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Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A (Dan Primack/Axios)
Nvidia and Abridge, maker of an AI note-taking app for doctors, are training an AI model for clinical conversations using de-identified data and Nemotron models (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raised $355M, including $100M from a16z crypto (Bloomberg Law)
Anthropic donates $150M to launch Claude Corps, a fellowship program that will teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude and place them with nonprofits in the US (Glenn Gamboa/Associated Press)
DoorDash launches an in-app AI chatbot to let users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Sources: Google is in talks with Samsung to manufacture a memory input-output die for its 10th-gen Icefish TPU, while making the computing engine at TSMC (Qianer Liu/The Information)
Sources: SpaceX's IPO has attracted $70B+ in orders from retail investors, who are expected to be allocated at least 20% of the available shares (Bloomberg)
KKR launches Helix Digital, a new company to finance AI infrastructure, with $10B+ in committed capital from Nvidia, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and others (Brian Fagioli/NERDS.xyz)
Coram AI, which helps organizations use AI with their existing security equipment to find incidents, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to $66M (Rya Jetha/Business Insider)
London's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a "global picture" of stolen devices (Yang Tian/BBC)
A teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is a gold-painted HTC U24 Pro but features some changes, including memory from Micron instead of SK Hynix (Shahram Mokhtari/iFixit News)
Elon Musk is busy stoking far-right culture wars across the West on the eve of SpaceX's IPO, with an impunity unmatched in modern corporate history (Zachary Basu/Axios)
The Workers' Daily, the official mouthpiece of China's umbrella trade union, urges regulators to protect worker rights and strengthen oversight amid the AI boom (Bloomberg)
Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
Hungary plans to decriminalize crypto trading in a reversal of restrictions, which prompted Revolut and others to suspend services, under former PM Viktor Orban (Zoltan Simon/Bloomberg)

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Genital herpes tests are notoriously unreliable, but better ones are in the works | Scientific American
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Sustainable fish share (CSF) in Durham?
DPS Work Session - June 9, 2026: Living Wages, Right-Sizing Schools, and Discipline Reforms
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Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking
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NASA Crew-12 Commander Captures Snaky Southern Lights From Space Station
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A Scientific Achievement That’s Totally Random
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They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.
Bowerbirds Are Stealing Cash, Plastic and Handcuffs for Love
The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know
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Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.
Bees Are Swarming Earlier: What to Do if You’re Attacked
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The Artemis II mission transfixed the nation.
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Scientist Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle Mpox Virus Into U.S.
ANWR Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
U.S. Forest Service to Open Millions of Acres to Off-Road Vehicles
Leaks on Space Station Lead Astronauts Briefly to Seek Shelter in Spacecraft
The New World Screwworm Is Back. Here’s What That Means.
In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes
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Whale graveyard discovered 7km under the sea
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Tool flags suspicious journals before researchers submit papers
‘Footballers are not superheroes’: we must tackle the mental and physical pressures of elite sport
This World Cup could be the most high-tech yet — the innovations to watch for
Giant crustacean of the deep sea steals a trick from bacteria
Newly discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
Structural basis for chaperone-guided assembly of RNA-induced silencing complex
SIRT7 regulates dosage compensation and safeguards the female X chromosome
A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone
Whole-genome duplication shaped cell-type evolution in the vertebrate brain
In situ nanocrystal confinement for efficient blue perovskite LEDs
A prognostic human brain network for diffuse midline glioma
Two-component exciton condensates in an electron–hole bilayer
Mutation-dependent responses to sleep and exercise in clonal haematopoiesis
Efficient and accurate neural-field reconstruction using resistive memory
Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis
Molecular glue degraders of HuR suppress BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer
Light-induced quantum friction of carbon nanotubes in water
Lignin to adipic acid in a high-yield chemical and biological redox process
Measurement of reactor neutrino oscillation with the first JUNO data
Mitochondria directly interact with the nuclear pore complex
A thalamus–brainstem attractor network drives history-biased decisions
Improved quantum processor logical error rates via correction and detection
Deep learning four decades of human migration
Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity
Building user-driven climate adaptation products
A first-in-class pulsatile FXR agonist for bile-acid-related liver diseases
Diverse binding poses of agonistic neurotoxins on human Nav1.6
Hybrid refinery process turns plant material into industrially important chemical
Confirmation that bryozoan animals were present during the Cambrian explosion
The Amazon can be saved — with concerted action inside and outside Brazil
Human migration has surged since 2000 — these maps reveal where people are going
Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders rankings: are China’s East Asian neighbours keeping pace with it?
Mitochondria tethered to the nucleus secure its energy supply
‘Hidden hero’ peptides guard crops against sudden cold
When drug discovery fails: scientists share their frustrations with the process
Is the peptide craze backed by science? The promise behind the hype
JUNO experiment ushers in next generation of neutrino experiments
Chinese detector edges closer to solving the mystery of neutrino mass
Artificial intelligence shines a light on hidden global migration flows
Rocks falling from melting icebergs host deep-sea oases of biodiversity
Daily briefing: Ancient ground squirrels ate like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
Gen Z scepticism towards AI is a wake-up call — universities must take it seriously
Five winning images of scientists at work
How I use AI to turn failed drugs into new medicines
A vast whale necropolis has been found
Doubting Thomas
Light slows down carbon nanotubes in water
Author Correction: De novo design of quasisymmetric two-component protein cages
Author Correction: PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components
Author Correction: A broadly protective antibody targeting gammaherpesvirus gB
A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins
AI technology must serve human cognitive development, not the other way around
A treasure trove of Neolithic necklace beads
Arson attacks at Ebola hospitals are a cry for regional development
Science must be seen as a viable profession for the many, not the few
Preventing cancer requires more than a list of carcinogens
Ocean ‘cold blob’ is evidence for a troubling climate trend
World-first: therapy to make cells young again trialled in a person
People are turning to AI chatbots to plug gaps in health information
Let’s talk about biomedical research kits
Don’t compete, collaborate: why collective funding applications are the future
The best way to start your day? The science backs naked cartwheels in the sun
Scientists have a bad case of AI FOMO, Nature poll reveals
TB vaccine from the 1920s shows promise in diabetes trial
Good recycling starts at home — and benefits the world
My overseas job offer was rescinded. Here’s how I bounced back
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Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
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GPR15-guided CD8+ T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation
Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome
Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations with RNA-Triggered Chromatin Shredding

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A provocative view of evolution turns 50
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Severe obesity in human HFpEF alters contractile protein function and organization
Global extent and drivers of tree cover loss quantified with high-resolution satellite data
Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health
Homo cooperans: Understanding the nature of human cooperation
Fires reverse progress toward ozone air quality standards in the United States
Photocatalyzed oxidative cleavage of alkenes using CO2 as an oxygen donor
Memory reactivation underlies experience-dependent adaptive regulation of sleep
Confined growth of armchair MoS2 nanotubes at the 1-nm limit
Stereoretentive radical-based alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling
Ultralow chromium doping enables all-PbSe thermoelectric cooling
Unexpected expansion and regrowth in Earth’s mangrove forests over the past four decades
A stellar dynamical mass measurement of an inactive black hole at redshift 2
Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor
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Effects of China’s underground infrastructure
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String theory is rebuilt from first principles
White House defangs NSF watchdog unit
Antiviral pill gets first test for Ebola prevention
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Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
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Disneyland With No People
Hunter Biden’s Life After Shame
Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle
Fruit Is Nothing Like It Used to Be
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When Both Parties Try to Out-Macho Each Other
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The Divided World Cup
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A Crime Doesn’t Make a Child an Adult
Republicans vs. the Fourteenth Amendment
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Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized
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The Crisis Iran’s Leaders Can’t Ignore
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American Christians Face a Choice
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The Screwworm Is Messing With America’s Beef
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Gunman expected to plead guilty to killing Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
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Trump vows to hit Iran ‘very hard tonight,’ take over Kharg Island and oil industry
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A Lecturer Was Investigated Under Indiana’s Intellectual-Diversity Law. Now She’s Out of a Job.
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Thursday Reading & Recommendations | June 11, 2026
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Would Scottish Highlanders during the Napoleonic Wars have spoken Scots, Gaelic or English most commonly?
Are there significant non-Western republics before the modern age?
Rod Phillips answering questions about the history of cats
Why did ‘techno’ become a generic term for electronic music despite being a relatively niche genre with limited commercial impact (compared to say, House)?
Against claims of 'extractive colonialism', why was colonial Brazil relatively wealthy?
How accurate is Dostoyevsky’s portrayal of Russian Society?
What was the etiquette around “spoilers” in the past? Did reviews and advertisements used to openly talk about endings?
In the film "The Sound of Music” (1965), following the Anschluss, Catholic nuns actively assist the Von Trapp family in fleeing Austria. Would these nuns have been met with reprisals from the Nazi Party or from Austrian-German nationalists?
Is there any record of the Amish settling the American West?
How did North Korea obtain the resources and expertise required to create nuclear weapons?
Why did so many ancient societies have a problem with actors?
How did explorers “send” letters back home?
In the ancient Roman Empire and republic, what were considered “upper middle class” and “middle class” jobs for citizens ?
Are there records of named foreign architects who designed buildings for the Qing Dynasty during the Self-Strengthening Movement?
Historically, why have goats been associated with demons or the supernatural?
When Spanish Jews fled to the Ottoman Empire in 1492, what route did the ships that brought them take?
How did Mercenaries/Soldiers who spoke different languages communicate in the 30 years war?
What is the history behind the “Followers of Horus” “Shemsu Hor”of ancient Egypt?
When did the first guided tours of the great pyramids start? Who was giving the tours? How did the content of the tours change over time?
How Unprecedented Were Mary's Bare Arms in Michelangelo's Doni Tondo?
Would the average person in England have cared if their King was Norman, Anglo-Saxon, or Norwegian?
Before Andrew Johnson, did representation in America resemble that in communist states?
Why were History classes replaced with Social Studies in America?

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Q&A weekly thread - June 08, 2026 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Vowel reduction is conditioned by quality and quantity interactions: Evidence from Bolognese
Testing the Efficiency of a Machine Learning-Based Automatic Prosodic Segmentation Method for Brazilian Portuguese
Subject-Avatar in Computerized Enunciative Spaces
The accentuation of the PIE word for ‘daughter’ by Alwin Kloekhorst
Learning to read written text fundamentally alters the pathways the human brain uses to process spoken words
Q&A weekly thread - June 01, 2026 - post all questions here!
Q&A weekly thread - May 25, 2026 - post all questions here!
Traces of language contact in Niya Prakrit: Bactrian and other foreign elements (Schoubben 2026)
Q&A weekly thread - May 18, 2026 - post all questions here!
Eichner’s law: a critical survey of the evidence by Tijmen Pronk (2019)
Q&A weekly thread - May 11, 2026 - post all questions here!
Q&A weekly thread - May 04, 2026 - post all questions here!
Luwic Stress: Uncovering word accent in an extinct language family (2026)
Q&A weekly thread - April 27, 2026 - post all questions here!
Studies in the Atharvaveda (Leach et. al 2025)
Birth of a Language in the Backlands of Brazil (Anderson Almeida-Silva & al. 2025)
"AI for the Good of All"?
Q&A weekly thread - April 20, 2026 - post all questions here!
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
Bad Hittite, Good Hattian: Linguistic Interference in the Old Hittite Oracle KBo 18.151 (2025)

MetaFilter Projects

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Happy Foot Sad Foot sign (a Wikipedia article)
Attack of the $5 Film Festival! Submissions open!
A Useful & Pleasant Poster for Following the World Cup
No Borders Geography Quiz
poet.horse - a horse poetry website
Golden Goal
Texas Water Quality Visualization/Map
A Cave in the Woods
Voice Acting: "Overheard On A Saltmarsh"
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

Open Culture

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How the Hagia Sophia Was Built, and How It’s Being Saved from Collapse
David Bowie Picks His 12 Favorite David Bowie Songs
Harvard’s 1869 Entrance Exam: Could You Answer Tough Questions About Latin, Greek, Ancient History, Plane Geometry & More
How William S. Burroughs Used the Cut-Up Technique to Shut Down London’s First Espresso Bar (1972)
The Strange History of Lorem Ipsum: How Cicero’s Words Became the World’s Favorite Placeholder Text
How Humans Migrated Across The Globe Over 200,000 Years: An Animated Look
The Official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube Channel Goes Live: Watch Complete Episodes, Including the Very First
How Nick Drake’s “River Man” Has Captivated Generation after Generation of Listeners
What Happens When the Author Directs the Movie: How Robert Rodriguez Recruited Frank Miller to Co-Direct Sin City
Hear the First Book of Homer’s Iliad Read Aloud in the Original Greek
How Conflict Helped Create Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and Its Legendary Guitar Solos
Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago
An Introduction to the Islamic World: 1,000 Years of History in 19 Minutes
The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
The Largest Bookshelf Tour Ever Filmed: Inside a Classicist’s 20,000-Volume Library

NYT > Technology

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Trump Muses About Government Taking a Piece of A.I. Companies
Antonio Gracias, Elon Musk’s Friend, Is Set to Reap Billions From SpaceX’s IPO
SpaceX’s IPO Could Turn 4,400 Employees Into Millionaires
How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)
Jeff Bezos Wants to Build an ‘Artificial General Engineer’
How Tesla’s Stock Listing in 2010 Enabled SpaceX’s I.P.O.
Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella Says ‘Everyone Is a Stakeholder’ in A.I.
Britain Is Weighing a Social Media Ban for Children. How Did It Get Here?
They Tried To Catch a Child Predator on a Livestream. They Trapped Themselves Instead.
G.M. Plans to Develop Energy Storage Batteries as E.V. Sales Flag
Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts
Anthropic Releases ‘Safe’ Version of Its Mythos A.I. Technology
Dutch Authorities Block $115 Million Deal by a U.S. Tech Company
Why Apple’s A.I. Upgrade for Siri Won’t Be Available in Europe
In the Hybrid A.I.-Human Work Force, Who Will Actually Thrive?
OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO as AI Companies Rush to Wall St.
Apple Reveals New A.I.-Powered Version of Its Siri Digital Assistant
Sam Bankman-Fried Has Applied for a Pardon From Trump
How Elon Musk’s Friendship With the F.C.C. Smooths the Way for SpaceX’s I.P.O.
The Iran War is Forcing Energy-Importing Countries to Turn Inward
Apple Expected to Detail Its A.I. Plans at Conference
Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?
B.F.I. Preserves ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ and 430 Videos in Archive of Viral Moments
People Love to Hate This Fake Private Equity Guy
SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power
Reid Hoffman to Leave Microsoft’s Board of Directors
Why the SpaceX IPO Will Affect Your 401(k), Like It or Not
Hot I.P.O. Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
From Cow-Milking Robots to Weed-Zapping Lasers, Farmers Are Embracing A.I.
Wary of U.S., Carney Bets on AI Strategy for Canada
What Are A.I. Agents Actually Doing?
How LinkedIn Found Its Social Platform Era

NYT > Arts

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29 Shows to Watch This Summer
‘Disclosure Day’ Review: Spielberg Plays His Greatest Cosmic Hits
For Painting’s Great Skeptic, Gerhard Richter, History Is a Blur
‘O Horizon’ Review: Trying to Skip Pain
In the Fastest-Warming City in the U.S., These Artists See Hope
Orlan’s Face Is Her Canvas, and Her Calling Card
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Duane Michals, Artist of Wit and Courage
How Maya Rudolph Became an ‘Absolute Menace’ in ‘Oh, Mary!’
Patti Smith, Jon Batiste and More Tell the History of SummerStage
In ‘Widow’s Bay,’ History Is Hard to Kill
100 Guitars’ Worth of Glenn Branca’s Violent Ecstasy
A Land Artist Asks: What Will Be Left When I’m Not Here?
A Bewildering Bejeweled Has Kafka’s Fingerprints
Nick Reiner, Accused of Killing Parents, Asks to Use Trust Fund for His Defense
Knicks in ’73: Revisiting the Charts From a Championship Year
‘Doctor Who’ Is in Limbo. What Does That Mean for Fans?
‘Stop! That! Train!’ Review: Gleefully Going Off the Rails
‘Promised Sky’ Review: Living in a State of Uncertainty
‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: Nightmares in Stop-Motion
‘The Furious’ Review: Action Spectacle Built on Body-Breaking Blows
Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘Becky Shaw,’ ‘Giant’ and More
In the Protein Era, Even He-Man Is Hawking Supplements
‘Honeyjoon’ Review: Island Healing
Desi Lydic Does a Spit Take at the Price of Trump’s Gold Coin
Ernest Chambers, ‘Smothers Brothers’ TV Show Producer, Dies at 97
The Good List: 6 Things to Add Joy to Your Day
A.I. Chatbot Helps a $100 Thrift Store Painting Sell for Over $250,000
Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94
In a Timely “Under the Shadow” Staging, a Ghost Haunts War-Torn Iran
Book Review: ‘Cocked and Boozy,’ by Brooke Barbier
Jimmy Kimmel Calls a Technical Foul on Trump’s Apparent Game 3 Nap
John Basinger, Who Memorized All 12 Books of ‘Paradise Lost,’ Dies at 92
Julio Le Park, Kinetic Sculpture and Op-Art Master, Dies at 97
Albert Wolsky, Costume Designer for ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Grease,’ Dies at 95
In an Italy of Many Voices, Emma Dante’s Plays Speak ‘the Language of the People’
The Gustavo Dudamel Era in Los Angeles Approaches Its End
Kyle Gallner Is More Than Just a Scream King
At City Ballet, Spring Fever Hit, With Ups and Some Dispiriting Downs
The Victoria and Albert Museum Gets Nostalgic for Britain’s Lost Music Venues
Sting Never Gave Up on His Musical ‘The Last Ship.’ Now It’s Back
What Happens When ‘Star Wars’ Replaces Mozart?
Late Night Roasts Trump for Walking Out on ‘Meet the Press’
Maximalism Is Back at the Tonys
2026 Tonys: How to Get Tickets for Winning Plays and Musicals
Patrick Bruel, French Singer, Is Taken Into Custody Over Sex Assault Claims
The One Tony Award Our Readers Would Have Changed
On Broadway’s Biggest Night, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Shows Its Strength
Was Scott Rudin the Biggest Winner at This Year’s Tony Awards?
Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92
At the Tony Awards After-Parties, a ‘Harry Potter’ Reunion and Winner Celebrations
Bounty of Frida Kahlo Art Emerges in Mexico’s Restored Museum
Best and Worst Moments From the 2026 Tony Awards: Pink, Maya Rudolph, Cole Escola, ‘Cats’
The New York Hip-Hop Soundtracking the Knicks’ Run to the N.B.A. Finals
‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’: The Lessons Behind These Horror Hits
B.F.I. Preserves ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ and 430 Videos in Archive of Viral Moments

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Is there a landlocked country that has as remote capital city as Slovakia?
Brazil has to be the biggest wasted-potential country
Why does the Missouri River not have much development around it compared to other large rivers?
Why is this dry region askew?
Prior to WW2, German was language of scientific research.
Which geographical location has had the greatest influence on world history, and why?
Exploring the majestic Karri Trees at Boranup Forest, Western Australia
Our beaches in Washington aren’t exactly the type you would throw a blanket out and have a picnic. I’m curious what carved out the rocks but left some of them standing. Was this from the ice retreating?
Is it true I can be in the sun all day in some parts of the world and not get burned?
Is there a name for this strange mountain/ridge formation in northeastern Utah, right above the Uintah mountains before the Wyoming border?
A graph showing how sunshine hours in major cities have changed since the 1990s and what they will most likely be by the year 2050
What causes native palm trees to grow in this region of Chile?
I made a map of Punjab, the Land of five rivers [OC] (more pictures below)
Average annual precipitation of the Americas by subdivision
Lesser-known isthmus cities
This lake in Mexico (Pueblo Viejo), has several islands in a straight line. The islands also tend to be in the groups of two
Anyone else think the CFA Koppen Climate classification is too broad? How are Sao Paulo, Tokyo, NYC, Sydney, Houston, and Milan in the same climate category?
Is watching the News a good way to learn more about Geography?
What country or region has a higher obesity rate than you would have thought?
Why is this coast in Denmark a nearly perfect 90 degree angle
What is Columbia?
Why isn't Huntsville, Alabama on the Tennessee River?
Does Africa have any safe freshwater swim holes to swim in at all ?
El Nino's possible ratchet effect on global temperatures

The Public Domain Review

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Genevieve Stebbins’ Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression (1886)
The Launch of Our Mid-Year Fundraiser!
Covers from Cerîde-i Adliye, a Turkish Law Journal (1924–26)
Animal, Vegetable, Lamb: The Zoophyte from Tartary
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)

The Quietus

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Society of the Spectacles: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! by Horse Lords
Organic Intelligence LVII: New York Sublime – The State of Abstract Hip Hop Now
Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti – Almost Waking
Theatre Adaptation of ‘Hamlet’ Based on Radiohead’s ‘Hail To The Thief’ to Get London Premiere
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Autobiographies to be Published in English for First Time
Lyra Pramuk Changes Name to Alif Hilal After Converting to Islam
L’Rain Unveils New Album, ‘fata morgana’
Nyege Nyege Announces European Sister Festival, MIRROR WORLD
Four Tet Surprise Releases New Album Under Wingdings Alias
Ritual Listens: Jacob Bannon’s Favourite Albums
Cinemaesthesia & Decoding the Big Screen Horrors of Cardiacs’ Sing To God
Vince Staples – Cry Baby
Thomas Bangalter Shares Rare DJ Set for The Lot Radio
Tresor Academy Launches Masterclass Initiative for International Applicants
Gaswerk Music Days Finalises 2026 Music Programme
Space Afrika Return with New LP, ‘Quiet Storm’
Sarah Davachi Details New Album, ‘The Will Of Tongues’
Interpol Reveal New Album, ‘This Mirror Weighs A Ton’
Beastie Boys’ Mike D to Release Debut LP, ‘Thank You’
Cabaret Voltaire Collaborate with Henderson’s Relish for Final Live Show
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for June Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Strange Attraction: Why Olivia Rodrigo’s Love of The Cure is Pop’s Greatest Medicine
Soft Cell Announce Final Album, ‘Danceteria’
Arooj Aftab on Adopting Stray Cats
Káryyn – Physics Universal Love Language (PULL)
Suede Reveal ‘Antidepressants’ Deluxe Edition
The American Federation of Musicians Sues Major Labels Over AI Licensing Deals
Floating Point Details New Album, ‘Mere Mortals’
The Strange World Of… Melinda Gebbie
KOGG – Mechanista
Coastal Time: New Fiction by M. John Harrison
Pixies Announces 2026 Remasters of ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’

Bandcamp Updates

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Various Artists, “Mzansi Bass curated by Shannen SP”
Ivo Perelman Picks His Bandcamp Favorites
Debit’s Cutting-Edge Guaracha Techno Dissolves Borders
For Sharada Shashidhar, Play Comes Before Perfection
Diles Que No Me Maten, “Escrito en Agua”
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, May 2026
Zoh Amba Sees You
Neptune, “Play Some Music”
How Double Bassist Ron Carter Permanently Altered the DNA of Jazz
Essential Releases, June 5, 2026
Vince Staples, “Cry Baby”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Visitors, “Motherland (Remastered 2026)”
The Best New Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, May 2026
Swallow, “Blown”
The Ever-Expanding Ambient Album of the “Across the Horizon” Series
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Barigozzi Group, “Woman’s Colours”
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, May 2026
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, May 2026
Nathan Evans Fox, “Heirloom”
How Artists With Disabilities Are Blazing New Musical Frontiers
White Heaven, “Next to Nothing”
Essential Releases, May 29, 2026
Underground Medicine #4
Ambient Albums from Non-Ambient Artists
Monolord, “Neverending”
Latin Roots Music Fights Back
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

dusted

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Modern Woman — Johnny’s Dreamworld (One Little Independent)
Aeger Anima — The Falling Leaves (eerie sounds)
Magic Tuber Stringband — Heavy Water (Thrill Jockey)
I AM HANDS — S-T (Self-Release)
Pharmacist — Vertebrae after Vertebrae (Hells Headbangers)
Danny and the Jupps—S-T (Self-Release)
White Heaven — Next to Nothing (Black Editions
Listed: Illusion of Safety
The Bug Club — Every Single Muscle (Sub Pop)
Dust, Volume 12, Number 5 — Part 2
Dust, Volume 12, Number 5 — Part 1
Glissandro 70 — G70 2: Bones of Dundasa (Constellation)
Marbled Eye — Forever (Digital Regress)
Patois Counselors — Protection Racket (ever/never)
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)

Pitchfork

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Magazine
ELEGY EP
ULTRA
Backrooms (Original Soundtrack)
Hail to the Thief Version of Hamlet Heads to London
NYC Street Named for Jimi Hendrix After 56-Year Petition
“soulless cycle”
Slow Pulp Return With New Album, Song, and Fall Tour Dates
Jane Remover on Beef, Biting, and Their Next Album
Helado Tropical to Embark on Debut Tour
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal Team for New Album Doomed!
L’Rain Returns With New Album Fata Morgana
Pitchfork Festival Paris Adds More Names for 2026
Jack White Releasing New Album Next Month
until something changes
Sir Render
Sinking
Roses
Bonobo Enlists Arooj Aftab, Nilüfer Yanya for New Album Distance in Static
Tortoise to Tour U.S. and Canada
James Blood Ullmer, Pioneering Funk and Jazz Guitarist, Dies art 86
Chat Pile Prep New Album Who Loves the Sun
Militarie Gun Promise 20 Songs for 20 Dollars on North American Tour
Peter Bjorn and John Plot Writer’s Block 20th Anniversary Tour
Ty Segall Is Releasing a New Album and EP on the Same Day
Interpol Ready New Album, Share Two Songs
Soft Cell Unveil Final Album Danceteria
EXIT 2B
Aethermead
The Professional

Cool Tools

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What’s in my NOW? — Jordan Meyers
Parent Hacks / The 50 States
Handy Stuff
At‑home writing retreat / Surprising podcasts / Tiny camera
Book Freak #212: Prometheus Rising
Rocking Speaker/Don’t Work in Bali/Airbnb and Housing
What’s in my NOW? — Pavel Guzhikov
Unflattening / Exploring Calvin and Hobbes
Recall
Life in ancient times / Desperate Oasis / Theatrical releases you can stream

McMansion Hell

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mcmodernslopcore
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!

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?
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