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YouTube is updating its monetization guidelines on July 15, defining "inauthentic" content as "mass-produced and repetitious" amid concerns over AI slop (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo (Hayden Field/The Verge)
OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo (Hayden Field/The Verge)
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Microsoft announces a $4B commitment in cash and tech to support AI education in schools and more, and starts Elevate Academy, an AI training program for adults (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
Turkey blocks Grok over offensive responses about President Erdogan and Ataturk; Poland plans to report Grok to the EU for offensive posts about Donald Tusk (Elçin Poyrazlar/Politico)
Elon Musk addresses Grok's antisemitic posts, says it was "too compliant to user prompts" and "too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially" (Herb Scribner/Axios)
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch an open-weight model as soon as next week on Hugging Face and other platforms, its first open-weight release since GPT-2 in 2019 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts (New York Times)
Hertz and other car rental agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and AI to flag even tiny blemishes, angering some customers (Gabe Castro-Root/New York Times)
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that "after two incredible years, I've decided to step down"; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 will be the first smartphones to ship with Android 16, and the Watch 8 Series will be the first to ship with Wear OS 6 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
Google says it will roll out Gemini for Wear OS "over the coming weeks" to Wear OS 4+ on Pixel, Samsung, OnePlus, OPPO, Xiaomi, and more, replacing Assistant (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Samsung unveils the $899+ Galaxy Z Flip7 FE, with a smaller cover screen than the Z Flip7's, a smaller battery, no telephoto, and Android 16, in two colors (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

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Why was the US opposed to Mosaddegh to the point of overthrowing him?
Is there any explanation as to why prisoners in nazi concentration camps called each other "Muselmann" (a term used for Muslim men in Germany)?
How long has the concept of marital monogamy actually existed in western societies?
Berlin had the reputation of being a highly liberal city in the twenties, how long did it take the Nazi establishment to transform it into a far-right stronghold? Or did it somehow preserve its liberal identity throughout the Third Reich?
How was Ronald Reagan able to capitalize so well on the 80s era media to create such a strong support for cultural conservatism?
What sort of actual “religious persecution” was being pushed against Puritans in the early 1600s to spark the great Puritan Migration?
How come Haj Amin al-Husseini features so prominently in the "Jewish" narrative of the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict while he is absent in the Arab narrative?
Why is Hussein-McMahon correspondence so central in Palestine studies?
How did nations/empires deal with language barrier problems when doing large scale invasions of other nations? Did they recruit a bunch of interpreters before/during the war, or speak basic words and hand signs, or did they just not care?
(WW2) At Iwo Jima, why didn't the Marines enter the tunnels and attack the Japanese from within?
How did rice replace millet as the primary staple grain in East Asia?
Why are Japanese castles so different from European ones?Did medieval Japan have siege warfare like Europe?
What could the Letters LH in the middle of a German WorldWar1 Verdun rememberance wood carving be referencing?
Did MLK jr.* ever respond publicly to the surveillance and harassment directed toward him from the FBI?
When did libraries start to shift from primarily/exclusively books & reading, to a broader "Civic community center"?
Do the English exist because of the Norman conquest or despite it?
Did Stalin fear a nuclear war with the United States? Did he consider such a conflict likely in the near-future? Did he have any concept of MAD, or did he think the Soviet Union would manage to win a nuclear war?
What do we know about the Kunduz “airlift of evil”? Did the ISI and Bush administration really facilitate the escape of Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan during the invasion in 2001?
Have there been any clans or noble houses in human history that were founded by a woman?
What was the immigration situation like for white Canadians coming to the US in the 1920's? Is my family's origin story plausible?
What was the prevalence and usage of human computers outside of the USA, especially in USSR?
The disastrous Gallipoli campaign tarnished Churchill's reputation as a war leader. So why did the House of Commons chose to make him Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII after Chamberlain resigned?
Why did many Jewish South Africans oppose the Apartheid South African regime, even though they were classified as White and Israel supported the regime?
Why weren't the Russian majority areas of Ukraine and Kazakhstan part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic?

Linguistics

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Q&A weekly thread - July 07, 2025 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
Evidence for a new pre-Proto-Indo-European sound law *-em > PIE *-om by Alwin Kloekhorst
Serke, A. (2022). A description of Taruma phonology
New book on Second Language Cognitive Task Complexity – A comprehensive meta-analysis
Eastern Andalusian Spanish (Illustrations of the IPA)
The Development of a Bilingual and Bidialectal Dictionary for the Medzeniakonai Language (Baniwa - Koripako)
Natural disasters elicit spontaneous multimodal iconicity in onomatopoeia and gesture: Earthquake narratives from Nepal and New Zealand
Q&A weekly thread - June 30, 2025 - post all questions here!
Do ‘language trees with sampled ancestors’ really support a ‘hybrid model’ for the origin of Indo-European? Thoughts on the most recent attempt at yet another IE phylogeny
Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem
Now You’re Talking... Old Irish: Towards a conversational approach to teaching Old Irish (2025)
Linguistic Paradox and Diglossia: the emergence of Sanskrit and Sanskritic language in Ancient India
Q&A weekly thread - June 23, 2025 - post all questions here!
Ferdinand de Saussure. USSR. 1950… by Ekaterina Velmezova
Yuen Ren Chao: Chinese Linguist, Phonologist, Composer, and Author (1974 interview)
Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng-nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo-Siberian Language (Bonnmann & Fries 2025)
Greek-Anatolian Language Contact and the Settlement of Pamphylia
Using AI for the Natural Semantic Metalanguage: [2505.11764] Towards Universal Semantics With Large Language Models
Fragments of secular documents in Tocharian A
Q&A weekly thread - June 16, 2025 - post all questions here!
African American Standard English
Complete loss of case and gender within two generations: evidence from Stamford Hill Hasidic Yiddish
Old Avestan Dictionary -- ed. Heindio Uesugi, 2025
On the History of the Comparative Method by Henry M. Hoenigswald
Good resources on Maya glyphs
Adjarian’s Armenian dialectology (1911): Translation and commentary

MetaFilter Projects

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Primesweeper
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Web version of Christopher Manson's 1985 puzzle book, Maze
Mythical Furry Football | Writings and Gallery
Connecticut Political Performance Art Project
Star Trek Ultimate Chronological Viewing Guide
Walt Whitman: Queer, Quaker
My new website about my art
A Conclusion to My High Weirdness
The Incredible Shrinking Goalie
Four days, 15 gigs and the odd pint.
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Starred & Award Winning Children & YA Books

Open Culture

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The Invisible Horror of The Shining: How Music Makes Stanley Kubrick’s Iconic Film Even More Terrifying
A Rabbit Rides a Chariot Pulled by Geese in an Ancient Roman Mosaic (2nd century AD)
Paradise Lost Explained: How John Milton Wrote His Epic Religious Poem from Satan’s Perspective
Watch Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” and Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”
J. R. R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & Other Works
The Genius Urban Design of Amsterdam: Canals, Dams & Leaning Houses
Igor Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944)
How Four Masters—Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio & Bernini—Sculpted David
Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read
Discover the Only Painting Van Gogh Ever Sold During His Lifetime
How 16th-Century Artist Joris Hoefnagel Made Insects Beautiful—and Changed Science Forever
Iconic Animator Chuck Jones Creates an Oscar-Winning Animation About the Virtues of Universal Health Care (1949)
A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years
Listen to Never-Before-Heard Works by Erik Satie, Performed 100 Years After His Death
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

NYT > Technology

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving Elon Musk’s Platform
How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump
Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Education
Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
Will A.I. Replace New Hires or Middle Managers?
Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.
The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy
YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters
Hard Fork Live, Part 2: CEOs of Stripe and Skip
454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper
Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees
Scientist Use A.I. To Mimic the Mind, Warts and All
Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Cars
How to Organize Your E-Books on Kindle, Apple and Google and Nook
Solar Industry Says Republican Policy Bill Would Cede Production to China
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
China Bans Some Portable Batteries From Flights as Safety Concerns Grow

NYT > Arts

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Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
‘Superman’ Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Reboot!
‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.
Listening Back to When Janet Jackson Was for Lovers
Aix Festival: How to Experience It From Afar
The Curious Animals of Amsterdam’s Art Zoo
At Jacob’s Pillow, a High-Tech Theater Rises From the Ashes
‘Heathers: The Musical’ Returns to New York, Fueled by a Devoted Fandom
The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War
Oasis Live Review: The Gallaghers Reunite, Their Songs Still Stomping and Wounds Still Healing
Ozzy Osbourne Plays His ‘Final Song’ With Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England
Tony Hawk Loves an Early-Morning Skate
Will Politics Derail America’s 250th Birthday Bash?
‘Ne Zha 2,’ Blockbuster Chinese Animated Film, Will Get English Version
‘The Gilded Age’ Enriches Its Portrait of Black High Society
Danielle Deadwyler on ’40 Acres and Balancing Brutality and Family
“Too Much” and the Reality of Looking for Love in London
Mel Robbins, Author of ‘The Let Them Theory,’ Shares 5 Tips For a Healthy Relationship
Tim Blum, Leading L.A. Art Dealer, Closes His Gallery
How the Women of ‘Too Much’ Made Lena Dunham’s Rom-Com Just Right
Gilberto Gil Steps Away From the Stage, Vowing ‘My Music Will Continue’
Ronny Chieng on Trump’s Nobel Nomination: Consider the Source
Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
‘Such Brave Girls’ Is an Audacious and Hilarious British Comedy
‘Memnon’ Review: To Fight or Not to Fight?
Jon Stewart Thinks Congress Is Basically Pro Wrestling Without the Fun
Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy
Essence Fest 2025: The Best Looks in New Orleans
As Avignon Festival Turns to Dance, It Trips Up Some Onlookers
Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway Play Produced by Scott Rudin
How a Show About Truly Terrible People Became the Defining American Sitcom
The ‘First Celebrity Athlete,’ a Century Before Social Media
She Turns Cultures and Commodities Upside Down
11 Off Broadway Plays to See in July
Jeff VanderMeer’s Favorite Climate Fiction Books
A Georgian Feast Inspired by Niko Pirosmani’s Art
‘Too Much,’ Plus 7 Things on TV this Week
Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79
Jim Parkinson, Logo Artist in Print’s Glory Days, Dies at 83
3 Dystopian Novels to Read This Summer
Julian McMahon, ‘Nip/Tuck’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ Star, Dies at 56
Stuart Burrows, Welsh Lyric Tenor Who Straddled the Atlantic, Dies at 92
In Death Stranding 2, It’s Hard to Escape Hideo Kojima’s Themes
Paul Libin, an Enduring Force on and Off Broadway, Dies at 94
Sandra Neels, Eminent in Modern Dance for 60 Years, Dies at 85
Oasis Starts Its World Tour With Cardiff Concert
Kesha Seeks a Chaotic Love, and 9 More New Songs
Ronald Ribman, 92, Dies; His Plays Mined the Absurdity of Existence
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Not Just a Sentencing, but a Host of Civil Cases
‘A Single Man,’ a Classic Gay Novel, Becomes a Ballet
How to Escape a T-Rex in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
Superhero Movies Dominated the Box Office, but Not the Top 100 List
Lawrence Power Wants You to Pay Attention to the Viola
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
The Best Games for the Nintendo Switch 2
‘Dexter’ Has Been Resurrected Again. He Has Company.
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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Geography

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1,000,000 r/geography Members
Does anyone else actually prefer pacific centered world maps?
Cities and towns around the world that are dominated by big waterfalls? (Bad Gastein, Austria)
South America is the most biodiverse continent despite it’s size and 80% megafaunal extinction is shocking. This is in thanks to the Amazon. What makes the Amazon more biodiverse than other rainforests?
Which country are you from, and which country is perceived as your country's top threat?
Fun fact: Antigua and Barbuda is the only country to recognize a cybernation as a legitimate country
The world map according to a truck part manufacturer.
What cities are these?
Why is Köppen description of climate so broad in desert areas?
Söderfjärden meteorite crater in Finland still visible after 520 million years.
Why do some nations in Oceania have such high obesity rates?
why do all maps of connecticut demarcate its southern border with a straight line? this is not the case for the maritime border of any other state as far as i know, and was not able to find info on it
Why are there so few google street view points in Belarus?
If the world flipped upside down, what kind of climate change will we see throughout the different regions?
How’s life in Transnistria?
The only objective Köppen tierlist
Are Liberty Island and the original Ellis Island the only true exclaves of US states?
where did you grow up and how much geography did you learn in school?
At what point in history did the general population realise the uniqueness of the Himalayas in terms of their sheeer immensity?
If the US federal government decides today to move out of Washington DC, would the city remain a major population center in 10 years? 20 years? In the far future?
Bhutan. It is the only country in the world which is carbon negative. They turned their hydropower into quiet crypto heaven. Wanna share something on it ?
What is the most conservative Christian country in the world?
There should be a name for "humid deserts".
Hudson Bay company incorporated 28 May, 1670
Iraq’s tiny coastline
Myanmar a country just as large as Spain but about 3 times more diverse

The Public Domain Review

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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 Cat’s Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London
Paws for Thought: Tiny Cryptic #2
Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)
Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)
“Relaxations for the Impotent”: Ben Hecht’s Fantazius Mallare and the Contradictions of American Smut
Fantazius’ Folly: Tiny Cryptic #1
Peckish Alphabetics: The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye (ca. 1793–1796)
A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s Les Pigeons (1811)
Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes
Designing the Sublime: Boullée and Ledoux’s Architectural Revolution
Happy Together: The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921)
Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)
Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)
Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive
Happy Public Domain Day 2025!
Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2024
The Color of Memory: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet
“How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)
Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
The Launch of Our End-of-Year Fundraiser!
Strange Gods: Charles Fort’s Book of the Damned (1919)
Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)
Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)
Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)
Last Order Dates for the Holiday Season - 2024
“Here I Gather All the Friends”: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)
“Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)
Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896)
“To Eat This Big Universe as Her Oyster”: Margaret Fuller and the First Major Work of American Feminism
Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)
Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia (1682)
Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)
The Man and The Crowd (1928): Photography, Film, and Fate
Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)
Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
“Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)
Talking Lightly About Serious Things: Henri Rochefort and the Origins of French Populism
A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)
Edwin D. Babbitt’s Principles of Light and Color (1878)
Gottfried Mind, The Raphael of Cats
Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)
Luigi Cornaro’s Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life (1722 edition)
Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

The Quietus

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Confronting & Celebrating the Limits of the Body: Black Sabbath Live at Villa Park
Gwenno – Utopia
The Rapture Announce European and North American Tour Dates
Jim Legxacy Reveals New Mixtape, ‘black british music (2025)’
A Certain Ratio’s ‘Live In America’ to be Reissued for 40th Anniversary
Neko Case Unveils First LP in Seven Years, ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’
Fever Ray Details Live Album, ‘The Year Of The Radical Romantics’
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan
Darragh Morgan – For Violin and Electronics II
What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Species turns 30
BBC will not Broadcast Performances Deemed ‘High Risk’ after Glastonbury Bob Vylan Fallout
The Subscriber Albums Of The Year So Far 2025 Playlist Is Here!
The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra – Places We Have Never Been
“Want to Change My Clothes, My Hair, My Face”: How Springsteen Helped Me Come Out
SHAPE+ Artist Sofi Shares Recording Captured During Residency at Prague’s MeetFactory
Warner Music Group Announces Plans to Cut Annual Costs by $300 Million
Plume Girl – Unnameable Glory
Le Guess Who? Launches Fundraising Campaign to Help Secure Festival’s Future
Optimo’s JD Twitch Diagnosed with Inoperable Brain Tumour
Supersonic Festival Adds The Bug and More to 2025 Lineup
Call Super Unveils Mix CD for Dekmantel, ‘A Rhythm Protects One’
Baba Yaga’s Hut Plan Big Summer Boat Bash
The Jonathan Swift of NYC: an Appreciation of Larry Cohen
Build Back Better: Greatest Heads by Al Karpenter
The Lijadu Sisters – Danger
The Strange World Of… Part Chimp
Watch Dublin Elegy Down The Market by Dave Tynan
Me Lost Me – This Material Moment
Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke Detail Collaborative Album, ‘Pareidolia’
Deerhoof to Remove Music from Spotify
Adrian Sherwood Reveals First Solo Album in 13 Years, ‘The Collapse Of Everything’

Bandcamp Updates

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Obeka’s Guide to Gombey
Molly Joyce, “State Change”
Juggling Dualities With rRoxymore
Don Caballero Fundamentals
Various Artists, “A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes”
The Tape Label Report, June 2025
A Decade of Laced Records, One of Gaming’s Most Celebrated Labels
Sababa 5, “Nadir”
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Worm, “Pantilde”
The Hotlist, Summer 2025
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, June 2025
Laura Stevenson, “Late Great”
Into the Realm of Picó, Colombia’s Ebullient Sound System Culture
The Best Punk on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp, June 2025
Various Artists: Music For A Revolution Vol 1: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Latin Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, June 2025
Willi Carlisle, “Winged Victory”
Kasai’s Blend of Min’yō and Footwork Celebrates Ordinary Life
Gelli Haha, “Switcheroo”
The Best Albums of Spring 2025
No Leaf Unturned: Numero Group Chart the History of Emocore
Meet The Women Reclaiming and Rebuilding the Sound of the MENA Region
Brìghde Chaimbeul, “Sunwise”
Polished Turds and Perfect Songs: A Guide to Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Brutalists: The Black Dog on Their Career Spent Dancing to Architecture
Black Sites, “R4”
Biosphere, “The Way of Time”
The Evolution of Mchiriku, the Sound of Tanzania’s Streets
Tropical F*ck Storm Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
The Italian Label Quietly Reissuing Rare Japanese Noise
BAMBII, “INFINITY CLUB II”

dusted

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The Dusted Mid-Year Switch: Part 1
loscil — Lake Fire (Kranky)
Half Japanese — Adventure (Fire)
Lame — Lo Que Extrañas Yo No Existe (La Vida Es un Mus)
Eli Winter — A Trick of the Light (Three Lobed)
Circuit des Yeux — Halo on the Inside (Matador)
Happy Independence Day from Dusted; as usual, we’re off for the American holiday and will be back on…
Now — Now Does the Trick (Perennial/K)
Melaine Dalibert and David Sylvian — Vermilion Hours (Mind Travels)
Electric Chair / Physique — Split LP (Iron Lung)
Me Lost Me — This Material Moment (Upset the Rhythm)
William Tyler — Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline)
The Whimbrels — S-T (Dromedary)
Brìghde Chaimbeul — Sunwise (Glitterbeat/tak:til)
Puffer — Street Hassle (Static Shock)
Keith Jarrett — New Vienna (ECM)
Ryli — Come and Get Me (Dandy Boy)
Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy—dessus oben alto up (Marionette)
The Black Watch — For All the World (ATOM)
Hotline TNT — Raspberry Moon (Third Man)

Pitchfork

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Jay Som Announces First Album in Six Years, Shares Video for New Song “Float”: Watch
The Dreamy Malaise of Post-Pandemic Alt-Rock
New David Bowie Box Set Compiles Output From 2002 to 2016: Listen to a Rarity
Big Thief Share New Song “All Night All Day”: Listen
Soulwax Announce First Album in Seven Years, Share New Songs: Listen
Tomorrow Comes Crashing
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Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea
Annahstasia Shares New “Be Kind” Video Ahead of European Tour: Watch
Sins Aloud
Jim Legxacy Announces Release Date for Long-Teased Black British Music (2025) Mixtape
Shame Announce 2026 Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Blood Orange Announces Fall 2025 Tour Dates
The Rapture Announce North American and European Tour
China Walker, Half of Ebullient Rap Duo Cam & China, Dies at 32
Geese Announce New Album Getting Killed, Share Video for New Song “Taxes”: Watch
Hot Chip Announce Greatest-Hits Album, Share Video for New Song “Devotion”: Watch
Neko Case Announces First Album in Seven Years, Shares New Song “Wreck”: Listen
Fever Ray Announces Live Album, Shares New Video for “Now’s the Only Time I Know (Therapy Session)”: Watch
Danny L Harle Teams Up With PinkPantheress for New Song “Starlight”: Listen
Final Michael Hurley Album Announced: Listen to New Song “Fava”
Yowzers
Intermission EP
Syd Returns With New Song “Die for This”: Listen
Matt Cameron Leaves Pearl Jam After 27 Years as Drummer
Zach Bryan, Scree, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
MARS IS ELECTRIC
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Mark Lipsitz, Bar/None Records Label Manager, Dies at 62

Cool Tools

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Book Freak 185: Die with Zero
Drinky Crow Drinks Again / Daytripper
Outdoor Wear
Easy dashcam/Word Pathfinder/Free Office software
Thin Sun Protection/No-flight Zones/Uber Price Differences
What’s in my NOW? — Steven Ovadia
Industrial Strength Design / The Pet Dragon
Domes & Yurts
How to find purpose/Kagi/Track your natural energy
Book Freak 184: Happy Money

McMansion Hell

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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
Bonus McMansion Hell: Ye Olde Barrington
mojo dojo casa house

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
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All of the Tools You Need to Make Really Great Baguettes at Home
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We Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed Out the Competition
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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
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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
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Why an Offset Spatula Is the Tool I Can’t Bake Without
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mixed Berry Trifle
Cheese Foam Tea
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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?
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Why A Small Fine Mesh Strainer Is Incredibly Versatile