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Studies in the Atharvaveda (Leach et. al 2025)
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Revisit Daily Life in China in 1917 Through Footage Enhanced and Colorized by AI
Who Would Be King of the United States If George Washington Had Become a Monarch?
Enjoy Three Hours of Free Nature Videos Narrated by David Attenborough
The Spread of Christianity Animated, from Antiquity Until Today, on an Animated Map
Watch Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Rock the Theremin, the Early Soviet Electronic Instrument
The Lost Scenes of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons Are Being Controversially Restored with AI
Hand-Colored Photographs from 19th Century Japan: 110 Images Capture the Waning Days of Traditional Japanese Society
Every Book of the Bible Explained in One Video
What Happens When a Musician Plays Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” on a $25 Kids’ Guitar at Walmart
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Mummy Buried with Pages from Homer’s Iliad: When Literature Guided Souls Through the Afterlife
Read Joan Didion’s Lost Interview with the Grateful Dead (1967)

NYT > Technology

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Go Ask Alice Why Tech Start-Ups Are Spending Big on Hype Videos
Teachers Union Urges Schools to Curb A.I. Chatbots and Screen Time
At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo’s Warnings About the New Technology
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Favorable Terms for Elon Musk
Spencer Pratt Wants to Be Mayor. His Fans Want Him to Be Batman.
‘The Maids,’ With Yerin Ha, Asks: Has Life Become One Big Performance?
Massachusetts Uber and Lyft Drivers Form First Union for Ride-Share Workers
As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words
UK Institute Is Hunting for Dangers Lurking in AI
One Job That Is Growing in the A.I. Era? Cybersecurity Experts.
Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads
Google Appeals Landmark Ruling Declaring It a Monopolist in Search
Sundar Pichai Understands Why People Are Anxious About A.I.
Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
‘Peanuts’ Music Owner Sues Interior Department and 3 Companies for Copyright Infringement
Meta Settles a School District’s Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
Trump Cancels Signing of Executive Order Granting Oversight of A.I. Models
Gov. Gavin Newsom to Sign Executive Order Aimed at A.I. Job Loss
Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over A.I. Profits Brews
Soundtrack to 8,000 Job Cuts: A Meta Worker’s Layoff-Themed A.I. Songs
Musk’s SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO
OpenAI Prepares to File for an I.P.O. in Coming Weeks

NYT > Arts

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Thornton Wilder’s Last Play Vanished Into Thin Air. Or Did It?
Tiler Peck’s New Ballet Expands the Idea of What Female and Male Dancers Can Be
The ‘Becky Shaw’ Star Who ‘Does Horrible Things’ Oh So Well
Blake Lively’s Last Chance: A U.S. Judge’s Take on an Untested State Law
The $400 Million Showdown Between a Billionaire and a California Mayor
The Cast of ‘I Love Boosters’ Want You to Think Critically
Bringing Courbet’s ‘A Burial at Ornans’ Back to Life, While Visitors Watch
The ‘Yogurt Shop Murders’ Case Was Solved, but the Story Hasn’t Changed
My Starring Role in ‘Heated Rivalry’ — for One Night Only
This Year at the May Festival, Julia Bullock Took Charge
How to Find Tickets to the 2026 Tony Award-Nominated Plays and Musicals
4 Takeaways From the ‘Summer House’ Season 10 Reunion
‘The Maids,’ With Yerin Ha, Asks: Has Life Become One Big Performance?
Opera Philadelphia: Behind Its Comeback
Why Is TikTok in This Book from 2006?
Jimmy Kimmel Slams Trump for Missing His Son’s Wedding
‘Chess’ Will Close With Lea Michele’s Departure, in a Change of Plans
How Cannes Is Grappling With Changes
5 Great Songs I Encountered This Week
John Barbour, Who Played Key Role in the Rise of Reality TV, Dies at 93
Ben Morea, Principal Provocateur of 1960s Anarchist Group, Dies at 84
Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Star in ‘Other Desert Cities’ on Broadway
L.A. Philharmonic Names Daniel Harding as Music Director
‘Armageddon’: The Blockbuster Melodrama That Left Our Heads Spinning
Celebrity Assistants Exist to Indulge Their Bosses, but When Does Duty Cross a Line?
Sonny Rollins: 12 Essential Albums
Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
Lizzo Addresses the Backlash and Performs Live at The New York Times
Ryan Speedo Green in ‘Die Walküre’: Preview of the Met Opera
How Art Auctions Choreographed a $2.5 Billion Comeback
‘Spider-Noir’ Is a Multicolor Spin on ‘Spider-Man’
The International Dance League Wants to Be the ‘NBA of Dance’
Broadway’s ‘The Lost Boys’ and Its Flying Vampire Spectacle
Traveling the Hudson River Valley With Art as a Guide
In ‘For All Mankind,’ America Wins by Losing
All Quiet at the Kennedy Center
‘Star City,’ and 5 More Things to Watch on TV This Week
‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Tops Box Office as Disney Bets on ‘Star Wars’ Revival
Bonnaroo, Governors Ball and 7 More Summer Music Festivals Not to Miss
Alamo Drafthouse Instituted Mobile Ordering. Super Fans Are Not Pleased.
How This Summer’s Movies Shift the Connection With Their Related Toys
Nick Kroll Keeps It Raunchy and Animated with “Mating Season”
Director Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
Grizz Chapman, Actor Known for His Role on ’30 Rock,’ Dies at 52
Colbert’s Sudden Return to Late Night? It Happened on Public Access.
Husband of Prominent New York Gallerist Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot
Letting Her Art (and Birds) Do the Talking
As Draco Malfoy on Broadway, Tom Felton Draws a Crowd
Shooting Stars at the amfAR Cannes Gala
Which Cannes Films Could Become Oscar Contenders?
John Marion, the ‘God of Auctioneers in America,’ Dies at 92
Olivia Rodrigo, Vince Staples: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
He’s Trolling Your Trash, and Turning It Into Art
This Is How You Steal a Scene Using Only a Bank
Travel Through the Looking Glass in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Nicole Polizzi of ‘Jersey Shore’ Relaxes by Watching Zombies
Boots Riley Takes on Fast Fashion in a Surreal Comedy
Rob Base, Rapper Known for ‘It Takes Two,’ Dies at 59
Free Theater in NYC: 15 Live Shows to See This Spring and Summer
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
Stephen Colbert’s Last ‘Late Show’: Laughing Well Is the Best Revenge
James Gray Stands Out at a Disappointing Cannes Film Festival
Billy Eichner on ‘Bros’ and His New Memoir

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
What place on Earth feels like it SHOULD NOT have a major city, but does?
What place on Earth feels like it SHOULD have a major city, but doesn’t?
What country has the most beautiful beaches but basically no tourism?
Why this river in Africa doesn't reach the sea? How does a fully inland river actually work?
Why are there few major cities along Japan’s western coast?
Which country do you think is economically unproductive despite its geographical advantages ?
What is this desert above east Tibet called and why is it not considered part of the Gobi desert?
Along Africa’s west coast, why do peninsulas north of the equator tend to point south, while those south of the equator tend to point north?
Why does Southern Africa have such a vast and high elevation area despite being far away from tectonic zones?
The Indus almost looks like a river keeping the desert away
Why haven’t we surpassed Earth’s max recorded temperature that was set over 100 years ago?
Rivers that flow inwards
What is your countries "second city"?
Iraqi marshes، The difference in two months
Can Idku, Egypt, be considered "the world`s strangest big city" in terms of urban layout? What are the alternative candidates?
What would Earth be like without Antarctica?
Former colonials speak Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English, but not German or Dutch (with 1 exception); African Spanish colonies don't speak Spanish.
Walkable city people
This is the country with the most beautiful beaches, but no tourism at all.
Why do the scenic but agriculturally difficult landscapes (the Badlands, Black hills, sandhills) of the Dakotas and Nebraska lie in their western part, while Kansas’ equivalent terrain (the Flint hills) lies in the east?
What TMZ really is
What’s the Most Insane-Looking Urban Intersection From Satellite View?
What are the country who have the most amount of freshwater resources in this climate change
Temperature comparison between Williston, North Dakota and San Diego, California over the past 30 days (reds: Williston, blues: San Diego)

The Public Domain Review

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Harold A. Taylor’s Autochromes of California Flowers (early 20th century)
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877)
“Plaything of the Gods”: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s)
Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype
Diagrams from Willem ten Rhijne’s De Acupunctura (1683)
Longitude by Way of Wounded Hounds: Kenelm Digby’s Sympathetick Powder (1669 edition)
Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911)
Magic by Return of Post: How Mail Order Delivered the Occult
Pulex irritans: The Attack of the Monster (1885)
“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
Introducing PDR Press Minis
Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Songs from the Commons: A Q&A with Simon Close about the Public Song Project
The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain
Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)
“Wretches, Speak Evil of Me”: Goethe and Schiller’s Xenions (1896 edition)
Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)
Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History
Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)
Wayang Kulit: Raden Soelardi’s Illustrations of Javanese Puppets (1919)
The Blinkered Flâneur: Walking with Franz Hessel in 1920s Berlin
Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)
Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition)
Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)
Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832)
Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces
Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903)
Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943)
Cybernetic Attention: All Watched over by Machines We Learned to Watch
Flights of Fancy: The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594)
A Prophet of the Weather: Lantern Slides by Clement Lindley Wragge (ca. 1900–22)
Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2025
A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi
Nature Morte: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)
Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
Luke Howard’s Essay on the Modification of Clouds (1865)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)
Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902)
Art in Art: Cabinets of Curiosity and the Rise of the Gallery Painting
Too Computerised? Too Cold?: 1999 A.D. (1967)
New T-Shirts (Now in 100% Organic Cotton) and New Mugs in Our Shop!
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2025
Perverse, Grotesque, Sensuous, Inimitable: A Selection of Works by Aubrey Beardsley
Animal Costumes from the 1862 Fairytale Ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association
PDR's Halloween Reader
“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)
Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science
A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)
Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)
The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)
The Adventures and Experiences of the First Slovak Novel
Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)
Birth of the Pearl (1901)
The End of the World as We (Didn’t) Know It: Now and Then #5
The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)
“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess
A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)
Ivan Aivazovsky’s Miniature Seascapes (ca. 1887)
The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
Watching the World in a Dark Room: The Early Modern Camera Obscura
Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: Now and Then #4
Through the Magnifying Glass: The Cheese Mites (1903)
Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship
The Mowing-Devil (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle
Perspiration, Bilocation, and Plagiarisation: “The Heat Wave” (1929)
The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)
Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin: The Early History of Microphotography
Trojan Pig: Tiny Cryptic #11
The Language of Form: Lothar Schreyer’s Kreuzigung (1920)
Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)
Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
Imagining an Idle Countess: George Wightwick’s The Palace of Architecture
Under Construction: Tiny Cryptic #10
Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)
Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)
Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)
The Old, Old, Very Old Man: Thomas Parr and the Longevity Trade
Old Tricks: Tiny Cryptic #9
“The Great Enigma of Our Times”: Henry George’s Poverty and Progress (1881 edition)
In the Penal Colony: Now and Then #3
Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780)
Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)
As Bright as a Feather: Ostriches, Home Dyeing, and the Global Plume Trade
Warburg’s Werewolf: An Anamnesis
Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883)
Feather Tickler: Tiny Cryptic #8
A Popeless Situation: Now and Then #2
Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
Nikolai Agnivtsev’s Little Screw (1925)
Confessional Boxes: Tiny Cryptic #7
“I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte
Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll
Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)

The Quietus

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North American Music: tQ in Chicago, by Levi Dayan
I Was Possessed: Mark Leckey’s Favourite Music
Build Buildings x Molly Gochman – Continuum
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label, Details New Album
Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive
Genesis Owusu – Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge
Ava Mendoza – Alive Alone, Alive Together
Come Shrine With Me: Holy Pop! at Somerset House
Communism, Sex & Cruelty to Animals: 40 Years of Hail The New Puritan
Phillip Golub – Partisan Ship
Visible Cloaks – Paradessence
New Order to Release ‘The Best & The Rest Of’ Compilation Featuring Rarities and Unheard Remixes
UK Government Accused of Extracting Portion of Grassroots Ticket Levy via VAT Charges
Saint Just Unveil Debut Track
Low Culture Essay: Mary Chiney on Stanley Okorie’s Nollywood Soundtracks
In the Shadow of the Bomb: Heavy Water by Magic Tuber Stringband
Seefeel – Sol.Hz
Dexys Midnight Runners Announce New Album, ‘LOVE’
Autechre Detail First-Time Physical Release of ‘elseq 1-5’
Arab Strap Unveil New LP, ‘Half-Told Tales’
Xiu Xiu Reveal ‘Eraserhead’ Soundtrack Album
Philly Soul: The 13 Songs That Changed Kurt Vile’s Life
Waking up with the Manic Street Preachers – 30 years of Everything Must Go
Han-earl Park – uᴉɐƃ∀ ʍǝN sI plO sI ʇɐɥM
John Carpenter Details New Album and Graphic Novel, ‘Cathedral’
Function Announces ‘Aeternum (Existenz)’ Mini-Album for Tresor
Feedbacker: Rock Music for May by JR Moores
For Breakfast – Longer Than Spring
Haruomi Hosono Returns with First Album in Seven Years
The Quietus Spring Sale is Here! Help us Fight the AI-pocalypse
Guest Playlist: Marisa Anderson
Laibach – Musick

Bandcamp Updates

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feeble little horse, “bitknot”
Genius of Dub: Mad Professor’s Guide to Ariwa Sounds
How Karen Borca Brought the Bassoon Into Free Jazz
aja monet, “the color of rain”
Essential Releases, May 22, 2026
Ital Tek, “Mind Abandon”
How Visible Cloaks Stitched Themselves Back Together
Takkak Takkak, “Abu”
Lea Bertucci and Norbert Rodenkirchen Reanimate Early Music
SUSS, “Counting Sunsets”
Press Start: A Guide to WRWTFWW, Switzerland’s Maverick Indie Label
Bringing Belgian Folk Music Back to Life
Marisa Anderson, “The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music”
Spencer’s Gifts
Death Kneel, “Remembering Well”
Escape From New York: The Hudson Valley Scene
π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης, “Paradise Metal”
Essential Releases, May 15, 2026
Fifteen Years of Hands In The Dark’s Beautiful Lucid Dreaming
Lost in the Signal: Radio as Instrument
Soltera & Sonido Sex, “Soltera y Su Sonido Sexual”
Loraine James, “Detached From The Rest Of You”
On Her Latest Album, KJADE Moves From Grief to Joy
Nothing Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
Black Milk, “CEREMONIAL”
The Polish Composers Pushing the Boundaries of Classical Music
Nagoya’s Electronic Scene Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Dumama, “Towards An Expanse”
Weird Nightmare’s Bandcamp Listening Picks
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
Aldous Harding, “Train On The Island”
Essential Releases, May 8, 2026
The Whole Bloody History of Vampiric Black Metal
Hidden Gems in the Ipecac Recordings Catalog
Stik Figa & Heather Grey, “Cold Comfort”
Norway’s Trad Folk Scene is Booming

dusted

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Kevin Morby — Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)
Effigy — Burnt Offerings (Sealed)
Robert Poss and E-Clark Cornell—Kepler’s Choice (No Sides)
RIP Sonny Rollins
Happy Memorial Day from Dusted; we’ll be back as normal tomorrow.
Ed O’Brien — Blue Morpho (Transgressive)
Wendy Eisenberg — S/T (Joyful Noise)
Lazro Léandre Lovens — For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset (Relative Pitch)
Eluvium — Virga III (Temporary Residence)
Steve Gunn — Shape of a Wave (No Quarter)
Shewolff — We’re All Gonna Fukkin’ Die (Dying Victims Productions)
No Peeling — EP 2 (Feel It)
Exhumed / Iron Reagan — Split LP (Tankcrimes)
Listed: Illusion of Safety
Aldous Harding — Train on the Island (4AD)
Klonns — G.A.M.E.S. (Iron Lung)
Touch Girl Apple Blossom — Graceful (Perennial/K)
Stingray — Enemy (La Vida Es un Mus)
Smug Brothers — Gravity Is Just Another Way to Fall (Anyway)
The Spatulas — A Blue Dot (Post Present Medium)

Pitchfork

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Watch Flea and Thom Yorke Cover Marvin Gaye
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Reveal New Collab Album
Wild Pink Tap MJ Lenderman, Hand Habits for New Album
The Tallest Man on Earth Returns With New Song and Tour Dates
Catch a Glimpse of Phoebe Bridgers in Her New Film With Robert Pattinson
Cornelius Launches New Album With Sean Ono Lennon Collaboration
The Durutti Column Announce First Album in 16 Years
Terrified .
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Dr*gs R Bad
Signing Bonus - Fast
Listen to Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s Surprise New Album
“R.I.P Peace”
Listen to Rivers Cuomo Cover Whitney Houston, Outkast, Dolly Parton, and More
Olivia Rodrigo, Aja Monet, DJ Koze, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Kurt Vile Is Chasing Everything
the color of rain
The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music
rain music
Förlorarnas Natt
Sonny Rollins, Jazz Luminary and Saxophone Legend, Dies at 95
Listen to J Mascis and Mike Watt Swap Cover Songs
Drake Becomes First Artist to Hold Top Three Billboard 200 Spots
“It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dies at 59
New York Tendaberry
“1982”
Images of Life
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label With New Album Ruin: It’s Not Just Music
DJ Koze Drops New Song “Spiralen”
13 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Bladee, Fakemink, and Eli

Cool Tools

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What’s in my NOW? — Gordon Tebo
Alien Invasion in My Backyard / Deceptive Desserts
Project Management
Retro Recomendo: Creative Practice
Book Freak #210: The Art of Money Getting
Metal-free Stretch Belt/Virtual Ride & Radio/Expat-rated Countries
What’s in my NOW? — Greg Schneider-Bateman
The Art of Japanese Paper Theater / Nod Away
Book Making
Money wisdom / Learn AI / Find a bra that fits

McMansion Hell

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mctuscan heaven
for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin’s…
chud atlantis
For Patreon, I wrote about developer slop flooring, the history of walking on plastic, and what fake…
glam metal modern but also your contractor is going to jail dawg
FYI, this post is now available for all to read!
McMansion Hell urges all New Yorkers to Rank Zohran Mamdani #1 for Mayor of NYC
Bonus Post: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a treatise
simulacra for bootlickers
About my last few months.
on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)
New on Patreon: New Jersey Bonus Post (5 additional, “wonderful” rooms!“
new jersey “19th century” “eclecticism”
2007-core nostalgia extravaganza
namesake mcmansion
the motel room, or: on datedness
texas gothic revival
ode to a faux grecian urn
Hello everyone! The word is out – I am writing a book!
we’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven

Serious Eats

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We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers—Here Are Our Favorites
Food Processor vs. Blender: What's the Difference?
We Tested 12 Flatware Sets to Find the Best Ones for Everyday Use
What’s the Deal With Instant Cold Brew Makers?
Why We Think Baratza Grinders Are worth the Money (Including Two That Are on Sale)
Should You Be Storing Coffee in a Coffee Canister?
We Tested 7 Pasta Makers to Find the Best Ones for Rolling and Cutting Dough
We Reviewed The Vitamix Immersion Blender (And It Was Almost Silly Powerful)
Honing Versus Sharpening a Knife: What's the Difference?
My KitchenAid Stand Mixer is Leaking Oil—What’s Going On?
How Do Keurig Coffee Makers Work, Anyways?
Does Your Beer Glass Really Matter? We Consulted a Beer Expert to Find Out
We Tested 7 Anti-Fatigue Mats—Here Are the Best Ones for Your Kitchen
We Tested 8 Countertop Ice Makers—Three Stood Out
We Reviewed 11 Bento Boxes to Find One We’d Pack Lunch In
How Do Air Fryers Work?
Balmuda: Our Review of the Pretty, Steam-Powered Toaster
The Spinn Coffee Maker Is One of the Only Automated Brewers We Like
We Tested 12 Garlic Presses—Two Smashed the Competition
The Breville Barista Express Impress Makes Home Espresso Approachable
We Tested 8 Enameled Cast Iron Skillets and Found Three Great Options
We Tested 11 Different Bundt Pans—Three Won Top Marks
We Tested 14 Popular Vegetable Peelers to Find the Best Ones
All of the Tools You Need to Make Really Great Baguettes at Home
Baking Steels vs. Stones: Which One Should You Buy?
Nespresso vs. Keurig: Which Coffee Maker is Better?
We Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed Out the Competition
We Tested 8 Mandolines to Find Ones That Could Slice with Ease
How a Food Dehydrator Can Help You Reduce Food Waste
We Tested the Anova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer
We Reviewed the Challenger Fermentation Mat and Recommend It for Sourdough Bakers
The Best Methods for Making Whipped Cream, Explained
17 Quick Dinner Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less
12 Freezer-Friendly Soups for a Warm Meal Whenever You Want It
What’s the Difference Between Glass and Metal Baking Pans?
We Tested 7 Squeeze Bottles to Find the Best for Your Kitchen
Chè Chuối (Vietnamese Banana, Tapioca, and Coconut Milk Dessert)
We Tested 20 Bread Machines—Three Proved They Were The Best
We Tested the Ankarsrum Stand Mixer for Months to Find Out if It’s Worth Buying
10 Cake Flour Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Palestinian Food 101: Recipes to Get You Started
Shack Sauce
Mansaf (Palestinian Spiced Lamb With Rice and Yogurt Sauce)
Ka'ak al Quds (Jerusalem Sesame Bread)
Kitchen Gear and Tools We Think You Should Have Two (Or More) Of
14 Last-Minute, Food-Related Valentine’s Day Gifts
The Breville Pizzaiolo Oven Makes Great Neapolitan Pizza—And It’s 20% Off This Week
Our Winning Milk Frother Is Finally Back in Stock—And It's On Sale
What is Sumac?
Why an Offset Spatula Is the Tool I Can’t Bake Without
Lomi Composter Review: Here’s Whether It’s Worth It (or Not)
Spice World: A Look Inside the Serious Eats Team's Spice Cabinets
Losh Kebabs (Armenian Grilled Meat Patties)
19 Sides to Go With Wings
The Best Kitchen Shoes, According to the Serious Eats Team
Is the Instant Pot Duo Crisp Ultimate Lid a Good Air Fryer?
12 Spicy Snacks That Bring the Heat
We Tested 13 Wine Decanters and Came Away with 2 Favorites
We Tested 8 Mini Whisks And Came Away with Three Favorites
16 Easy Noodle Recipes for a Quick Meal Any Time of Day
We Tested 13 Carbon Steel Pans—Three Stood Out
Moin Moin (Nigerian Steamed Bean Cake)
18 Date-Night Recipes for a Cozy Meal at Home
Homestyle Bibimbap
How to Deep-Clean Your Dutch Oven (and Keep It Looking Like New)
Malloreddus Alla Campidanese (Sardinian Ridged Pasta With Saffron and Pork Ragù)
Khorovats (Armenian Shish Kebabs)
Efo Riro (Nigerian Stewed Greens)
How to Roast Butternut Squash
Madeleines
We Tested 13 Nakiri Knives—Three Sliced Through the Competition
Puntarelle Alla Romana (Puntarelle Salad With Anchovy and Garlic Dressing)
21 Recipes to Make With Your Newly Gifted Gear
Fake 'Nduja
We Reviewed Anyday Cookware: Are the Microwavable Dishes Worthwhile?
We Reviewed 3 Cast Iron Bread Ovens and Recommend All of Them
The Best New Year's Kitchen Sales
Our Favorite Features of 2022
The Most Popular Serious Eats Recipes of 2022
Back of the House: Meet Our 2022 Contributors
Our Favorite Images of 2022
Our Favorite Recipes of 2022
Croquembouche
Is Breville’s New Joule Air Fryer Toaster Oven Worth Buying?
Saving the Pint: How a CO2 Shortage is Changing Beer Brewing
Mixed Berry Trifle
Cheese Foam Tea
Can You Stop Beans From Making You Fart? We Put 17 Methods to the Test
All of the Gear You Need to Make Your Own Gingerbread House
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