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Perplexity's retreat from ads signals a strategic shift as it recognizes its product is not for a mass audience and expects growth to come from enterprise sales (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Sources: Nvidia nears an equity investment of up to $30B in OpenAI, replacing last year's long-term $100B commitment; the deal could be concluded this weekend (Financial Times)
Los Angeles County sues Roblox, alleging it engaged in deceptive business practices that exposed children to sexual content, exploitation, and online predators (Jonathan Lloyd/NBC Los Angeles)
Sources: Meta cuts its annual distribution of stock options by ~5% for most of its staff, equating to tens of thousands of employees, after a ~10% cut in 2025 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
Sources: Emerald AI, which develops software to curb data center energy demand, is raising a $25M seed extension at a ~$250M post-money valuation (Alan Neuhauser/Axios)
Sony shuts down Bluepoint Games, the PlayStation subsidiary behind remakes of older games like Demon's Souls and Uncharted; ~70 employees will lose their jobs (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
Meta says it is "explicitly separating" Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds "almost exclusively mobile", letting it better compete with Roblox (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Docs: DHS has signed a five-year, $1B blanket purchase agreement with Palantir, allowing agencies like ICE to skip the competitive bidding process (Makena Kelly/Wired)
CZ returned to the US for the first time since his 2024 prison release to attend a World Liberty Financial event at Mar-a-Lago with Brian Armstrong and others (Wall Street Journal)
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Jack Dorsey's Block as morale plunges amid rolling layoffs and a push to use AI tools to improve productivity (Reece Rogers/Wired)
Toronto-based chip startup Taalas, which hardwires AI models into custom silicon to achieve faster inference, raised $169M, bringing its total funding to $219M (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)
Sources: AMD agrees to backstop a $300M loan from Goldman Sachs for Crusoe to buy AMD AI chips, the first known case of AMD chips used as debt collateral (The Information)
Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Cleveland-based Eagle Wireless, which makes cellular modules used in IoT devices, raised a $30M Series B as the US seeks to reduce its reliance on China (Chris Metinko/Axios)
New York pulls a proposal that would have allowed for robotaxi services outside NYC, a setback for Waymo, which wants to hit 1M paid weekly US rides by 2026 end (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

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Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures
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A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters
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N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up
How Microbes Got Their Crawl
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Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95
Constant Sexual Aggression Drives Female Tortoises to Walk Off Cliffs
Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.
A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.
Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks
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Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection
Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation
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Blood test holds promise for predicting when Alzheimer’s symptoms will start
Academia’s parent trap: the struggles faced by researcher mothers
Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as US aid cuts bite
‘Universal vaccine’ protects mice against multiple pathogens
Stereospecific alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling of boronic esters
Author Correction: BCL6 enables Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells to survive BCR–ABL1 kinase inhibition
This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
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Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces nitrogen availability in boreal forests
The natural architecture of oyster reefs maximizes recruit survival
Accurate predictions of disordered protein ensembles with STARLING
Practical lithium–organic batteries enabled by an n-type conducting polymer
Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC
Reduced cyclin D3 expression in erythroid cells protects against malaria
Single-cell and isoform-specific translational profiling of the mouse brain
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In vivo base editing of Chd3 rescues behavioural abnormalities in mice
RYK is a GPNMB receptor that drives MASH
Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity
Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage
Integrated photonics enabling ultra-wideband fibre–wireless communication
Clinical-grade autonomous cytopathology through whole-slide edge tomography
A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models
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Integrase anchors viral RNA to the HIV-1 capsid interior
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Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia
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Personalized mRNA vaccine induces strong, durable immunity in hard-to-treat breast cancer
AI succeeds in diagnosing rare diseases
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Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia
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Forest soils are running short of nutrients as CO2 emissions rise
Deepest-ever rock core extracted from under Antarctic ice sheet
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Statistical approximation is not general intelligence
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With ‘Tremendous’ Deals at Stake, Trump Is Bringing Russia in From the Cold
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Trump’s Backlash to Black History
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Hitler’s Greenland Obsession
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The Latest Ploy to Help Republicans Win Elections
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: A Golden Smile
The End of Reagan-Era Republicanism
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The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers
Europe and Canada Are Like the Kids in an Ugly Divorce
The Harvard of the South … Of the West?
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Do Not Be Cynical About Jesse Jackson
Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert
AI Agents Are Taking America by Storm
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: In Pursuit

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Investigators hope to catch signals from Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker
Colleges quietly cut ties with organizations that help people of color
New DHS memo outlines plan to detain refugees for further vetting
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How the Rev. Jesse Jackson taught me to keep hope alive
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Democratic-led cities move to block ICE, setting up clash with Trump

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Former prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office
Ousted South Korean president escapes death penalty, is sentenced to life in prison
As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by
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AI is giving tech companies power that once belonged to governments
China’s rare-earth dominance is hard for EV makers to escape
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Polymarket courts Chinese users despite strict online gambling ban
I let Alibaba’s AI agent plan my holiday. I ended up doing more work
Chinese boxing robots win fans in San Francisco
OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of “free-riding” on American R&D
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Campus DEI's Chief Defender Says Colleges Must Be Clearer About Their Goals
Does Social Justice Control the Humanities?
Why Universities Keep Losing the Argument
Compensation in Higher Ed Is ‘Absurd,’ ‘Insane,’ and ‘Insulting’
What Trump's Top Higher-Ed Official Has in Mind for College Accreditation
Daniel Diermeier Is Higher Ed's Most Divisive Figure. He's Fine With That.
UCLA’s Head of Finance Alleged Years of Mismanagement. Days Later, He Was Fired.
A Group of Deans Boycotted This Year's U.S. News Survey, and It Worked
David Brooks: 'We're Part of the Problem'
The Heritage Foundation Drove Trump's 2025 Higher-Ed Agenda. What's Its Plan for 2026?

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Thursday Reading & Recommendations | February 19, 2026
Short Answers to Simple Questions | February 18, 2026
Why do American states tend to have two flagship schools, one that is University of “State” and the other “State” State University?
Did General Vo Nguyen Giap really tell the Palestinians that they would not be able to defeat Israel militarily?
How did access to scientific journals become so expensive? Has it always been this way?
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon explicitly says that the moon was once part of the Earth. Was that the generally-accepted scientific explanation for the moon's origin in 1928 or did Lofting just accidentally stumble on the right answer?
What is the History of Legally Prosecuting Royal Princes in England?
Did people in the Middle Ages think the ocean had a floor, or that it just went all the way through the earth?
When did books' titles stop starting with prepositions?
Were actors afraid of saying 'Macbeth' during its original time or is that a contemporary superstition?
Scholars in the Islamic golden age translated and preserved many classical Greek texts. Did they read them as ancient wisdom of a lost foreign culture (like Silicon Valley guys reading Sun Tzu), or just as normal texts in a shared intellectual tradition (like how Plotinus engaged with Aristotle)?
What did Frederick Douglas think of John Brown/The Harper's Ferry Raid?
Help me understand my grandfather's position on Battle of Iwo Jima (he fought in it). He thought it was BS and didn't need to happen. What could his rationale have been?
Could Henry VIII (or any other English monarch) have plausibily been elected Holy Roman Emperor - for example if they had enough funds?
How supported/speculative are the standard answers to the old “why was Medieval art bad” question?
What would Chinese food have looked like in early 20th century Mexico?
Why hasn’t smoking culturally declined in Europe like it did in the US?
What exactly is the Book of Enoch from an outside perspective?
Why was there a French monarch reinstated after the napoleonic wars?
When did Romans realize they were no longer a republic but an empire?
Why was the Roman navy often ignored in favor of the legions, despite the fact that the Roman Empire surrounded the entirety of the Mediterranean, a strategically important area that was used heavily for commerce and to transport troops?
What was a traditional wedding gift (like a wedding ring) that was given in Singapore from a groom to his bride on their wedding day back in 1860s?
How did the idea of the Tube network in London develop, and when did it get the go ahead? Was there much resistance to it, both at the time and as lines extended and new lines were built across the city? Were there questions around the point of such a transport system?
Why did this English naming scheme for cities not transfer over to the new world?
What was the Egyptian concept of millions of years?

Linguistics

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Q&A weekly thread - February 16, 2026 - post all questions here!
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure
A Grammar of Gaddi
A Sociophilological Account of the Formation and Evolution of the Term Língua Geral, with Emphasis on Amazonia
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
Beserman Multimedia Corpus (2025)
Mundari: The myth of a language without word classes (2005)

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Open Culture

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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
How Brunelleschi Engineered Florence’s Iconic Dome
Jack Kerouac Lists 9 Essentials for Writing Spontaneous Prose
Were the Egyptian Pyramids Not Built Up, But Carved Down?: A Bold New Theory Explains Their Construction
Rare Video: Vince Guaraldi’s First Televised Performance of “Linus and Lucy” (1964)

NYT > Technology

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West Virginia Sues Apple, Claiming It Allows Sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety
Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei
What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.
Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Social Media Addiction Trial
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
User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved
Could an Electronic Coach Help Ski Jumpers Leap Farther?
More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad
David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91
Their Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News
‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

NYT > Arts

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Lively v. Baldoni Tests What Crosses the Line on a ‘Steamy’ Movie Set
Billy Idol Had It All, and Then He ‘Lit It With Butane’
Writing an Ancient Egyptian Afterlife, in 21 Feet of Scroll
Berlin Film Festival Tried to Focus on Movies. Politics Stole the Spotlight.
Gabriel Basso, of ‘The Night Agent,’ Gets Back to Nature
12 Steps and Cups of Coffee: Sobriety Has Its Moment Onstage
Met Opera Announces 2026-27 Season: What We Want to See
‘Portobello’ Review: When Italy’s Biggest TV Star Was Canceled
Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell to Star in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Broadway
‘How to Make a Killing’ Review: Glen Powell’s Lethal Case of Entitlement
Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Reality Bites’ and the Lessons He’s Learned
With a New Oscar on the Line, How Do You Judge Casting?
A Downtown Vibe Comes to Broadway This Spring
‘Wuthering Heights’ Through the Years, from Olivier to Elordi
Cees Nooteboom, Voyaging Author of Enigmatic Novels, Dies at 92
Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75
José van Dam, Suave and Riveting Opera Star, Dies at 85
‘Midwinter Break’ Review: Aging Together, Growing Apart
Van Gogh and the Meaning of Yellow
‘The 2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Major Themes, Minor Lengths
‘I Can Only Imagine 2’ Review: Dogged by Dark Memories
‘The Dreadful’ Review: A Knight in Frightening Armor
Seymour Hersh, the Investigative Journalist, Is the Subject of Netflix’s “Cover-Up”
“The Traitors” Host Alan Cumming Takes On the BAFTAs
Fantasy Books That Imbue the Real World With Magic
Stephen Colbert Sizes Up R.F.K. Jr.’s Workout With Kid Rock
David Hays, 95, Dies; Top Broadway Designer and Theater of Deaf Founder
Fritz Lang’s ‘Nibelungen,’ the Way It Was Meant to Be Heard
‘Billy Preston’ Review: A Unique and Tortured Talent
In Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Dracula,’ There’s Mirth Amid the Horror
Billy Preston’s Music Was ‘Pure Joy.’ But His Life Ended in Tragedy.
5 Standout Shows During Frieze
An Artist of the Unimaginable
Michael Heizer Measures His Art in Miles and Tons
What to See in NYC This Spring: Broadway Shows, Concerts and More
How a Visionary Collector Eyed Her Trophies
‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ‘Black Swan’ and 14 More Plays and Musicals to See This Spring
Stephen Colbert Finds a Place to File CBS’s Surprise Statement
Shia LaBeouf Charged With Battery in New Orleans
Readers Respond: 11 (More) Transcendent Beatles Covers by Black Musicians
Robert Duvall Didn’t Mind Clashing With Directors
Kathleen Chalfant and Elizabeth Marvel Are Sobriety Sisters in ‘The Dinosaurs’
The Opera ‘Monster’s Paradise’ Takes Satirical Aim at Trump
When Jesse Jackson Came to ‘Sesame Street’: ‘I Am! Somebody!’
Peeking Behind the Scenes of ‘Wallace and Gromit’
Robert Duvall Seared Himself Into Our Memories Even When He Wasn’t the Star
Romeo Is a Dead Man Would Make Kafka and Lynch Proud
The 19-Year Debate over Whether a Painting Was Looted by the Nazis.
At 85, the Choreographer Lucinda Childs Still Has a Full Dance Card
Daniel Radcliffe on Returning to Broadway in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
Colbert Says What CBS Told Him Not to Say
Frederick Wiseman Watched People Like Nobody Else
‘Shoresy’ Is Back, a Hockey Sitcom With ‘Heated Rivalry’ Ties
Robert Duvall: A Life in Pictures
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
Where to Watch Robert Duvall’s Top Performances
Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95
‘Tragedy of Coriolanus’ Swerves Off Course in Brooklyn
Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say
Henrike Naumann, Artist Set to Represent Germany at Venice Biennale, Dies at 41
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
Friendly reminder of how big the Pacific Ocean is
The Great European Road Distance Ordering Divide
Which area of the world has the most intense thunderstorms?
The size of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Why is the aqi in poland so bad compared to rest of europe?
Mongolia vs Kazakhstan
Is Laos Vietnam's Belarus
North American Geography, Postcards to MN 4th Grade class
Do you know of states/countries that enforce a ban on women?
Does anyone know why Pigeon Forge, TN of all places is as big as Atlanta on Google Maps? It's got a population of like 6k
Border View
Dhaka is expanding its infrastructure so much, so why isn't the congestion alleviated?
Does anyone have any information on this plateau?
Honshū is entirely south of Canada.
What two places do you always mentally mix up?
I’m sad more people don’t acknowledge Native American Historic sites in the United States
What are some areas within the Amazon basin that have standout scenery?
TIL: the Turkish government built a highway through a valley that was previously a lake. Now the valley is flooded due to heavy rain. (Eynif Plain in Antalya)
What North American cities are "global"?
Are country borders that appear completely straight on maps actually straight in real life, or is that just how they look on small-scale maps?
Should UK reclaim The Wash?
I spent a long time trying to understand who controls Socotra island after Yemen's recent separatist defeat (the answer is pretty complicated)
Tool to convert coords to decimal degrees
Urban agglomerations/Metropolitan areas that are part of two or three different countries that you find interesting?

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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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
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
New Weird Britain in Review for February by Noel Gardner
“It’s About Time We Brought Art In, Innit?” Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring at 40
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
“Working-class males feel they are treated like scum by those in power” – John King Interviewed
Reissue of the Week: Sex Mad by Nomeansno
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
Upsammy and Valentina Magaletti Collaborate on New Album, ‘Seismo’
Scritti Politti Unveil Reissue of Debut Album
Low Culture Podcast: Missy Elliott’s Miss E… So Addictive
Et In Arcadia Emo: The Apple Tree Under The Sea by Hemlocke Springs
Charles Tyler Ensemble – Voyage from Jericho

Bandcamp Updates

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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
Yamila, “Noor”
The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, January 2026
Tilaye Gebre, “Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band (የጥላዬ ሳክስ ከዳህላክ ባንድ ጋር)”
The Best Metal on Bandcamp, January 2026
Underground Medicine #1
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, January 2026

dusted

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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)
Cub — Come Out Come Out 30th Anniversary Editions (Mint)
أحمد [Ahmed] — سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (OTOROKU)
Tashi Dorji — low clouds hang, this land is on fire (Drag City)

Pitchfork

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Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten Covers Massive Attack for Peaky Blinders Movie
Rostam Premieres Original Version of Vampire Weekend’s “Campus”
Jacksonville Rapper Lil Poppa Dies at 25
“Oh Wow”
Foo Fighters Announce New Album Your Favorite Toy
Sunn O))) Share New Song “Butch’s Guns,” Add European Tour Dates
John Coltrane Live Album Tiberi Tapes Gets First-Ever Release
Wuthering Heights
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Deface the Currency
Euphonic Sounds
Bill Callahan Sets 2026 U.S. Tour
Snail Mail Performs in a Hot-Air Balloon in New “My Maker” Video
Charley Crockett Announces New Album Age of the Ram
Watch Lana Del Rey Put Her Head in an Oven in “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” Video
Bad Bunny to Star in New Residente-Directed Film Porto Rico
American Football Confirm LP4
U2 Release New EP Days of Ash
Yaya Bey Announces New Album Fidelity
A 24-Hour Blitz Through the Buenos Aires Underground
To Whom This May Concern
Weekend Rockstar
Guitars Infernal
Seeing Is Forgetting
Hayden Pedigo Signs to Sub Pop
“White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter”
Miley Cyrus Announces Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Visible Cloaks Return With New Album Paradessence
Lana Del Rey Releases New Single “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter”
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Announce 2026 U.S. Arena Tour

Cool Tools

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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
Things Organized Neatly / Sharks
Moving
Single sheet calendar / Secret Mall Apartment / Data poems

McMansion Hell

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for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin’s…
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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
Our Favorite Features of 2022
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