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Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First Action begins running ads urging AI regulations in New Jersey; the PAC raised nearly $50M and now aims to raise $75M (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
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The Evolution of Eyes Began With One
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Markovnikov hydroamination of terminal alkenes via phosphine redox catalysis
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Why are Western families happy to have daughters even though male primogeniture exists?
Were young Spartan boys frequently the victims of abuse?
Why was the Spanish left-wing so violently anti-Catholic leading up to the Civil War?
Was the initial jewish resettlement of Palestine colonialism?
Have we always slept horizontally?
A lot of last names, in English as well as other languages, are based on occupations, i.e. Baker, Miller, Cooper, etc. Why are 'Monk' and 'Abbot' last names when people with those jobs aren't allowed to have children?
ICE now has a budget comparable to the FBI. In the past, has the introduction or abrupt expansion of new law enforcement agencies (especially less trained / less regulated ones) triggered pushback from more established ones?
When and why did garum disappear from Italian cooking?
Why did Buddhas in China gain weight, while Buddhas in India and Japan did not?
What makes good pop history? Is it even possible?
Couldnt the "Sea Peoples" that encouraged the bronze age collapse likely have just been proto-Carthaginians and their colonial allies throughout the mediterannean?
Why did the Luftwaffe switch to civilian targets during the battle of Britain and would focusing on military targets have helped their war effort?
Did people from tropical regions historically know that water could freeze into solid ice?
How would Richard III of England have felt about being disabled?
Did cases of mass murder of minorities by the Klu Klux Klan happened like in the movie Sinners (2025)?
Did the DOD actually believe agent orange and the other rainbow herbacides were not harmful or did they not care?
Was “blast” or “blasted” used an exclamation in 18th century America?
When we say that some European cathedrals took centuries to build, what does that mean?
In "Rob Roy," the duel scene has one swordsman with a claymore and the other with a rapier. Are there any documented duels like this actually happening, and is this scene depicted realistically?
What would be the reason a healthy young man not be drafted or told not to enlist in WWII?
How long has thoughts that “the world is ending” been significant?
What did muslims use as calendar for agriculture?
Historical Accuracy of Princess Mononoke?

Linguistics

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Q&A weekly thread - February 23, 2026 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
A new study reveals that newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
A Grammar of Gaddi
A Sociophilological Account of the Formation and Evolution of the Term Língua Geral, with Emphasis on Amazonia
Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Polysynthesis in Sora (Munda) with Special Reference to Noun Incorporation (2017)
Q&A weekly thread - February 09, 2026 - post all questions here!
Language Ownership and Language Ideologies - Margaret Speas in Negotiating Culture: Heritage, Ownership, and Intellectual Property (2013)
There's a grain of truth in every "myth", or, Why the discussion of lexical classes in Mundari isn't quite over yet. (2005)
The Reconstruction of Indo-European Stop Systems: From the Traditional Model to Glottalic Theories (Kloekhorst & Pronk eds. 2026)
Q&A weekly thread - February 02, 2026 - post all questions here!
Minegishi, Makoto - Santali English Japanese Wordlist
Meta-Analysis of Verbal Negation Studies in the Northeast and Southeast Regions
Q&A weekly thread - January 26, 2026 - post all questions here!
Pāṇini - Paul Kiparsky, 2022
Philosophy of Grammar in Ancient India: Reinterpreting the Gārgya Controversy in Nirukta 1.12–1.14
William Labov - The Linguistic Consequences of Being a Lame (1973)
Q&A weekly thread - January 19, 2026 - post all questions here!
UAM Corpus Tool
Hierarchical structure in language and action.
Introduction to the templatic verb morphology of Birhor (Birhoɽ), a Kherwarian Munda language
Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu: A sociolinguistic study
Q&A weekly thread - January 12, 2026 - post all questions here!
An Archive of the Caijia Language

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New York City Housing Visualization
Relationship Evaluation Form, redux
I made Apple Syrup!
Hamster Mortis Audioboook
"See all the other memes I made"
Long Dog (and other elongated animals)
mynderMail v2 - send a note to yourself others as fast as you can type it
Eating Litter (a poem)
Ideal Conditions Calculator
Motif: create patterns, see them repeat
Short Fiction about Academic Tech
TSOFA - The Simple, Offline Flashcard App
Tri-Con: The Trident Conference for Speculative Fiction
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The Immortal Remains

Open Culture

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An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published
Thomas Jefferson’s Handwritten Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
A Tour Inside the Chelsea Hotel: Once Home to Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen & More
How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built: A 3D Animated Introduction
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Guidebook for Surviving the Afterlife
Herbie Hancock Explains the Big Lesson He Learned From Miles Davis: Every Mistake in Music, as in Life, Is an Opportunity
An Introduction to Outsider Artist Henry Darger and His Bizarre 15,000-Page Illustrated Masterwork
Howard Zinn’s “What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire”: An Illustrated Video Narrated by Viggo Mortensen
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Discover the Secrets of the Bible’s Oldest and Strangest Texts
An Animated Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism: The World’s First Analog Computer from Ancient Greece
Ten Lost Roman Wonders: The World’s Longest Tunnel, Tallest Dam, Widest-Spanning Bridge & More
David Lynch Being a Madman for a Relentless 8 Minutes and 30 Seconds
The Untold Story of Bauhaus Women: The Avant-Garde Artists Who Helped Shape Modernism
How This Skyscraper Ruined Paris, and Why They’re Now Trying to Make It Invisible
Watch All of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Performed on Original Baroque Instruments

NYT > Technology

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Binance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities
‘A.I. Literacy’ Is the New Drivers’ Ed at This Newark School
‘A.I. Literacy’ Is Trending in Schools. Here’s Why.
Backed by Anthropic, a Super PAC Group Begins an Ad Blitz in Support of A.I. Regulation
Pentagon Summons Anthropic Chief in Dispute Over A.I. Limits
Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Will Be Honorary Chairs of the Met Gala
Need an Outfit? Pickle Clothing Rental App Helps Users Stay on Trend.
People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
His Team Devised Ways to Keep World Cup Crowds Safe
A.I. Isn’t Coming for Every White-Collar Job. At Least Not Yet.
West Virginia Sues Apple, Claiming It Allows Sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei
Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety
Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Social Media Addiction Trial
What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near Its Drivers
Chatbots Are the New Influencers Brands Must Woo
With Niche Tech World References, Vibe Hopes Its Billboards Reach Start-Up Insiders

NYT > Arts

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Bad Bunny Sparks a Salsa Surge With Young Dancers
The Soundtrack of the Doomscroll Generation? It’s Phonk.
‘Survivor’ Is America
From Sundance Director to Head of Film Forum
The ‘Scrubs’ Reboot, Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week
Rose Byrne Can, and Does, Do It All
‘The Lost Boys’ on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in ‘Dracula’: Why Vampires Won’t Die
BAFTAs Winners 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Film, Besting ‘Sinners’
Political Drama ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival
Kennedy Center Performance Canceled After Substance Poured on Ice Rink
Willie Colón, a Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75
2026 BAFTAs: How to Watch the Ceremony
‘The Waterfall’ Review: A Mother’s Blessing and a Daughter’s Burden
Prosecutors Oppose Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Appeal, Asserting Sentence Was Just
Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Will Be Honorary Chairs of the Met Gala
Edward Hoagland, Acclaimed Essayist on the Natural World, Dies at 93
The Never-Ending Trial of Tyra Banks
Nick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty in the Killing of His Parents
BAFTAs Guest With Tourettes Shouts Racial Slur During Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s Appearance
Architecture Prize Responds After Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Surface
BAFTAs 2026: The Best and Worst Moments
‘The Inquisitor’ Review: Barbara Jordan Is Speaking
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1 Finale Recap: On the Road Again
Susan Sheehan, Pulitzer-Winning Chronicler of Lives on the Margins, Dies at 88
Ethan Slater Stars as the Mime Marcel Marceau in ‘Marcel on the Train’
Lisa Rinna Tells All in New Memoir, Including ‘Real Housewives’ and More
Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74
Willie Colón: 14 Essential Songs and Albums
‘Shoresy’ Review: Heated (Brotherly) Rivalry
U2, Lana Del Rey: 9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Peaches on the Singer Who Is Her ‘North Star’
Michael Silverblatt, NPR’s ‘Bookworm’ Who Interviewed Authors, Dies at 73
Alysa Liu Trusted Her Artistry in Her Olympic Free Skate
‘Emily — No Prisoner Be’ Review: Kevin Puts Reimagines Dickinson
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
At Berlin Film Festival, the Politics Are Onscreen, Too
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
‘Psycho Killer’ Review: Better the Devil You Don’t Know
Sword Strikes Playgoer During ‘Richard III’ in Berlin
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale After Gaza Artwork Furor
Watch an Ensemble Scene From ‘The Secret Agent’
Max Amini Is a Global Comedic Success On and Off YouTube
In the ‘Top Model’ Docuseries, Tyra Is No Longer in Control
Why a Tiny Troupe Kept Its Kennedy Center Dates
How Newly Found Footage Became ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’
The NYC Theaters Where the Oscar Nominees Are Playing
‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Review
How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground
‘The Secret Agent’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Stephen Colbert Balks at Trump’s Board of Peace
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: Emotional Rescue
Eric Dane, McSteamy on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Dies at 53 After Battling ALS
Cees Nooteboom, Voyaging Author of Enigmatic Novels, Dies at 92
Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75
‘Portobello’ Review: When Italy’s Biggest TV Star Was Canceled
12 Steps and Cups of Coffee: Sobriety Has Its Moment Onstage
Met Opera Announces 2026-27 Season: What We Want to See
José van Dam, Suave and Riveting Opera Star, Dies at 85
Berlin Film Festival Tried to Focus on Movies. Politics Stole the Spotlight.
‘Midwinter Break’ Review: Aging Together, Growing Apart

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Why are there basically no cities here?
Marble Caves, Lake General Carrera, Patagonia
Lush and Snowy Southern California after recent rains
Whats the reason behind nearly all penguin population found in the southern hemisphere?
Name 2 countries that were in very bad relations throughout history and then went: "You know what? We're brothers now"
Turtle Rock: Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Mongolia
Do you think there’s any square mile/km of land that on which no human has ever set foot?
What's with this tunnel in the middle of the open in Rio de Janeiro?
Does your city have climatic/vegetation differences ? Both pictures are in Athens, Greece where depending the suburb you may have up to 7 degrees Celsius difference on average
What city do you think has the most hotel rooms per capita?
Is I-69 Dumb?
Lakes around the world used for recration/boating?
What are some cities with extremely unique geography?
Why is every county in Utah and Idaho growing?
What city has the greatest height to width ratio?
Why are some country borders perfectly straight?
Stabilization forces in Gaza
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Why is Spain much dryer than France despite the jet stream coming from the southwest?
What countries surprised you the most when you knew their religion? And what religion did you think they had before knowing that?
This area in Minnesota transitions from thick forests to Great Plains within a few miles. There is no geographic barrier like mountain between them
Tree leaves like pattern.
What’s a fascinating tidbit of history that many do not know about a city?
Why are so many islands here?

The Public Domain Review

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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)
Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century
Boxing Clever: Tiny Cryptic #5
Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)
Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)
The Mermaid “at Home!” (1809)
A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer
Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)
Con Heir: Tiny Cryptic #4
Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)
For He’s a Jolly Bad Fellow: Now and Then #1
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Fashion, Politics, and Identity in Mughal South Asia
The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)
Sartorial Codes: Tiny Cryptic #3
Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)
What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)

The Quietus

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Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed
Ben Vince – Street Druid
Forgotten Words: The Raincoats’ Three Lives
Three Decades On: Sepultura’s Roots At 30
Reissue Of The Week: Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
Unbeatable: Drum’s Not Dead by Liars, 20 Years On
Peaches – No Lube So Rude
Pulp Share New Song, ‘Begging For Change’
Sunn O))) Share New Song, ‘Butch’s Guns’
John Coltrane Live Album ‘Tiberi Tapes’ Set for First Release
Language, Land, Truth: First Nations Music in So-Called Australia, by Vanessa Morris
Organic Intelligence LIII: Slovakian Techno
Ancient to the Future: Discombobulated by Hen Ogledd
Voka Gentle – Domestic Bliss
Black Midi’s Cameron Picton Launches New Band, My New Band Believe
Bristol New Music Reveals Lineup for 2026 Edition
Cabaret Voltaire Unveil Live Album, ‘But What Time Is It Really?’
Alabaster DePlume Details New EP, ‘Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue’
Vecna Guy’s Track Record: Jamie Campbell Bower’s Favourite Albums
Charli xcx – Wuthering Heights
Visible Cloaks Detail First Album in Nine Years, ‘Paradessence’
London Festival RALLY Announces 2026 Lineup
Ana Roxanne Returns with First Solo Album in Six Years
Danny L Harle – Cerulean
“It’s About Time We Brought Art In, Innit?” Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring at 40
New Weird Britain in Review for February by Noel Gardner
Tributes Paid to Ghold’s Oliver Martin
Casey Wasserman to Sell Talent Agency After Name Appears in Epstein Files
Guest Playlist: Hen Ogledd
Nightingale Floor – Five Stagings
Fight The Power: Chuck D on the Politics of Hip Hop
River Tweed Celebrated in new Installation

Bandcamp Updates

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The Bug Remembers
Big Ups: Gorillaz Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
Chris Crack, “Too Late to Start Following the Rules Now”
Steve Shelley’s Sonic Afterlife
Hen Ogledd, “DISCOMBOBULATED”
Essential Releases, February 20, 2026
Carpenter Brut Picks His Bandcamp Favorites
The Past, Present, and Future of Dance Music in D.C.
Phew and Danielle de Picciotto, “Paper Masks”
More Bands Left Behind By Streaming
Lucid Express, “Instant Comfort”
Class of ’86: Unsung Classics From The Year Thrash Broke
The Sound of One String Singing: A Guide to Arnold Dreyblatt
Cracking Open the Crypt of the Wizard
KMRU, “Kin”
The Improbable Journey of Dr Strangely Strange, Ireland’s Psych-Folk Pioneers
Worm, “Necropalace”
Essential Releases, February 13, 2026
25 Years In, Morr Music’s Electronic Empire Remains Unstoppable
Melbourne’s Cosmic Funk and Jazz Scene Punches Above Its Weight
Various Artists, “Mastery Quantum Sound”
The Tape Label Report, January 2026
Bandcamp Radio Adds Electronic Music and Indie to the Lineup
Where to Start With M., Black Metal’s Ascendant Dark Prince
Colin Self, “respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis (Expanded)”
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
In the ’70s, Grupo Um Forged New Pathways in Brazilian Jazz
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, “Laughter In Summer”
Kenneth Kirschner’s Book of Musical Days
Charles “Poppy Bob” Walker, “DOUBLE-WIDE”
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, January 2026
Daphni, “Butterfly”
Essential Releases, February 6, 2026
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, January 2026
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, January 2026

dusted

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Various Artists — Music From The Mountain People Of Central Vietnam (Sublime Frequencies)
Dog Chocolate — So Inspired So Done In (Upset the Rhythm)
Vorago — Morulus (Amor Fati)
Abronia — Shapes Unravel (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube)
rest symbol — s/t (AN1MA)
Midori Hirano — Otonoma (Thrill Jockey)
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
The Paranoid Style  —  Known Associates (Bar/None)
Final Dose — Endless Woe (Self-released)
Luke Temple & The Cascading Moms — Hungry Animal (Western Vinyl)
Photo by Domenico Gruosso, used with permission.
Eliza Garth — By the River (Centaur)
Shaking Hand — Shaking Hand (Melodic)
Robert Deeble — The Space Between Us (Mind Bomb Publishing)
Tyshawn Sorey — Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) (DACAMERA Editions)
YĪN YĪN — Yatta! (Glitterbeat)
Taker — Sons and Daughters (Self-released)
Department — The Audacity Files (Self-Release)
Scheen Jazzorkester & Ståle Storløkken — Double Reality Beyond Space And Time (Grong)
Cryptid Spawn — Black Phosphorous Dungeon (Iron Lung)

Pitchfork

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PinkPantheress Named BRIT Awards’ 2026 Producer of the Year
Harry Styles Set to Host and Play SNL
Yaya Bey, Baby Keem, Visible Cloaks, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Mike Patton Supergroup Tomahawk Reunite for Tour With the Melvins
Max Richter Lines Up North American Tour
Bon Iver to Launch Archival Series With New Live Album
Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Hayden Pedigo, June Chikuma, More Join NTS Radio as Residents
Blame the Clown
Da Realest
Evaporator
ALL MONSTERS
Spencer Krug Debuts Solo Piano Version of “I’ll Believe in Anything”
Daft Punk Share New “Human After All” Video
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Slept Through His 2026 Grammy Win
Watch Alysa Liu Skate to PinkPantheress at Olympic Gala
Willie Colón, Pioneering Salsa Trombonist, Dies at 75
Erotica
“Why”
Kin
“Shutting Up”
How to Change Your Artist Photo on Wikipedia
“Good Flirts” [ft. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd]
Pulp Share New Song “Begging for Change”
Jessie Ware Shares New Song “Ride”
Grace Ives Readies New Album Girlfriend and Tour
“Wuthering Heights” Review: A Romance in Scare Quotes
9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Baby Keem, Hen Ogledd, and Hilary Duff
Listen to SZA’s New Song From Pixar’s Hoppers
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar Link Up for New Song “Good Flirts”
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Cool Tools

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Small Pens
Retro Recomendo: Sleep
Book Freak #197: The Denial of Death
Lodging Hacks/Unusual Tours/Better Asia Nomad Options
What’s in my NOW? — Marcus Baw
Batmanga Vol. 1 / Vader
Fertilizer
Best Case Scenarios / Unloop / Craft Supply Bin
Purification Bottles/Cheapest Flights From Each State/Next Eclipse
What’s in my NOW? — Benoit

McMansion Hell

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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
pre-recession, post-taste

Serious Eats

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