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How Female Anglerfish Evolved to Have It All
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These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.
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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | April 19, 2026
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What did a commute look like in ancient Rome? Did people complain about traffic?
In a 1991 The Simpsons episode a German character refers to Germany as “the land of chocolate.” Today, Switzerland is more commonly associated with that reputation. Did Germany historically have a stronger cultural association with chocolate, and if so why did it change?
Why did the Nazis feed their victims?
Why did so many Jewish people live in Central and Eastern Europe pre-WW2?
Tell me who are all the gods in the ancient Israel and Canaan pantheon that I should know about?
What happened to Rodrigo Borgia’s other kids and why aren't they as popular?
Did people in the 18th and 19th centuries worry about being buried alive?
The modern Spanish city of Cartagena was known to the Romans as Carthago Nova... except Carthage already meant 'new city'. Was whichever Carthaginian founded it exceptionally uncreative? Did the Romans realise they'd named a place New New City?
In the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783, why did Britain surrender vast territory between the Appalachian and the Mississippi and most of Great Lakes to the US?
During the Battle of Leros (1943), why were British and Italian officers executed upon capture by the Germans?
Do we know where the Etruscans came from ?
With Orban gone, are there other examples of authoritarians stepping down after being voted out?
What are the pre-biblical origins for the story of Adam and Eve?
What was the relations between Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and their ally in Japan Showa?
How feasible would it have been to own an IBM personal computer in Poland in the 1980s? Also, what was Animatro?
Do a lot of historians really think the copper scroll treasure is real?
If compound interest is ancient, how old is the reverse calculation (discounting)? Were Babylonians doing like, NPV calculations?
A stereotype of early medieval Ireland in some popular history is that the livestock was overwhelmingly cattle with little sheep, pigs or goats, compared to an apparently more even mixture in the rest of early medieval Europe. If this is true, was it widely remarked upon at the time?
When do current events turn into history?
How did the Ohlone people living in the San Fransisco Bay area receive the De Anza expedition of 1775-1776, starting from Baja California, New Spain? Are there any records from the Spanish at the time?
Why hasn’t there been another Nuremberg-like trial?
How did the concept of the nerd or being nerdy begin? Who were the first nerds?
Why wasn't Japan ravaged by disease outbreaks after its borders opened in the 1850s?

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Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
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Statistical structure and the evolution of languages
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The application of "Word Embeddings as Metric Recovery in Semantic Spaces"(Hashimoto, Alvarez-Melis & Jaakkola (2016) ):Mapping Latin Prefixes into 4D Semantic Space: Analyzing super-, supra-, inferior-, infra- via RBF Interpolation
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Endangered languages conference (Boston area)
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Masato Kobayashi (2025) - Hill Korwa of Kado Pani: Outline Grammar, Text and Glossary of a North Munda language
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Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals
Beyond the pronoun: On neopronouns, nounself pronouns, and the ever-changing politics of language acceptability
Fact checking Geoffery Pullum's claims about Daniel Everett in Brazil
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Connectives in Asur: A North Munda Language
Loanwords: Core Concepts and the Case of Wasei Eigo
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Language Contact and Deliberate Change - Sarah Thomason (2007)
“Inside the kaleidoscope: unravelling the ‘feeling different’ experience of bicultural bilinguals”
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Thoughts on critique of CDA?
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Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964: Artificial Intelligence, Instantaneous Global Communication, Remote Work, Singularity & More
What You Would See and Feel While Traveling Near the Speed of Light
Explore 1,000,000 Digitized Artworks from Across the UK: Paintings, Sculptures, Street Art & More
9 Things a Woman Couldn’t Do in 1971
The Self-Balancing Monorail: A 1910 Train That Could Balance Without Falling
How the CIA Secretly Funded Abstract Expressionism During the Cold War
John Cage’s Silent, Avant-Garde Piece 4′33″ Gets Covered by a Death Metal Band

NYT > Technology

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White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise
How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
Cerebras, an A.I. Chip Maker, Files to Go Public as Tech Offerings Ramp Up
Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
A.I. Backlash Turns Violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot Is Coming
Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment
Pentagon Seeks Help From Ford and G.M.
Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I.
Ford Says Doug Field, Who Led Company's E.V. Push, is Leaving
Ad Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to Conservative Sites
What Is ‘Jagged Intelligence’ and How Can It Reframe the AI Debate?
Spice Up Your Cooking Skills With Help From Your Phone
We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem.
They Were YouTube’s First Stars. Here’s What They Wish They’d Known.
How Older Adults Are Using VR to Counter Social Isolation
Like Anthropic, OpenAI Will Share Latest Technology Only With Trusted Companies
Amazon Buys Globalstar for $10.8 Billion, Movingto Expand Its Satellite Internet Service
I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses
Man Held in Attack on OpenAI Chief’s Home Had List of A.I. Leaders, Officials Say
Elon Musk, Who Owns X, Appears to Post on TikTok

NYT > Arts

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New York City Ballet’s Spring Season: Dancers to Watch
‘Reefer Madness,’ the P.S.A. That Backfired Spectacularly
‘Half Man,’ and 5 More Things to Watch on TV This Week
With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?
Luca Guadagnino Wants a Difficult Opera to Break Free of Polemics
How the D4vd Case and Rumors Captivated the Public Before the Singer’s Arrest
How Jason Chambers Runs a Tight Ship on ‘Below Deck’
Lana Del Rey, Prince: 10 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
How TV Series Like ‘Smash’ and ‘American Classic’ Portray Theater Is Quite a Drama
‘Proof’ Review: Ayo Edebiri as a Math Girl, Interrupted
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Is Out. Wait, Who’s Lee Cronin?
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drop Dead’ Is a Heavenly Fakeout
‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Digs Into Cryptocurrency
The Choreographer Kyle Abraham Embraces the Big Perm and Boombox Era
Could ‘A River Runs Through It’ Have Been a Hit Today?
Met Gala 2026 Guide: Theme, Hosts, Dress Code and More
‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: No Captain
U.S. Museums Reach Deep into America’s Past
Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Seduce in ‘Fallen Angels’
Gwendolyn Chisolm, Who Rhymed on Rap’s First Female Hit, Dies at 66
Group Efforts Succeed During Milan Design Week
At Milan Design Week, Function and Form Take on New Meanings
Vintage Designs Take on New Lives at Milan Design Week
At Milan Design Week, Creative Seating Brings Fresh Ideas to the Table
A Fountain of Creativity from Arid Uzbekistan
How Two Men with Hard Heads Broke Through Murano’s Glass Ceiling
A Time of Growth for Museums for Children
A New Museum in California Aims to Draw Children to Science
Marshawn Lynch on ‘Euphoria’ and Not Disappearing Into His Roles
Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art Explores New Ways to Display Its Collection
After the Heists: Securing Museums Without Closing Them Off
A Dance Party for Martha Graham With Ariana DeBose and Padma Lakshmi
Paul Waldman, Creator and Curator of Art Museum for Birds, Dies at 89
A Chicago Man’s 10,000 Concerts on Tape Are Becoming Digital History
At Milan Design Week, Noodling Around With an Italian Classic
Barber Osgerby, a British Design Team, Is Honored in Milan
Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin for ‘Rust’ Shooting Heads Toward Trial
The Politically Charged Art of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter of Hotly Topical Images, Dies at 46
An Explosion Rattles a Toronto Neighborhood. A Drake Video Was to Blame.
Kanye West’s Concert in Poland Is Canceled Amid Furor Over Antisemitic Comments
9 Shows Our Theater Critics Are Talking About
‘Thrash’ and Other Action Movies to Stream Now

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Why don't centre-pivot irrigation fields use hexagonal packing?
Why does China have this kind of unique mountains? Why are they not found elsewhere in earth?
Why is Brazil's massive size so often underestimated, even when it's larger than the contiguous US?
Pare vs. Alto Reason?
There are only 5 states in between Savannah, Georgia & Seattle, Washington
Something I always wondered : Why is the Hudson so smooth and the islands of Canada are so inlet-dense?
Geography pet peeve- when people strictly use city limits population, rather than urban or metro area population, to determine how “big” a city is.
What accounts for the vast difference in meat consumption between different parts of Asia?
Countries with higher GDP per capita than Russia
Why is water around The Bahamas so shallow compared to rest of the region?
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Countries With Higher and Lower Average Temperature Than India.
Always wondered what it’s like to live on/near Lake Baikal?
Terraced Mountains of Oman + Aflaj - Jabal Al Akhdar
What happens when you're one of the first towns hit by a tsunami caused by a 9.3-magnitude earthquake just 250 km away?
This little head near the Northernmost point of China
Top two months when the billion dollar disasters happen the most in each US state (1980-2024 data)
Which city is closest in population to the city it's named after?
Question ??
Why does Karachi get so much less rain than Bombay, despite both cities being on the Arabian Sea coast?
Rivers play a huge role on nation formations. Major river basins mapped over US land acquisitions and cessions.
I mapped 2.85 million oil and gas wells across the US [OC]
Duolingo for geography
Hi! These are some of my drawn maps by hand when I was 14-16 years old. Georaphy is my biggest hobby since I was 13 years old. I hope you like them! There may be errors because they are hand drawn.

The Public Domain Review

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“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
Introducing PDR Press Minis
Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Songs from the Commons: A Q&A with Simon Close about the Public Song Project
The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain
Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)
“Wretches, Speak Evil of Me”: Goethe and Schiller’s Xenions (1896 edition)
Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)
Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History
Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)
Wayang Kulit: Raden Soelardi’s Illustrations of Javanese Puppets (1919)
The Blinkered Flâneur: Walking with Franz Hessel in 1920s Berlin
Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)
Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition)
Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)
Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832)
Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces
Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903)
Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943)
Cybernetic Attention: All Watched over by Machines We Learned to Watch
Flights of Fancy: The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594)
A Prophet of the Weather: Lantern Slides by Clement Lindley Wragge (ca. 1900–22)
Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2025
A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi
Nature Morte: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)
Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
Luke Howard’s Essay on the Modification of Clouds (1865)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)
Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902)
Art in Art: Cabinets of Curiosity and the Rise of the Gallery Painting
Too Computerised? Too Cold?: 1999 A.D. (1967)
New T-Shirts (Now in 100% Organic Cotton) and New Mugs in Our Shop!
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2025
Perverse, Grotesque, Sensuous, Inimitable: A Selection of Works by Aubrey Beardsley
Animal Costumes from the 1862 Fairytale Ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association
PDR's Halloween Reader
“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)
Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science
A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)
Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)
The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)
The Adventures and Experiences of the First Slovak Novel
Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)
Birth of the Pearl (1901)
The End of the World as We (Didn’t) Know It: Now and Then #5
The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)
“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess
A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)
Ivan Aivazovsky’s Miniature Seascapes (ca. 1887)
The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
Watching the World in a Dark Room: The Early Modern Camera Obscura
Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: Now and Then #4
Through the Magnifying Glass: The Cheese Mites (1903)
Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship
The Mowing-Devil (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle
Perspiration, Bilocation, and Plagiarisation: “The Heat Wave” (1929)
The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)
Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin: The Early History of Microphotography
Trojan Pig: Tiny Cryptic #11
The Language of Form: Lothar Schreyer’s Kreuzigung (1920)
Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)
Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
Imagining an Idle Countess: George Wightwick’s The Palace of Architecture
Under Construction: Tiny Cryptic #10
Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)
Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)
Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)
The Old, Old, Very Old Man: Thomas Parr and the Longevity Trade
Old Tricks: Tiny Cryptic #9
“The Great Enigma of Our Times”: Henry George’s Poverty and Progress (1881 edition)
In the Penal Colony: Now and Then #3
Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780)
Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)
As Bright as a Feather: Ostriches, Home Dyeing, and the Global Plume Trade
Warburg’s Werewolf: An Anamnesis
Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883)
Feather Tickler: Tiny Cryptic #8
A Popeless Situation: Now and Then #2
Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
Nikolai Agnivtsev’s Little Screw (1925)
Confessional Boxes: Tiny Cryptic #7
“I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte
Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll
Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)
Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)
Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferriss’ Retrofuturism
Zig-a-zig-ah: Tiny Cryptic #6
Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie (1868)
“The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)
Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)
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)

The Quietus

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A Different Beast: Abigail Snail Interviewed
Naná Rizinni – Epiblast
Portraits of the Artist: Künstlerromane in an Age of Uncertainty
Kraftwerk Lose Long-Running Copyright Dispute
Djrum, Laurel Halo and More Remix Lyra Pramuk on New Release
Abigail Snail – Rad Berms
Reissue of the Week: The Beastie Boys’ To The 5 Boroughs
Boards Of Canada Share New Track, ‘Tape 05’
Massive Attack Collaborate with Tom Waits on New Song, ‘Boots On The Ground’
Organic Intelligence LV: Dies Irae in Popular Culture
ADULT. – Kissing Luck Goodbye
Thickened Moments: Life Day by Kristen Gallerneaux
The Field Reveals First Release in Eight Years
Oneohtrix Point Never Shares New Track, ‘Dim Stars’
Dean Blunt Releases New Babyfather EP, ‘icl’
Madonna Unveils ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’ LP Sequel
How Big Tech Co-opted DIY – and how to Fight Back
Drass – On The Hill
The Strange World Of… Spacemen 3
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland – Eternal Life No End
Gaswerk Music Days Announces First Acts Playing 2026 Edition
Rough Trade to Mark 50th Birthday with Southbank Centre Takeover
Primal Scream to Play ‘XTRMNTR’ in Full on UK Tour
Warp Records Hints at Boards Of Canada Return with Mysterious Posters
Björk Reveals New Album to be Released in 2027
Greg Anderson & Stephen O’Malley of SunnO))) on Hiking
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Spring, by Patrick Clarke
My New Band Believe – My New Band Believe
Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja Arrested at Palestine Action Protest
Sound in All Forms: Rewire 2026 Reviewed
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for April Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Squarepusher – Kammerkonzert

Bandcamp Updates

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How Sunn O))) Taught Us to Listen Beneath the Surface
Eve Maret, “Diamond Cutter”
Essential Releases, April 17, 2026
The Breathless Energy of Mexican Rave
How Nic Dalton’s Half A Cow Became an Australian Indie Mainstay
Rocketship, “A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)”
Hannah Lew, “Hannah Lew”
Trip Hop Strikes Back
Roger Doyle, Ireland’s Electronic Trailblazer
Rosa Pistola, “Incorregible”
Side Door No. 3: How Skerik Became the Noisy Punk Deviant of the Jam Band World
Prism Shores, “Softest Attack”
Through Label Drama and Divorce, Eleventh Dream Day Endures
Nate Garrett on the Trials and Tribulations Behind Spirit Adrift’s Final LP
Juni Habel, “Evergreen In Your Mind”
Essential Releases, April 10, 2026
The Art of Rock
Après la Révolution: The Sound of the ’70s French Underground
Lero Lero, “Lero Lero”
The Tape Label Report, March 2026
Makthaverskan, “Glass and Bones”
The Sidepeices Are Hip-Hop’s Hottest New Duo. Also, They Just Met.
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Scissor Fits, “It Wasn’t Nothing”
Better Call Paul
The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Musica Transonic + Mainliner, “Solid Static”
Time Enough At Last: A Guide to Cluster
The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, March 2026
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG, “POMPEII // UTILITY”
The Hotlist, Spring 2026
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Larrison, “Connecters Volume 1: Original Recordings, 1992–1999”
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Robber Robber, “Two Wheels Move the Soul”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, March 2026
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, March 2026

dusted

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Irreversible Entanglements — Future Present Past (Impulse!)
Damaged Bug — ZUZAX (DEATHGOD CORP)
Wednesday Knudsen — Atrium (Spinster/Feeding Tube)
Marcelo dos Reis Flora — Our Time (JACC)
Tanya Donnelly & Chris Brokaw  —The Undone Is Done Again (Fire)
Poison Ruïn — Hymns from the Hills (Relapse)
Young Fresh Fellows — Loft (Yep Roc)
Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection — s-t 3 (Full Time Hobby)
Various Artists — Indian Talking Machine Part Two: Instrumental Gems From the 78rpm Era (Sublime Frequencies)
Prism Shores — Softest Attack (Meritorio/Having Fun)
Robert Humber — Into Air (Redshift)
Yankee Bastard — Seongun (Sex Fiend Abomination)
Last Dream Of The Morning — Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Sluchaj)
Petr Válek, Ondřej Merta, Jara Tarnovski — Punctum (Flaming Pines)
Happy Easter weekend from us at Dusted! We hope you enjoyed our spring preview earlier today, and…
Incoming: Dusted writers flag the records they’re excited about for spring
Brown Horse — Total Dive (Loose)
Kim Gordon — Play Me (Matador)
dEUS — Worst Case Scenario + In a Bar, Under the Sea (30th Anniversary Reissues) (PIAS)
Jason Stein / Marilyn Crispell / Damon Smith / Adam Shead — Live At The Hungry Brain (Trost)

Pitchfork

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Superbloom
HOTLIFE
Frog for Sale
COLLIDE
Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System Over Inmate Stabbing
The Strokes Close Coachella Set with Video Denouncing U.S. Foreign Intervention
Olivia Rodrigo Performs with Addison Rae at Coachella
Watch Justin Bieber Bring Out SZA, Billie Eilish, and More at Coachella
Listen to Madonna’s New Song “I Feel So Free”
Life for Rent
“Dum Maro Dum”
Nine Inch Noize
“High Rollers”
“Tape 05”
Wu Lyf Postpone North American Shows
Listen to Kacey Musgraves’ New Song “Middle of Nowhere”
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Tokischa, Nine Inch Noize, and More
Tyla Taps Zara Larsson for New Song “She Did It Again”
Slayyyter Drops New Song “Broke Bitch Free$tyle”
Olivia Rodrigo Gets Versailles to Herself in New “Drop Dead” Video
M.I.7
KONNAKOL
Sanctions
Bloodzebra
D4vd Arrested for Murder of Celeste Rivas
Massive Attack’s First Song in Six Years Features Tom Waits
Neko Case’s Thelma & Louise Musical to Debut This Fall
“trampstamp”
“Boots on the Ground”
Coachella 2026 Weekend 2 YouTube Live Stream Schedule & Details

Cool Tools

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Paint pens / Budget espresso / AI bird feeder
Young Adult Destinations/Bag Check Hikes/Hotel Labor Shortage
What’s in my NOW? — Augie Nielsen
Beautiful Birds / The Botanical Treasury
Music Production
Best weather app / Airport delay tracker / Mars photos
Book Freak #205: Mindset
JetBlue Bag Gouging/2026 Summer Bargains/Canadian Immigration
What’s in my NOW? — Semi Chellas
The Science Book / Encyclopedia of Sensors

McMansion Hell

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

Serious Eats

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