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Report: Chinese video surveillance tech supplier Hikvision plans to lay off 1,000+ employees in its R&D department; Hikvision denied any "large-scale lay-offs" (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post)
Sources: Chinese social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu had $200M in net profit on $1B+ revenue in Q1 2024, up from $40M in net profit on ~$600M revenue in Q1 2023 (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
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A once humming city, Lebanon’s Tyre is emptied by airstrikes and fear
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Captured documents reveal Hamas’s broader ambition to wreak havoc on Israel
Captured documents reveal Hamas’s broader ambition to wreak havoc on Israel
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How shady was my family during Nazi occupation in Alsace?
Would an educated roman know the empire was no longer a republic?
Why was Ulysses Grant's wife barely mentioned in his autobiography?
The US military widely taught Judo during WWII. Was there pushback against teaching the military a Japanese system while at war with the same country?
"Top trumps" thinking within WW2 soldiers?
Did knights piss their pants?
Where does the concept of dragons originate from and how did it spread that much ?
If I were born in 1024 and knew I'd live for 1000 years, how could I safely invest my money/interest?
What do we know about the life of Roger Bolingbroke prior to the execution for witchcraft and did he have any children?
What do the written sources say to support the new Spanish theory about Columbus being a Sephardic Jew?
was the ussr under sanctions like north Korea?
Why is the music of Bach associated with horror/haunted houses etc?
What are the arguments that Richard iii defenders use to argue he did not kill his nephews?
Is the way Shakespeare wrote more or less the way people spoke?
What happened to all the Nordic-looking Slavs the Nazis took back to Germany?
In the Western classical music canon, why do we barely have any organ music written between c. 1750-1850?
Why didn't Greeks respect Ares?
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How bad was the sengoku jidai for ordinary people?
How similar was the medieval Korean feudal structure to the Japanese?
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It's often stated that life in Roman times was extremely brutal; how literal is this to be taken?
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Sub-Indo-European Europe
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Laterals in simplex vs. complex syllable codas: a comparison of four languages
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Research on Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Ritual Magic and 4E Cognition from the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents Department at the University of Amsterdam
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Apache Verb Structure and Pronomial Prefixes
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Adjective Ordering Across Languages
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Anyone successfully appealed the appraised value of their car?
Vote Check!
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Bullhorn Fest - Live Music, Arts, and Kids Activities (Saturday 10/19)
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Bath & Body Store in Old East Durham
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Van caught fire at the Sheetz off of NC- 751
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Glad I made the Drive
Longer Aurora Timelapse - Falls Lake
Aurora Timelapse - Falls Lake
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Bruce Springsteen Endorses Kamala Harris & Makes the Case Against Donald Trump
When Kris Kristofferson (RIP) Stood by Sinéad O’Connor at the Height of Her Controversy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Is Now a Retro Video Game
Artificial Intelligence & Drones Uncover 303 New Nazca Lines in Peru

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The Downfall of FTX’s Ryan Salame and Crypto Advocate Michelle Bond
Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle
Bitcoin Documentary ‘Money Electric’ Reopens Search for Satoshi Nakamoto
Can You Turn Off Google and Meta’s A.I. Tools? Sometimes, and Here’s How.
The Cutting-Edge Hearing Aids That You May Already Own
Twitter Banned Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Reinstated Them?
Tesla Loses Court Battle in Swedish Labor Dispute
A Flood of A.I. Slop + Searching for Satoshi + the Hot Mess Express Returns
Tesla Stock Falls After Elon Musk Shows Off ‘Cybercab’
Does Your School Use Suicide Prevention Software? We Want to Hear From You.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins
Can Your Electric Vehicle Catch Fire During a Hurricane?
U.S. Weighs Forcing Google to Break Off Parts of the Company
A.I. Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Reflects on Winning the Nobel Prize
Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
Google Must Open Android to Other App Stores, Judge Says
How a Lobbying Group Is Arguing That Big Tech Protects Free Speech
9 of the Most Celebrated Awards in Science Outside of Nobel Prizes
Meta Unveils New Instant A.I. Generator
Can California Regulate A.I.? + Silicon Valley’s Super Babies + System Update!

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The Painter Titus Kaphar Wanted a Bigger Canvas, So He Made a Film
Review: Philharmonic Pays Tribute to Schoenberg
Filmed in New York, Hold the Taxis and Radiators
“Podcrushed” Tweaks the Celebrity Podcast Format
Why ‘Saturday Night’ Omits the Influence of Carol Burnett
On ‘S.N.L.,’ Harris and Trump Take Their Contest to ‘Family Feud’
Dreamtroit, a Low-Cost Bohemia for Artists, Revs Up in Motor City
Inside the Birthing Scene in ‘We Live in Time’
‘Suffs,’ the Tony-Winning Broadway Musical, Will Close Jan. 5
Lee Minho of ‘Pachinko’ Needs His Notes App
Gustavo Dudamel Visits New York With Promise, and a Warning
A Choreographer’s Errands Into the Wilderness
Christopher Reeve and 6 Takeaways From the Documentary ‘Super/Man’
Stevie Wonder Live: A Night of Love and Mischief
David Garrard Lowe, Defender of Historic Architecture, Dies at 91
Allan Blye, 87, Dies; ‘Smothers Brothers’ Writer and ‘Super Dave’ Creator
Boris Johnson Makes a Case for Trump’s Return, and Perhaps, His Own
Horror Books for Beginners Who Scare Easy
Evan Gershkovich, U.S. Journalist Imprisoned in Russia, Will Publish a Memoir
Decoding the Art World at Frieze London
Charli XCX’s Starry ‘Brat’ Remixes, and 9 More New Songs
‘Our Town,’ ‘McNeal’ and 4 More Shows Our Critics Are Talking About
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
Harvey Awards Inducts 5 Comic Creators to Hall of Fame
Art Basel Returns, Larger, and More French, Than Ever
It’s Touring Season: Chappell, Sabrina and Mk.gee Hit the Stage
Art Basel Paris: The Art is Dark, but Ali Cherri Sees Layers of Light
Nazario Luque Vera, an Artist Who Created a Trans Comic Book Character
The Grand Palais: Where Fauvism was Born, Prince Sang and Models Strutted
The Asia Now Fair Marks 10 Years in Paris
At Musée d’Orsay, Elmgreen & Dragset Bring New Perspective
The Artist Mark Manders on Fictional Spaces and ‘Shadow Loss’
Art Basel Paris: The History of Place Vendôme
Kamala Harris Made the Political Personal on Her Media Tour
Your Favorite Horror Movie Was a Much Scarier True Story
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
8 ‘S.N.L.’ Books and Cast Member Memoirs for 8H Superfans
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
5 Places to Visit in Wilmington, Delaware, With Aubrey Plaza
Truly Scary Horror Books for Halloween and Beyond
In ‘The Last of the Sea Women,’ Divers Face a Vanishing Way of Life
Paris’s Festival d’Automne Turns the Entire City Into a Stage
A Midcentury Turin Home Gets a Careful Update
Nobuyo Oyama, the Japanese Voice of Doraemon, Dies at 90
Jimmy Kimmel Debunks the Government-Hurricane-Control Theory
Review: ‘Our Town’ Starring Jim Parsons Is Still Avant-Garde After 86 Years
‘Lonely Planet’ Review: Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth Leave Home
Art Basel Paris: Don’t Miss These Other Shows
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Sex Trafficking Trial Is Set for May 5
‘The Confidante’ Is a Layered French Drama About a Heartbreaking Scam
‘Separated’ Review: Interrogating a Policy
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
‘The Apprentice’ Review: An Origin Story for Donald J. Trump
London Hosts Its Frieze Week in the Shadow of Paris
Review: Trust ‘Disclaimer’ When It Tells You Not to Trust It
Review: A Fall Gala Where Women Led the Way
Han Kang of South Korea Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story’ Review: In Blithe Spirits
‘Terrifier 3’ Review: Still Clowning Around
A New California Hotel, Perched Above the Beach
Flag-Waving Takes on New Meaning at Paula Cooper’s Gallery

Geography

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/r/Geography Casual Discussion Thread [August 2024]
Name a region more densely populated than Java
The Washington Post thinks India is in the Southern Hemisphere
Why is Kaliningrad Oblast so poorly farmed compared to neibhoring Lithuania, so that you can even see the border of the two states from sattelite imagery?
what the society will look like in 2030-2040s in countries with more than 20% of their population is above 65 and rising?
Why isn't southern Brazil a desert, considering it's right on top of tropic of Capricorn?
Shifting sands: why the Thar desert on the borders of India and Pakistan is getting greener
Did they flip a coin to decide whether their house will be in Belgium or Netherlands
The state of Rondônia, Brazil was almost 100% covered by the Amazon rainforest 40 years ago. Things have changed a lot
World Map Centered on Antarctica
Someone explain this lake's weird shape? The shape and islands are aligned at this specific angle like a paint smear. This is Lake Tapps from Pierce County, Washington
I-81N, I-77S Wytheville VA
What was the longest border between countries in history?
Sunshine duration in hours per year. United States vs Europe. Why, is it really simply lattitude?
Starbucks on Mars. Verified by Google.
If Australia was settled earlier, would the interior be more populated? What would have to happen for this to occur?
How big could the Batagaika crater become ?
What economic and political challenges could a unified Rwanda-Burundi face moving forward?
Why are the waters surrounding The Bahamas + Turks and Caicos so blue?
Regions/Countries Where the Majority Religion Did and Did Not Ultimately Change After Being Colonized by European-Christians between 16th-20th Centurie
Why did NYC sprawl develop on to Long Island instead of towards inland?
How did Washita river carve this section, what would it be called? Saw it on a flight today
I tried to estimate the temperature based on day of year and latitude
Can’t believe I never bothered to ask but what’s up with this giant blob of sand in China?
Why are the Hudson bay lowlands not farmed if they are at the same latitude as the Prairies, which are the breadbasket of Canada?
Why is the city of São Paulo in Brazil so insanely huge?

The Public Domain Review

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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)
Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)
The Launch of Our Mid-Year Fundraiser!
The Lens of Desire: Eye Miniatures (ca. 1790–1810)
“Chinese Arabesques” by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and Anne Allen (ca. 1790–99)
“You Are My Friend”: Early Androids and Artificial Speech
“On This Desolate Island”: Sodomy Punish’d (1726)
Chromatic Aberrations: The Toll of the Sea (1922)
Same as It Ever Was?: Eternal Recurrence in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)
The Little Journal of Rejects (1896)
Professor Megalow’s Dinosaur Bones: Richard Owen and Victorian Literature
Mayday, Mayday: Capital and Labor (1907)
Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
Maria Catharina Prestel’s Printed Cabinet of Drawings (ca. 1780s)
Pseudo-Boccaccio, Yiddish Pulp Fiction, and the Man Who Ripped Off Joyce
Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater’s Occult Chemistry (1908)
Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s Weird Islands (1921)
Windows Onto History: The Defenestrations of Prague (1419–1997)
Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904)
[Door creaks open. Footsteps]: Fredric Jameson’s Seminar on Aesthetic Theory
Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ Passio Verbigenae (ca. 1580)
A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)
Little Boney: James Gillray and Napoleon’s Fragile Masculinity
Tom Seidmann-Freud’s Book of Hare Stories (1924)
Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)
From Snowdrop to Nightjar: Robert Marsham’s “Indications of Spring” (1789)
Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705)
I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: Animated Putty (1911)
The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)
“The Substantiality of Spirit”: Georgiana Houghton’s Pictures from the Other Side
Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928)
Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s Java-Album (1854)
Eugène-François Vidocq and the Birth of the Detective
Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896)
Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911
Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints
As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in Steamboat Willie (1928)
Through the Cheval Glass: Reproduction in the Photographs of Clementina Hawarden
Clear Shadows (1867)
The Afterimage of Death: Dr. Berkeley's Discovery (1889)
Liberal Visions and Boring Machines: The Early History of the Channel Tunnel
Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)
Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895)
Happy Public Domain Day 2024!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2023
The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)
Rhapsodies in Blue: Anna Atkins’ Cyanotypes
The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)
Wreathed in Pastiche: Max Beerbohm’s Christmas Garland (1912)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)
Coney Island at Night (1905)
Cliché-Verre and Friendship in 19th-Century France
Modernity in the Rainforest: Man and his Desire (1917)
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2023
Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)
The Reluctant Levitator: Teresa of Avila’s Humble Raptures
Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
54 New Prints — And Now Free Shipping!
Divide and Concur: A Radical Plan for Peace in Europe (1920)
Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)
The Silent Treatment: Solitary Confinement’s Unlikely Origins
A Melting Cauldron: The Book of Hallowe’en (1919)
Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)
Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)
Marked by Stars: Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy
Pantographia: A Specimen Book of All the Alphabets Known on Earth (1799)
The Presentation of Sources and Rights Labelling Gets a Big Overhaul
Käthe Kollwitz’s Peasants’ War Series (ca. 1901–1908)
Charles H. Bennett’s Shadows (ca. 1856)

The Quietus

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Tut-tut! Tut-tut! Recording the Sounds of War
The Cure Announce London Show to Launch New Album
Björk Reveals New Photobook, ‘Cornucopia’
Semibreve 2024 to Present Sounds Works by Jim O’Rourke and More
Field Day Relocates to Brockwell Park for 2025 Edition
This Land is Death: Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50
Unlikely Intersections: tQ’s Highlights of Skaņu Mežs 2024
Mariam the Believer – Breathing Techniques
Meemo Comma – Decimation of I
Something Bigger Than Us: An Interview with Saagara
Richard Skelton – The Old Thrawing Crux
Organic Intelligence XXXVII: Trash Electroclash Bangers
Slippery Eels: Muuntautuja by Oranssi Pazuzu
The Cure Unveil New Track and Further Album Details
SHAPE+ Artist Otay:Onii Releases Album, ‘True Faith Ain’t Blind’
Actress Details New Album, ‘Даррен Дж. Каннінгем’
Kim Gordon Shares New Song, ‘Bangin’ On The Freeway’
DJ Mag Rebrands as Quarterly Physical Publication
A World That’s Gone: Suede’s Dog Man Star 30 Years On
Noise To Signal: Unsound Krakow 2024 Reviewed
Lara Rix-Martin on The Heavy Existentialism of Soviet Sci-fi
The Quietus International: Chilean Music Reviewed by Álvaro Molina
OneDa – Formula OneDa
Concentration Tour Europe
Tate Modern to Host Listening Party for Aphex Twin’s ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II’
Jim Legxacy Signs to XL Recordings, Shares New Single
Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for October Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel
The Strange World Of… Field Music
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
The Bug Shares New Track, ‘Deep In A Mud’
Colin Self Unveils New EP for RVNG Intl., ‘Lemniscate’
Shoegaze Revivals I Have Known, by Sonic Cathedral’s Nat Cramp

Bandcamp Updates

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Gliogar Platform “Weirdo Ceol” Across Ireland
Tá Gliogar ag Tabhairt Ardán do “Weirdo Ceol” ar Fud na hÉireann
ELUCID, “REVELATOR”
Essential Releases, October 11, 2024
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, September 2024
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, September 2024
Dua Saleh, “I SHOULD CALL THEM”
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, “Quiet in a World Full of Noise”
I Found It on Bandcamp Friday, October 2024
Acid Test, September 2024
Bandcamp Comes to East Village Radio
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, September 2024
White Suns, “Dredging Heaven”
The Tape Label Report, September 2024
The Hard Quartet, “The Hard Quartet”
Ley Lines, September 2024
Youmna Saba’s Inter-terrestrial “Njoum”
The Hotlist, Fall 2024
Various Artists, “Alley of the Sun”
Atlanta’s Indie Underground Rises from the Shadows
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, September 2024
Geordie Greep, “The New Sound”
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, September 2024
Ezra Collective, “Dance, No One’s Watching”
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, September 2024
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, September 2024
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp: September 2024
Caribou, “Honey”
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, September 2024
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, September 2024
His Name Is Alive, “How Ghosts Affect Relationships”
Bandcamp Fridays in 2024
Feeling Figures, “Everything Around You”
The Best Albums of Summer 2024
Galaxie 500 Shares Their Secrets on “Uncollected Noise New York ‘88-‘90”
Technique is Just a Tool for Guitarist Yasmin Williams
Nubya Garcia, “Odyssey”
A Deep Dive Into the Second Wave of Chicago House

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Listening Post: Nick Cave
Listed: Ulna
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Melos Kalpa — S-T (Hands in the Dark)
The Smile — Cutouts (XL)
Iván Muela — Ether (Self-Release)
Obsoletion — S/T (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Terrence McManus — Music for Chamber Trio (Rowhouse Music)
The Wickies — S-T (BaDaBing)
Adeline Hotel — Whodunnit (Ruination)
Listed: Mt Fog
Bill Callahan — Resuscitate! (Drag City)
Another Dancer — I Try to Be Another Dancer (Bruit Direct Disques/Aguirre)
Tiger Village — Grid Work (Suite 309)
The Okmoniks — Afterparty Fever!!! (Slovenly)
Smug Brothers — Another Bar Behind the Night (Anyway /Just Because)
TEIP Trio — II (Sonic Transmissions)
Terry Gross — Huge Improvement (Thrill Jockey)
amelia courthouse — broken things (Spinster)
Xiu Xiu — 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl)

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Best of Europe/On Writing Well/Cellar Door
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Book Freak 170: How to Change Your Mind

McMansion Hell

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namesake mcmansion
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Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
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BONUS MCMANSION HELL: liminal edition
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Serious Eats

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The 5-Minute Salty-Sweet Snack I'm Making on Repeat This Fall
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This Easy Peppercorn Sauce Will Transform Your Steak, Pork, or Chicken
Big, Beautiful Cinnamon Rolls, Plus 14 More of Our Favorite Sweet Cinnamon Recipes
To Find the Best Ceramic Nonstick Skillets, I Scrambled and Fried 44 Eggs
We Taste-Tested 8 Yellow Cake Mixes—Here Are Our Favorites
I’m an Advent Calendar Aficionado, and I’m Eyeing These Calendars Filled With Jams, Cookies, Teas, and Chocolates
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This Classic British Egg Recipe Stars Jammy Yolks and Juicy Sausage
You Can Get the "World's Best Rice" in Almost Any Supermarket—Here's How to Buy the Best and Cook It Properly
Yeti Tumblers, Stackable Mugs, and More Are on Rare Sale Up to 30% Off for Amazon's October Prime Day
Le Creuset Is Seriously Discounted for October Prime Day, Including Our Favorite Dutch Oven and Braiser for Up to 31% Off
Serious Eats Staffers Test Kitchen Gear All Year—Here Are the October Prime Day Deals They Think Are Worth Grabbing
I’ve Reviewed Hundreds of Kitchen Items—Here Are 13 October Prime Day Deals That Are Worth Buying
Breville Toaster Ovens, Espresso Machines, and More Are Up to $300 Off for Prime Big Deal Days
We’ve Recommended This Vitamix Blender for a Decade—and You Can Grab It for $250 Off for Prime Big Deal Days
Switch up Your Sandwiches, Potato Salads, and More With These 10 Quick Homemade Mayonnaise Recipes
Feed a Crowd With This Easy, Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole
8 Tangy Feta Cheese Recipes You'll Want to Make Immediately
Meet the Molecule That Smells Like Pancakes and Set Off Emergency Investigations in NYC
I Tested 11 Cloth Napkins to Find Ones That Are Fancy, Functional, and Dinner Party-Worthy
The Best Halloween Candy You Can Buy Online, According to Serious Eats Staffers
The Great British Baking Show Is Back, and We Spotted Some of Our Favorite Kitchen Gear in the Tent
How to Make a Bakery-Worthy Chocolate Babka That Stays Fresh for Days
This Legitimately Easy Chicken Pot Pie Takes Just 10 Minutes to Prep
We Grudgingly Accept the Savory Crinkle Pie TikTok Trend Is a Very Good Idea—Here's How to Make an Easy, Cheesy One for Fall
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30-Minute Pressure Cooker Lentils and Sausage Recipe
A Cheat Sheet to Buying Great Inexpensive French Wines, According to 4 Wine Pros
This Bistro Classic Is France's Simple, Steak-Like Answer to the Hamburger
We Reimagined the Dubai Chocolate Bar as an Easy Dessert That's Perfect for Sharing
How to Make a Classic French Quiche That Never Goes Out of Style
Yes, Double Dipping Is Gross. It Also Alters Foods In Surprising Ways—Here's How.
9 Spicy Shrimp Recipes—Because Some Like It Hot
Billions Use This Method for Cooking Rice—But Does It Work? We Tested to Find Out
This Easy Vegetarian Pot Pie Is My Favorite New Recipe for Fall
I’ve Used This Baratza Coffee Grinder Nearly Every Day for 3 Years—Here’s Why It’s the Best
The Best Way to Defrost Turkey, According to Food Safety Experts
What's the Best Way to Defrost Chicken? I Tested More Than 55 Pounds of Chicken to Find Out
Even the Stickiest Lids Are No Match for This Jar Opener
It's Decided: This Creamy Midwestern Chicken Soup Will Be Keeping Me Warm All Winter Long
The Great British Baking Show Is Back! Here Are 12 Show-Stopping Desserts to Celebrate With
How to Cook Bacon for Perfectly Crisp-Chewy Lardons: A Step-by-Step Guide
We Fried Eggs, Seared Tofu, and Baked Cornbread in Bobby Flay’s New Cast Iron Skillet—Here’s How It Performed
This Two-Step Egg Dish Is a French Classic That Will Have You Leaving Deviled Eggs Behind
The 5-Ingredient Sweet-and-Sour Sauce That Has a Permanent Place In My Fridge
The Easy Restaurant Trick for Juicy, Crispy Steaks
How to Store Potatoes So They Last Longer
Much of the World Considers This to Be a Rude Dining Habit. Are You Guilty?
We Asked Serious Eats Staffers What Affordable Alternatives They Use at Home — Here Are Their Picks
We Taste-Tested 17 Frozen Pizzas—Here Are the Winners
Make This One Simple Ingredient Swap to Upgrade Sandwiches, French Toast, and More This Fall
Schmaltz Krispies Treats Are the Best, Most Unexpected Twist on This Classic We've Ever Eaten
This Fragrant Chicken Noodle Soup With a Crispy Potato Chip Twist Is the Ultimate Comfort Food
This Mexican Pork Ribs Recipe Has Been a Family Favorite for Generations
17 Iconic Southern Recipes—From Fried Green Tomatoes to Banana Pudding—Y'All Are Gonna Love
We've Highly Recommended This Cuisinart Food Processor for 7 Years—Here's Why
The Simple Trick for the Juiciest Meatballs With Deeply Flavorful Sauce
10-Minute Microwave Apple Crisp for One
8 Easy Fall Dinner Recipes Perfect for Beginners
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19 Mushroom Varieties You Should Be Cooking With
This Potato Soup Boasts Gooey Cheese at the Bottom of Every Bowl
Serious Eats Staffers Go All-Out for Fall With Brain Jelly Molds, Pumpkin Dutch Ovens, and More
15 Brussels Sprouts Recipes Even Longtime Skeptics Will Love
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Fridge Organization Tips, According to Serious Eats Staffers (Who Cook for a Living)
Make-Ahead Challah Breakfast Casserole
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This French Bistro Classic Is Actually One of the Easiest to Make at Home
This Gooey Dessert Has Captured the Heart of Canadians Everywhere
These Creamy Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms Have Delightful "'Marry Me' Vibes"
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Convection Roast, Convection Bake, and More: Decoding Oven Convection Settings and When and How to Use Them
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Palomilla (Cuban Steak and Onions)
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Why I Still Really, Truly Love My Instant Pot
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This Easy and Classic French Salad Is My Favorite Dinner for Fall
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New Jersey Crumb Buns: A Big Step Up From Your Average Coffee Cake
The Extremely Comfortable Apron I (and Other Serious Eats Editors) Own Multiples Of
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SpaceX successfully caught its Rocket in mid-air during landing on its first try today. This is the first time anyone has accomplished such a feat in human history.
My 1-year Anorexia Recovery (OC)
The spacex team behind successful superheavy booster catch
I told my daughters that I was moving on with the separation anyway
G2 Esports vs. Bilibili Gaming / 2024 World Championship - Swiss Round 5 / Post-Match Discussion
CBum wins Mr Olympia Classic Physique for the 6th time in a row before retiring
Heroin Addict Gets Clean And Attains A Computer Information Systems Degree With a 4.0 Average
The orange felon left his supporters stranded again
Yes. I have the middle seat and I have legs
Week 8 AP Poll
I wish I had known this earlier 🥄
Got this in the mail yesterday. Jokes on them tho… I’m a filthy socialist.
R. Kelly's daughter Buku Abi accuses singer of sexually abusing her as a child
A cool guide to the Trump Effect
Teacher wrote my son’s name on his blanket in sharpie… the blanket has his name all over it. (Couldn’t use the tag at least? Lol)
The Optimus robots at Tesla’s Cybercab event were humans in disguise
My girlfriend told me she used to play Skyrim but stopped playing because it “got too hard” thought it was weird so I looked at her save.
Who would you follow into a battle?
What the hell happened to "No politics in sports"?
Do you think if you were Christian, you would be treated with respect in Jerusalem? Oh dear, think again.
SM Entertainment announces Seunghan has officially left RIIZE
Ubisoft keeps up the good work!
Barack Obama says the economy Trump likes to claim credit for pre-COVID was actually his and that Trump didn't really do much to create it. Is this true?
General Milley: “Trump is a facist to the core”. MAGA:
Asian racism is something different