
Eastern Andalusian Spanish (Illustrations of the IPA)
The Development of a Bilingual and Bidialectal Dictionary for the Medzeniakonai Language (Baniwa - Koripako)
Natural disasters elicit spontaneous multimodal iconicity in onomatopoeia and gesture: Earthquake narratives from Nepal and New Zealand
Q&A weekly thread - June 30, 2025 - post all questions here!
Do ‘language trees with sampled ancestors’ really support a ‘hybrid model’ for the origin of Indo-European? Thoughts on the most recent attempt at yet another IE phylogeny
Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem
Now You’re Talking... Old Irish: Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish (2025)
Linguistic Paradox and Diglossia: the emergence of Sanskrit and Sanskritic language in Ancient India
Q&A weekly thread - June 23, 2025 - post all questions here!
Ferdinand de Saussure. USSR. 1950… by Ekaterina Velmezova
Yuen Ren Chao: Chinese Linguist, Phonologist, Composer, and Author (1974 interview)
Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng-nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo-Siberian Language (Bonnmann & Fries 2025)
Greek-Anatolian Language Contact and the Settlement of Pamphylia
Using AI for the Natural Semantic Metalanguage: [2505.11764] Towards Universal Semantics With Large Language Models
Fragments of secular documents in Tocharian A
Q&A weekly thread - June 16, 2025 - post all questions here!
African American Standard English
Complete loss of case and gender within two generations: evidence from Stamford Hill Hasidic Yiddish
Old Avestan Dictionary -- ed. Heindio Uesugi, 2025
On the History of the Comparative Method by Henry M. Hoenigswald
Good resources on Maya glyphs
Adjarian’s Armenian dialectology (1911): Translation and commentary
Can a logographic script be simplified? Lessons from the 20th century Chinese writing reform informed by recent psycholinguistic research

MetaFilter Projects

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Web version of Christopher Manson's 1985 puzzle book, Maze
Mythical Furry Football | Writings and Gallery
Connecticut Political Performance Art Project
Star Trek Ultimate Chronological Viewing Guide
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My new website about my art
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The Incredible Shrinking Goalie
Four days, 15 gigs and the odd pint.
White Smoke: Can you become Pope without losing your soul?
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Open Culture

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A Rabbit Rides a Chariot Pulled by Geese in an Ancient Roman Mosaic (2nd century AD)
Paradise Lost Explained: How John Milton Wrote His Epic Religious Poem from Satan’s Perspective
Watch Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” and Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”
J. R. R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & Other Works
The Genius Urban Design of Amsterdam: Canals, Dams & Leaning Houses
Igor Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944)
How Four Masters—Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio & Bernini—Sculpted David
Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read
Discover the Only Painting Van Gogh Ever Sold During His Lifetime
How 16th-Century Artist Joris Hoefnagel Made Insects Beautiful—and Changed Science Forever
Iconic Animator Chuck Jones Creates an Oscar-Winning Animation About the Virtues of Universal Health Care (1949)
A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years
Listen to Never-Before-Heard Works by Erik Satie, Performed 100 Years After His Death
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
Watch the Very First YouTube Video, a Defining Moment in Internet History

NYT > Technology

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Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.
How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump
Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
Will A.I. Replace New Hires or Middle Managers?
The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy
YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters
Hard Fork Live, Part 2: CEOs of Stripe and Skip
454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper
Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees
Scientist Use A.I. To Mimic the Mind, Warts and All
Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Cars
How to Organize Your E-Books on Kindle, Apple and Google and Nook
Solar Industry Says Republican Policy Bill Would Cede Production to China
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
China Bans Some Portable Batteries From Flights as Safety Concerns Grow
He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.
How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?

NYT > Arts

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Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
‘Superman’ Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Reboot!
‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.
Listening Back to When Janet Jackson Was for Lovers
Aix Festival: How to Experience It From Afar
The Curious Animals of Amsterdam’s Art Zoo
At Jacob’s Pillow, a High-Tech Theater Rises From the Ashes
‘Heathers: The Musical’ Returns to New York, Fueled by a Devoted Fandom
The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War
Oasis Live Review: The Gallaghers Reunite, Their Songs Still Stomping and Wounds Still Healing
Ozzy Osbourne Plays His ‘Final Song’ With Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England
Tony Hawk Loves an Early-Morning Skate
Will Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?
These Americans Went Looking for a Romanticized Britain. They Found a Different Story.
Mel Robbins, Author of ‘The Let Them Theory,’ Shares 5 Tips For a Healthy Relationship
Tim Blum, Leading L.A. Art Dealer, Closes His Gallery
How the Women of ‘Too Much’ Made Lena Dunham’s Rom-Com Just Right
Gilberto Gil Steps Away From the Stage, Vowing ‘My Music Will Continue’
Ronny Chieng on Trump’s Nobel Nomination: Consider the Source
Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
‘Such Brave Girls’ Is an Audacious and Hilarious British Comedy
‘Memnon’ Review: To Fight or Not to Fight?
Jon Stewart Thinks Congress Is Basically Pro Wrestling Without the Fun
Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy
Essence Fest 2025: The Best Looks in New Orleans
As Avignon Festival Turns to Dance, It Trips Up Some Onlookers
Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway Play Produced by Scott Rudin
How a Show About Truly Terrible People Became the Defining American Sitcom
The ‘First Celebrity Athlete,’ a Century Before Social Media
She Turns Cultures and Commodities Upside Down
11 Off Broadway Plays to See in July
Jeff VanderMeer’s Favorite Climate Fiction Books
A Georgian Feast Inspired by Niko Pirosmani’s Art
‘Too Much,’ Plus 7 Things on TV this Week
Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79
Jim Parkinson, Logo Artist in Print’s Glory Days, Dies at 83
3 Dystopian Novels to Read This Summer
Julian McMahon, ‘Nip/Tuck’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ Star, Dies at 56
Stuart Burrows, Welsh Lyric Tenor Who Straddled the Atlantic, Dies at 92
In Death Stranding 2, It’s Hard to Escape Hideo Kojima’s Themes
Paul Libin, an Enduring Force on and Off Broadway, Dies at 94
Sandra Neels, Eminent in Modern Dance for 60 Years, Dies at 85
Oasis Starts Its World Tour With Cardiff Concert
Kesha Seeks a Chaotic Love, and 9 More New Songs
Ronald Ribman, 92, Dies; His Plays Mined the Absurdity of Existence
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Not Just a Sentencing, but a Host of Civil Cases
‘A Single Man,’ a Classic Gay Novel, Becomes a Ballet
How to Escape a T-Rex in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
Superhero Movies Dominated the Box Office, but Not the Top 100 List
Lawrence Power Wants You to Pay Attention to the Viola
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
The Best Games for the Nintendo Switch 2
‘Dexter’ Has Been Resurrected Again. He Has Company.
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ | Anatomy of a Scene
‘And Just Like That …’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: The Dams Break
Jim Shooter, Editor Who ‘Saved the Comics Industry,’ Dies at 73
Crumbl’s Benson Boone ‘Moonbeam Ice Cream’ Cookies Are a Hit
Alternate Juror at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: ‘I Understand’ the Verdict

Geography

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1,000,000 r/geography Members
Cities and towns around the world that are dominated by big waterfalls? (Bad Gastein, Austria)
Fun fact: Antigua and Barbuda is the only country to recognize a cybernation as a legitimate country
Why are there so few google street view points in Belarus?
Why do some nations in Oceania have such high obesity rates?
How’s life in Transnistria?
The world map according to a truck part manufacturer.
why do all maps of connecticut demarcate its southern border with a straight line? this is not the case for the maritime border of any other state as far as i know, and was not able to find info on it
Are Liberty Island and the original Ellis Island the only true exclaves of US states?
Why is Köppen description of climate so broad in desert areas?
Bhutan. It is the only country in the world which is carbon negative. They turned their hydropower into quiet crypto heaven. Wanna share something on it ?
What is the most conservative Christian country in the world?
If the US federal government decides today to move out of Washington DC, would the city remain a major population center in 10 years? 20 years? In the far future?
There should be a name for "humid deserts".
Hudson Bay company incorporated 28 May, 1670
Iraq’s tiny coastline
Myanmar a country just as large as Spain but about 3 times more diverse
Karersee lake, Italy
Like a fairy tale In Xinjiang, China .
how does the temperature drop so drastically?
My geography path
Are there any countries as diverse as Spain in such "Small" area?
Figuring out the shipwreck and the island of Ostrov Malyy Aynov. Help needed. 69.82252591085599, 31.64404336694844
Iowa county map. Y it b like that tho?
new aussie major cities
Major cities that belong to different countries but share the same river/lake?

The Public Domain Review

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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
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!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2024
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 Quietus

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Confronting & Celebrating the Limits of the Body: Black Sabbath Live at Villa Park
Gwenno – Utopia
The Rapture Announce European and North American Tour Dates
Jim Legxacy Reveals New Mixtape, ‘black british music (2025)’
A Certain Ratio’s ‘Live In America’ to be Reissued for 40th Anniversary
Neko Case Unveils First LP in Seven Years, ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’
Fever Ray Details Live Album, ‘The Year Of The Radical Romantics’
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Darragh Morgan – For Violin and Electronics II
What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Species turns 30
BBC will not Broadcast Performances Deemed ‘High Risk’ after Glastonbury Bob Vylan Fallout
The Subscriber Albums Of The Year So Far 2025 Playlist Is Here!
The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra – Places We Have Never Been
“Want to Change My Clothes, My Hair, My Face”: How Springsteen Helped Me Come Out
SHAPE+ Artist Sofi Shares Recording Captured During Residency at Prague’s MeetFactory
Warner Music Group Announces Plans to Cut Annual Costs by $300 Million
Plume Girl – Unnameable Glory
Le Guess Who? Launches Fundraising Campaign to Help Secure Festival’s Future
Optimo’s JD Twitch Diagnosed with Inoperable Brain Tumour
Supersonic Festival Adds The Bug and More to 2025 Lineup
Call Super Unveils Mix CD for Dekmantel, ‘A Rhythm Protects One’
Baba Yaga’s Hut Plan Big Summer Boat Bash
The Jonathan Swift of NYC: an Appreciation of Larry Cohen
Build Back Better: Greatest Heads by Al Karpenter
The Lijadu Sisters – Danger
The Strange World Of… Part Chimp
Watch Dublin Elegy Down The Market by Dave Tynan
Me Lost Me – This Material Moment
Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke Detail Collaborative Album, ‘Pareidolia’
Deerhoof to Remove Music from Spotify
Adrian Sherwood Reveals First Solo Album in 13 Years, ‘The Collapse Of Everything’

Bandcamp Updates

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Don Caballero Fundamentals
Various Artists, “A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes”
The Tape Label Report, June 2025
A Decade of Laced Records, One of Gaming’s Most Celebrated Labels
Sababa 5, “Nadir”
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Worm, “Pantilde”
The Hotlist, Summer 2025
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, June 2025
Laura Stevenson, “Late Great”
Into the Realm of Picó, Colombia’s Ebullient Sound System Culture
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, June 2025
Various Artists: Music For A Revolution Vol 1: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
Willi Carlisle, “Winged Victory”
Kasai’s Blend of Min’yō and Footwork Celebrates Ordinary Life
Gelli Haha, “Switcheroo”
The Best Albums of Spring 2025
No Leaf Unturned: Numero Group Chart the History of Emocore
Meet The Women Reclaiming and Rebuilding the Sound of the MENA Region
Brìghde Chaimbeul, “Sunwise”
Polished Turds and Perfect Songs: A Guide to Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Brutalists: The Black Dog on Their Career Spent Dancing to Architecture
Black Sites, “R4”
Biosphere, “The Way of Time”
The Evolution of Mchiriku, the Sound of Tanzania’s Streets
Tropical F*ck Storm Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
The Italian Label Quietly Reissuing Rare Japanese Noise
BAMBII, “INFINITY CLUB II”
Exploring the Ever-Changing Universe of U.S. Girls
Yaya Bey, “do it afraid”
Essential Releases, June 20, 2025
Not Even War Can Stifle Ukraine’s Punk Rock Spirit

dusted

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Half Japanese — Adventure (Fire)
Lame — Lo Que Extrañas Yo No Existe (La Vida Es un Mus)
Eli Winter — A Trick of the Light (Three Lobed)
Circuit des Yeux — Halo on the Inside (Matador)
Happy Independence Day from Dusted; as usual, we’re off for the American holiday and will be back on…
Now — Now Does the Trick (Perennial/K)
Melaine Dalibert and David Sylvian — Vermilion Hours (Mind Travels)
Electric Chair / Physique — Split LP (Iron Lung)
Me Lost Me — This Material Moment (Upset the Rhythm)
William Tyler — Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline)
The Whimbrels — S-T (Dromedary)
Brìghde Chaimbeul — Sunwise (Glitterbeat/tak:til)
Puffer — Street Hassle (Static Shock)
Keith Jarrett — New Vienna (ECM)
Ryli — Come and Get Me (Dandy Boy)
Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy—dessus oben alto up (Marionette)
The Black Watch — For All the World (ATOM)
Hotline TNT — Raspberry Moon (Third Man)
Lightheaded — Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming (Slumberland)
Dust, Volume 11, Number Six

Pitchfork

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Tomorrow Comes Crashing
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Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea
Annahstasia Details European Tour, Shares Video for “Be Kind”: Watch
Sins Aloud
Jim Legxacy Announces Release Date for Long-Teased Black British Music (2025) Mixtape
Shame Announce 2026 Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Blood Orange Announces Fall 2025 Tour Dates
The Rapture Announce North American and European Tour
China Walker, Half of Ebullient Rap Duo Cam & China, Dies at 32
Geese Announce New Album Getting Killed, Share Video for New Song “Taxes”: Watch
Hot Chip Announce Greatest-Hits Album, Share Video for New Song “Devotion”: Watch
Neko Case Announces First Album in Seven Years, Shares New Song “Wreck”: Listen
Fever Ray Announces Live Album, Shares New Video for “Now’s the Only Time I Know (Therapy Session)”: Watch
Danny L Harle Teams Up With PinkPantheress for New Song “Starlight”: Listen
Final Michael Hurley Album Announced: Listen to New Song “Fava”
Yowzers
Intermission EP
Syd Returns With New Song “Die for This”: Listen
Matt Cameron Leaves Pearl Jam After 27 Years as Drummer
Zach Bryan, Scree, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
MARS IS ELECTRIC
MVD LUV
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Mark Lipsitz, Bar/None Records Label Manager, Dies at 62
Oasis Live ’25 Review: A Gallagher Reunion and a Great British Fantasy
Drake Reflects on Kendrick Lamar Beef Fallout on New Song “What Did I Miss?”: Listen
Oasis Kick Off Reunion Tour in Wales: Setlist and Photos
The Spirit of Atlanta’s Futuristic Era Is Back
6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Kesha, Nilüfer Yanya, and More

Cool Tools

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Drinky Crow Drinks Again / Daytripper
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Book Freak 184: Happy Money
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McMansion Hell

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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
Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
mojo dojo casa house

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?
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