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Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg)
Microsoft and G42's $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya stalls after the government couldn't provide annual payment guarantees that Microsoft requested (Bloomberg)
A profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf, a Palantir alum and self-identified Democrat, as Anduril's defense tech shakes up the US military-industrial complex (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
Sources: Apple is working on a "slight redesign" for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues, plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in "27" OSes (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Most of the tech on display at this year's Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-equipped, driven by the Trump administration's focus on US border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal)
Experian says 40% of the 5,000 data breaches it serviced in 2025 were AI-powered, and predicts agentic AI will be the leading cause of data breaches in 2026 (Jennah Haque/Bloomberg)
Inside Consensus Conference, one of the biggest crypto conferences, which had a decidedly corporate sheen in 2026 amid Wall Street's embrace of digital assets (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
NetBlocks: Iran's 70+ day internet blackout is "the longest recorded national internet shutdown in a connected society", as businesses warn of layoffs, closures (Golnar Motevalli/Bloomberg)
An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment rate rose from 3.6% in March to 3.8% in April, as the sector shed 13,000 jobs amid AI uncertainty (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
Paris-based Lithosquare, which uses AI to speed up discovery of critical mineral and metal deposits, raised a $25M seed led by World Fund and Kindred Capital (Rahul Raj/EU-Startups)
NYC-based Reserv, which provides software and AI-powered claims processing tech for property and casualty insurers, raised a $125M Series C led by KKR (FinTech Global)
MoonPay acquires DFlow, a platform that facilitates trading on the Solana blockchain, sources say for $100M in stock; DFlow had raised $7.5M across two rounds (Jack Kubinec/Fortune)
Sydney-based AI data center operator IREN agrees to acquire Mirantis, which offers Kubernetes management and cloud infrastructure software, for $625M in stock (Shane Snider/Data Center Knowledge)
Google seems to require Google Play Services for passing next-gen reCAPTCHA on Android, denying de-Googled Android phones and creating surveillance issues (Rick Findlay/Reclaim The Net)
Executives at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16x since its AI platform's 2023 debut, often decry other AI as slop, as competition from frontier AI labs stiffens (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

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U.S.-China Rivalry Reaches South American Skies
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In movie Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belford calls random people and persuade them to buy stock. Was it common in 80s and 90s to buy stock from someone you don't know?
What did badly shortsighted people do before glasses were invented?
Why and how did outdoors/maritime folks smoke pipe instead of cigarettes? What caused them to vanish?
Cromwell executed a king and founded England’s short-lived Republic; in WWII, amidst Britain’s battle for survival, the British named a tank after him. Wasn’t anyone opposed to this?
The plot of the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit centers on two bootleggers evading the police while delivering 400 cases of Coors from Texas to Atlanta. What were the laws in the South at the time that they were breaking by transporting beer?
If Jesus was in fact a follower of John the Baptist, what might this entail? Attending sermons after your day job? Study groups? Living together in a small community (like how we think of modern cults)? Traveling around with the boss?
Why didn't Saudi Arabia take over the full peninsula?
Why didn’t family ties among European monarchs prevent World War I?
How did countries like France and The Netherlands justify their colonial operations immediately after having experienced the Nazi-occupation in WW2? e.g. in Algeria, Vietnam Indonesia
Why did the Greeks write so much about Troy?
Somewhere along the line, the United States transformed from an isolationist country into a global hegemonic superpower. Did a main guiding vision emerge before, during, or after events like WWI?
Why do we use 'Asia' as an identifier when it's so large and culturally diverse?
What were book fairs of the ancient world like?
Who, if anyone, is the closest real-world counterpart to the resistance leader Victor Laszlo, from the movie Casablanca?
How do modern historians reconcile Simón Bolívar's legacy as the "Great Liberator" with his later actions as an authoritarian dictator?
How were Mothers celebrated in Ancient Rome?
Did the large population drop in China from 156 CE to 280 CE lead to better working conditions for survivor due to higher competition for worker like it did for Europe after the Black Death? If not, what cause the different in results?
Why has Central Africa seen more "anarchic" massacres and mass violence post-decolonization compared to West or East Africa?
What is the history behind the narrative of “paleocontact”—the idea that aliens visited humanity in the distant past and somehow influenced it, but then left Earth and were forgotten?
How different were Johnson’s views of America post-war from Lincolns?
Were there infamous symbols before the 20th century?
What is the authoritative or otherwise best-written major historical standard work on the rise of Islam from the life of Muhammad up to (say) the crusades?
View on manlyness and self defence in the Orthodox Churches?

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Studies in the Atharvaveda (Leach et. al 2025)
Birth of a Language in the Backlands of Brazil (Anderson Almeida-Silva & al. 2025)
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Linguistic Anthropology: One special issue & one "cluster" on LLMs
A historical grammar of Phrygian (Sorgo 2026)
Q&A weekly thread - April 13, 2026 - post all questions here!
Statistical structure and the evolution of languages
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The application of "Word Embeddings as Metric Recovery in Semantic Spaces"(Hashimoto, Alvarez-Melis & Jaakkola (2016) ):Mapping Latin Prefixes into 4D Semantic Space: Analyzing super-, supra-, inferior-, infra- via RBF Interpolation
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Endangered languages conference (Boston area)
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Masato Kobayashi (2025) - Hill Korwa of Kado Pani: Outline Grammar, Text and Glossary of a North Munda language
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Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals
Beyond the pronoun: On neopronouns, nounself pronouns, and the ever-changing politics of language acceptability
Fact checking Geoffery Pullum's claims about Daniel Everett in Brazil
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Metropolis Shift - a game about futility
An old-timey radio dial for the internet
Booooookmarks is simple, gratifying bookmarking for people who miss Pocket (RIP)
Teensy ☆ News
DataCenter.FM
Iambic domains
XOXO Explore
Resistance is Everywhere (part of The Democracy Habit)
Female Kill Machine 3
iheartlists game - from easy to death
Morellet Art Generator
In the Shadow of the Tower: A Skyline Murder Mystery
BanRay.eu – a sticker prohibiting AI wearables
Tiny single-page app for the 3/3/3 productivity system
Fiction About Trans People
Taeliana Creative
Parasite Personality Quiz
The Pelican
The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock
PartPerfect - practice app for a cappella singers

Open Culture

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How a Volcanic Eruption Helped Unleash the Black Death in Europe in 1347
Buckminster Fuller Creates an Animated Visualization of Human Population Growth from 1000 B.C.E. to 1965
How Yasujirō Ozu Learned to Use Color in His Masterful Films: A New Every Frame a Painting Video Essay
1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes
Confidence: The Cartoon That Helped America Get Through the Great Depression (1933)
Why Ancient Egyptian Honey Remains Edible After 3,000 Years
When Francis Bacon Shocked the Art World: Viewers Were Horrified by His Paintings, But Couldn’t Look Away
You Can Have Your Ashes Turned Into a Playable Vinyl Record, When Your Day Comes
Chuck Jones’ The Dot and the Line Celebrates Geometry & Hard Work: An Oscar-Winning Animation (1965)
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With a Radical Recut, Cutting It From 3½ Hours to 93 Minutes
Why Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel Made the Still-Shocking Un Chien Andalou (1929)
The Simpsons Present Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” and Teachers Now Use It to Teach Kids the Joys of Literature
The Productive Writing Routines of Haruki Murakami, Stephen King, and Virginia Woolf, Explained
The Psychology Behind Why Some Homes Feel Good But Most Don’t: Interior Design Principles Explained
Explosive Cats Imagined in a Strange, 16th Century Military Manual

NYT > Technology

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Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable
Five Ways A.I. Search Beats an Old-School Google Search
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans $55 Billion Investment to Make A.I. Chips
Elon Musk’s Confidante Shivon Zilis Is Cast as His Inside Source at OpenAI
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
The Hopelessness of ‘The Audacity’
Anthropic’s C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year
Meditating or Rebooting? A Robot Buddhist Monk Comes to South Korea.
American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
Elon Musk Wanted OpenAI to Go Commercial, Greg Brockman Testifies
Apple Reaches $250 Million Settlement Over Claims It Misled People on A.I.
Coinbase Lays Off 14% of Employees as A.I. Changes Work
Ford Says an Affordable Electric Pickup Truck is Still Coming Next Year
S.E.C. Settles Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over His Twitter Disclosures
Elon Musk’s Lawyers Ask OpenAI’s President Why He Is Worth $30 Billion
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years
Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable
These Countries Embrace E.V.s to Avoid Oil Price Shocks
How Running Shoes Have Evolved, From Ancient Greece to a Record-Breaking Marathon Time

NYT > Arts

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On ‘S.N.L.’, Brett Kavanaugh, Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth Walk Into a Bar
Review: ‘The Receptionist’ Can’t Help You Today
Taj Mahal’s New Album, ‘Time,’ Keeps the Blues Looking Ahead
‘The Lost Boys’ Helped Define the ’80s in More Ways Than One
Rocky Has Entered the Building
If You See Only 6 Venice Shows, Make It These
Blake Lively Settlement Had No Financial Payout, Filing Confirms
When Mark Consuelos Wants to Escape New York, He Goes Here
Charli XCX, Rolling Stones: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Matthew Wong’s Grieving Mother Protects His Artistic Legacy
Billie Eilish and James Cameron on ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour’
Paul Klee’s ‘Angelus Novus’ Joins Show at Jewish Museum in New York
The Hopelessness of ‘The Audacity’
How ‘The Sheep Detectives’ Brought its Ovine Sleuths to Life
New Books Provide Divergent Views of the Art Market
Michael Joo Steps Into the Art World’s Spotlight
A Monument to Chocolate Is Wrapped in Layers of Mexican History
These Artisans, Showing at TEFAF New York, Push the Limits of Materials
A Traveling Bookstore Keeps on Rolling
Hugh Jackman in a Truly PG-Rated Murder Mystery
Dynamic Artistic Duos are on Display in New York This Spring
The Korean Artist Park Daesung Is In the Spotlight at 81
An Artist Who Sees the Beauty in Dust
Edith Eva Eger, Psychologist Who Barely Survived Auschwitz, Dies at 98
J.H. Prynne, Erudite and Elusive British Poet, Dies at 89
David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100
Review: At City Ballet, Tiler Peck Shows Shimmering Restraint
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Venice Biennale: Austria, Japan, Belgium and Other Big Hits
Artists’ Strike Closes Pavilions at Venice Biennale, Adding to Upheaval
Without Its Expert Jury, Venice Biennale Lets the Public Choose Its Prize Winners
‘Amadeus’ Review: Mozart vs. Salieri, Round 3
A Very American Controversy at the Venicle Biennale
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
After a Fire, a Director Finds a Lifeline in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
‘The Python Hunt’ Review: A Real Contest as Riveting as Fiction
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ron Carter
Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Bogs?
After 43 Years, an Unproduced Larry David Script Surfaces Online
Historical Fiction Books That Illustrate the Bonds Between Mother and Child
Late Night Recaps Rubio’s Peacemaking Visit to Pope Leo
Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84
DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Review: Their Octopus Teacher
A Stroll Through the Mansions of New York’s Gilded Age
Dealers Face a Choice: Show Solo Artists? Or Groups?
From France to the U.S., an Exhibition on the Luxury Ties That Bind
Art Gallery Shows to See in May
Manuela Hoelterhoff, Pulitzer-Winning Arts Critic, Dies at 77
‘Blue Film’ Review: The Sex Is Expensive. The Talk Is Priceless.
Art Abounds on Campuses Outside of New York City
Uncertainty, But Also Optimism, Mark New York Art Week
At the Cannes Film Festival, French Cinema is Front and Center
This Film Provides a Trapezoidal Window into Former Pizza Huts
France Passes Law Easing Process of Returning Looted Art
Review: Sophie Rivera’s Photos Come Out From the Shadows
Is the Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni Legal Fight Over? Not So Fast.
‘Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft’ Review: 3-D Is What She Was Made For
How Florentina Holzinger Made Austria’s Pavilion the Venice Biennale’s Big Hit
At the Venice Biennale, an American Artist Plops His Sculptures on a World Stage
Ed Gardner, ‘Force to Be Reckoned With,’ Comes Into His Own
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Tony Leung Doesn’t Want a Challenge. He Wants a Compatible Director.

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Why does this region of Europe have so much ethnic and national fragmentation?
TIL In 2018, a university professor gave a student an F grade, under the reasoning that "Australia is a continent, not a country".
What are some American cities that had high historical importance but have faded from significance today?
What Countries have the possibility of balkanization, and what new countries would emerge from the break up?
Why does the heat wave seem to follow the Jordanian border
A town named Uzbekistan in Uzbekistan
TIL that Caspian sea and the Aral sea were naturally connected to the world oceans 18000 years ago
Charles Darwin's Journey of Discovery [OC]
What is this near the Dead Sea?
What is happening with HK and Shenzen?
I came to understand why South Korea does not feel populated, even though it is a high-density country like England.
Thought experiment: which country is the closest to yours culturally? Which ones form the closest cultural pair?
The Porkys
Why is Albania the most culturally and linguistically diverse country in Europe according to Fearon’s Analysis?
Are there other cities in the world that are far apart geographically but feel like twins?
Why is there no railway on the northern coast of Anatolia?
Why does Sudan have this face silhouette towards Chad?
The Only Place on Earth You Can Walk on the Mantle - YouTube
He drew Antarctica 300 years before it was discovered- The Piri Reis Map
What are these features called?
Why did early civilizations start in deserts like Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt?
Do you all like the Geoguessr game?
Han Dynasty - Comprehensive Expansion - Reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Eurasia
Why are there not more excavated ruins of ancient civilizations in the United States like there are in central and South America? There are examples of Ancient civilizations and massive cities that have been discovered and excavated in South and Central America, but less so in the US. Why is that?

The Public Domain Review

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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)
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)

The Quietus

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Machines To Listen For Us: How the Microphone Changed the Nature of Nosiness
New High Court Ruling Made in Favour of Brockwell Park Festivals
Native Instruments Acquired by inMusic
Félicia Atkinson Reworks Cult Horror Score for New Album
Semibreve Confirms First Acts Playing 2026 Edition
Reissue of the Week: Kraftwerk’s Radio-Activity
Max Cooper – Feeling Is Structure
Charli xcx Releases New Single, ‘Rock Music’
Boards Of Canada Share Two New Songs, ‘Introit’ and ‘Prophecy At 1420 MHz’
Organic Intelligence LVI: The US West Coast Early 00s Underground
Crisis Energy: Extinction Burst! by Guttersnipe
Octo Octa – Sigils For Survival
Peer Review: Loraine James Interviews Miho Hatori… and vice versa
Lambchop Reveal New LP, ‘Punching The Clown’
Pass This On: Olof Dreijer’s Favourite Records
Smashed Glass, Smack & Dog-Throwing: the Anarchy of early Clock DVA
Russell Haswell – Let It Go
The Rolling Stones Unveil New Album, ‘Foreign Tongues’
Kelela Details New Album, ‘new avatar’
EXIT Festival Relocates to Montenegro for 2026 Edition
OM Announce Reissues of First Two Albums
Fugees’ Pras Michel Hands Himself in to Authorities to Begin Prison Sentence
Batu and Donato Dozzy Reveal Collaborative LP, ‘Exhale’
Floating Point Shares New Song, ‘Falling To Earth’
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for May by Daryl Worthington
Irked – The Grievance
Lucy Liyou – Mr Cobra
Ellie Wilson Explores a London River in New Work
Your April Playlist is Here
Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of April 2026
Who Needs Love Like That? Erasure’s Wonderland Revisited
Reissue of the Week: Precreation Percolation by Super Furry Animals

Bandcamp Updates

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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
Ana Roxanne, “Poem 1”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
“Can’t Stop Singing About Jesus”: Exploring the “Devotional” Tag
Wesenyeleh Mebreku, “Resonance of Time (የጊዜ ቃና)”
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
Prog Is a State of Mind #1
Judas Priest’s “Sad Wings of Destiny” Turns 50
Kneecap, “FENIAN”
The Tape Label Report, April 2026
Essential Releases, May 1, 2026
OOIOO / Lightning Bolt, “The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, April 2026
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
Pure Wrath, “Bleak Days Ahead”
Big Ups: Cyrus Moussavi of Mississippi Records Spotlights Iranian Music He Loves
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, April 2026
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, April 2026
Charbel Harber, “May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable”
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, April 2026
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, April 2026
Ayman Fanous, “Brooklyn Stories 1-5”
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, April 2026
Empowering Female Artists in Rural India, Village by Village
White Fence, “Orange”
Bandcamp Fridays in 2026
Carla dal Forno, “Confession”
Essential Releases, April 24, 2026
Retracing Belgian New Beat’s Accidental Explosion

dusted

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Listed: Wednesday Knudsen
Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer—They Came Like Swallows: Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza (Silver Current)
The Black Watch — Varied Superstitions (Blue Matter UK/ATOM)
The Outskirts — Orbital (Aerophonic)
Genre Is Death — Attractive People (In the Red)
Ignobleth — Manor of Primitive Anticreation (Caligari)
OOIOO/Lightning Bolt—The Horizon Spirals/The Horizon Viral (Thrill Jockey)
Ken Vandermark — October Flowers for Joe McPhee (Corbett Vs. Dempsey)
As Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny mentioned in an Instagram post, this wonderful new release…
Listed: Tacoma Park
Listed: This House
Lupo Cittá — Inverno (12XU)
Susumu Yokota — Laputa (Skintone Edition; Lo)
The Reds, Pinks and Purples — Acknowledge Kindness (Fire)
Alvarius B — Malarial Dreams (Abduction)
Stephen Becker — Gravity Blanket (One Is Three)
Penny Arcade — Double Exposure (Tapete)
Bullseye — S-T (ever/never)
White Fence — Orange (Drag City)
Dust, Volume 12, Number 4 — Part 2

Pitchfork

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Dua Lipa Sues Samsung for $15 Million Over TV Packaging
Charli XCX Drops New Song “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night”
Phoebe Bridgers Premieres New Music at First Solo Show Since 2023
Caravanserai
“Owner of a Lonely Heart”
Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2
Muna Announce 2026 Tour
The Oasis Reunion Tour Doc Is Coming to Theaters But No Longer Has a Title
PinkPantheress Turns London Into a Moving Walkway in “Girl Like Me” Video
“Rock Music”
Toward a Theory of Burger Music
13 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Aldous Harding, Broken Social Scene, and More
Duval Timothy and Carlos Niño Join Forces for New Album
Beastie Boys’ Mike D Reveals Debut Solo Single
Listen to Paul McCartney’s First-Ever Duet With Ringo Starr
Charli XCX Goes Full “Rock Music” in Video for New Song
Train on the Island
sacrificio
Limbo
New Racehorse
Rolling Loud 2026 Livestream Schedule & Details Announced
Hayley Williams Launches Second Tour of 2026
Félicia Atkinson Reinvents a Cult Horror Score for New Album
Big Freedia to Release SOPHIE-Produced EP
Turnover Unveil New Album With Two Singles
L7 Map 2026 Farewell Tour Dates
Boards of Canada Drop Two New Songs
My New Band Believe’s New Video Is a Japanese Fishing Expedition
Yard Act Ready New Album You’re Gonna Need a Little Music
Listen to Father John Misty’s New Song “The Payoff”

Cool Tools

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Stillgram / Echoes of Genius / Magnified Sand
The Zen book everyone says changed their life
Expat Taxes/Solar Eclipse Tracker /Double the Wait in Portugal
What’s in my NOW? — Erik Schneider
Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie / Horrorstör
Frequent Fliers
Embassy of the Free Mind / Easy search on phone / Free wireless speaker
More Bad Flight News/Little-known Search Hacks/City Bike Tours
What’s in my NOW? — Jolyon Patten
Injection / Enormous Smallness

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
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