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Parse, Don't Validate and Type-Driven Design in Rust
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Happy Zelda's 40th first LLM running on N64 hardware (4MB RAM, 93MHz)

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Open source projects like VLC and Blender are seeing a decline in the average quality of contributions, likely as AI coding tools lower barriers to entry (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)
English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly "agentic" young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley (Sam Kriss/Harper's)
A look at the fundamental questions facing OpenAI: its models have a very large user base but very narrow engagement, incumbents are matching its tech, and more (Benedict Evans)
An interview with Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on Custom Notion AI agents launching in the coming week, over 50% of Notion databases now being built by agents, and more (Sources)
How Claude Code, released publicly a year ago, cemented Anthropic as a leader in the lucrative, emerging market for AI coding tools (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Pinterest users, especially artists, say the platform has gotten worse in the past year due to AI moderation, AI-generated art, and AI features (Matthew Gault/404 Media)
Google announces a partnership with Sea to develop AI tools for Sea's Shopee, Southeast Asia's most dominant e-commerce platform, and Sea's gaming unit Garena (Stanley Widianto/Reuters)
President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
NanoClaw and other "claws", smaller OpenClaw-like systems that can run on personal hardware, form a new layer running on top of agents that run on LLMs (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which is building AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
The US launches the Tech Corps, a program under the Peace Corps to send volunteers abroad to promote American AI, as the US competes with China for AI dominance (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox" and that the company won't "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
India joins Pax Silica, a US-led initiative that aims to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and critical technologies (Rajesh Roy/Associated Press)

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Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Could an Electronic Coach Help Ski Jumpers Leap Farther?
These Unsinkable Tubes Could Help Harvest Energy From the Ocean
Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95

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Publisher Correction: PtdIns(3,5)P2 is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling
Author Correction: Natural behaviour is learned through dopamine-mediated reinforcement
Super-sticky feet help a robot to climb the walls
Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
Gel helps mini spinal cords to heal from injury
Runaway black hole leaves a trail of stars
Why do curling stones slide across ice the way they do?
Five ways increased militarization could change scientific careers
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Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection
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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
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This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
Giant energy storage and dielectric performance in all-polymer nanocomposites
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
Roles of microtubules and LIS1 in dynein transport machinery assembly
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
Nucleotide signals coordinate activation and inhibition of bacterial immunity
Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres
Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour
Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor
Integrase anchors viral RNA to the HIV-1 capsid interior
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
An agentic system for rare disease diagnosis with traceable reasoning
Mucosal vaccination clears Clostridioides difficile colonization
Ancestry and somatic profile indicate acral melanoma origin and prognosis
Higher-dimensional Fermiology in bulk moiré metals
Cold-injection synthesis of highly emissive perovskite nanocrystals
The integrated stress response promotes immune evasion through lipocalin 2
This giant virus hijacks cells’ protein-making machinery to multiply wildly
How ‘skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens
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How do autistic people age — and what does it mean for their health?
Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia
AI offers way to image and assess clinical cell samples
Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not
Personalized mRNA vaccine induces strong, durable immunity in hard-to-treat breast cancer
AI succeeds in diagnosing rare diseases
Chip-scale device efficiently boosts light signals
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia
Will self-driving ‘robot labs’ replace biologists? Paper sparks debate
Malaria is hindered by repression of a cell-cycle protein
Oysters build reefs with optimal geometries
Why China and Europe should collaborate to ‘defossilize’ the world’s carbon
Gene editing treats a mouse model of a neurodevelopmental disorder
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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Smartphones are a double-edged tool in classrooms
Student dilemma: physical science or physical education?
Statistical approximation is not general intelligence
The funding system needs fixing — but it’s not a ‘waste of time and money’
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Termination of the integrated stress response
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Bacteria deliver a microtubule-binding protein into mammalian cells to promote colonization
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Single-molecule infrared spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy
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Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Cross Jump
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The Dire Meaning of Gallup’s Announcement
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Pressure Is Not Just in Your Head
Why the Wuthering Heights Movie Is Infantilizing
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Our Olympians Are Being Put in an Impossible Position
The Washington Post’s Leaders Missed the Point
An Extraordinary Account of a Dangerous Marriage
The ‘Existential Anxiety’ of the Islamic Republic
The Buzz in Kristi Noem’s Home State
The DOJ Isn’t Built for This
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Does Writing Have to Be Hard?
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Tucker Carlson, Mike Huckabee debate Israel’s right to land in Middle East
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After lonely baby monkey goes viral, his Ikea comfort toy sells out
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As trade envoy, Prince Andrew promoted Britain and exploited his access
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The Chronicle of Higher Education | Higher Ed News, Opinion, & Advice

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Iowa, Kansas Consider Bills to Ban Race, Gender, Sexuality Content in Some College Courses
Private-College Presidents' Pay Is Up Sharply, Driven By Big Exit Packages
Neutrality Is About PR. Not That There's Anything Wrong With That.
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Peer Review Is Breaking Under Its Own Weight
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’
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Saturday Showcase | February 21, 2026
Short Answers to Simple Questions | February 18, 2026
"As we gallop towards a new AskHistorians, heaven and earth are always bright!" The /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XXXI
In the United States, firefighters have a reputation for showing up to any emergency incident, even when they weren't specifically called—and often get there before any other emergency services. When and how did this become the norm?
In anti-suffragette posters in the 1910s a common theme seems to be that fathers will be stuck caring for children while their wives go to the polls (the horror). Were the dads in this period really that inept that they couldn't provide a couple hours of childcare?
How can 'comfort' or 'the individual' be something that was invented?
Russia was ruled by four empresses for most of the 18th century. Did this have any impact on the status of women in Russian society?
How do you reconcile an interest in a historical event with the fact that many people suffered and died in the event?
Are there books to better "digest" Wallerstein's world system?
Was there an epidemic of stones being thrown at trains in the 1970s and 1980s?
For a long time, the organized opposition to women's suffrage was led by women. In the United States, groups like the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) actually had more members than the pro-suffrage organizations. Do we know the reasons? Were women coerced to be anti-suffrage?
Why was gambling first banned?
How puritanical was American culture in the late 40's and 50's really?
Did people historically swing slings in circles before throwing rocks with them?
Why did the French Prince of Andorra's title not go to any royal pretenders instead of the president?
I’ve heard that the purpose of University’s was never to like train people for jobs. Which is why most degrees don’t have obvious jobs that you can get with them. So like what was the original purpose of college. And why do most jobs require some sort of degree then?
Why did European monarch not have a harem?
Where can I find books about the Chaco War (1932-1935)?
It's fairly common for Americans of Chinese Decent to Represent China at the Olympics. Did any Americans of Soviet Decent Represent the USSR? Did the USSR try to attract them? Was there any backlash?
How profitable was the British empire for Britain?
Near the end of the film Annie Hall (1977), the character Max complains that he was interrupted while he was with twins, adding that they were 16-year olds. Was this controversial--or even legal--for the time?
Why did the Normans end up going to Italy, and how were they able to conquer a foothold at the same time they're fighting in England?
Why did the partition of the Balkan states fail so spectacularly?
Were the Maya and Aztec civilisations the dominant civilisations of Meso American pre colonial history or were lesser known civilisations like the Olmec or Teltihuacan just as influential in their time?
When the ancient Greeks , Romans and others found dinosaur bones and skulls what did they think they were?

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 new study reveals that newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
A Grammar of Gaddi
A Sociophilological Account of the Formation and Evolution of the Term Língua Geral, with Emphasis on Amazonia
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)

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A Tour Inside the Chelsea Hotel: Once Home to Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen & More
How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built: A 3D Animated Introduction
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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

NYT > Technology

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People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.
A.I. Isn’t Coming for Every White-Collar Job. At Least Not Yet.
West Virginia Sues Apple, Claiming It Allows Sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
His Team Devised Ways to Keep World Cup Crowds Safe
Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei
Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety
Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Social Media Addiction Trial
What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near Its Drivers
Chatbots Are the New Influencers Brands Must Woo
With Niche Tech World References, Vibe Hopes Its Billboards Reach Start-Up Insiders
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

NYT > Arts

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‘The Lost Boys’ on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in ‘Dracula’: Why Vampires Won’t Die
‘Shoresy’ Review: Heated (Brotherly) Rivalry
2026 BAFTAs: What to Know Ahead of the Ceremony
U2, Lana Del Rey: 9 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Peaches on the Singer Who Is Her ‘North Star’
Alysa Liu Trusted Her Artistry in Her Olympic Free Skate
In the ‘Top Model’ Docuseries, Tyra Is No Longer in Control
Why a Tiny Troupe Kept Its Kennedy Center Dates
How Newly Found Footage Became ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’
Max Amini Is a Global Comedic Success On and Off YouTube
At Berlin Film Festival, the Politics Are Onscreen, Too
‘Emily — No Prisoner Be’ Review: Kevin Puts Reimagines Dickinson
South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale After Gaza Artwork Furor
Political Drama ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival
Kennedy Center Performance Canceled After Substance Poured on Ice Rink
Willie Colón, a Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75
Prosecutors Oppose Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Appeal, Asserting Sentence Was Just
Michael Silverblatt, NPR’s ‘Bookworm’ Who Interviewed Authors, Dies at 73
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
‘Psycho Killer’ Review: Better the Devil You Don’t Know
Sword Strikes Playgoer During ‘Richard III’ in Berlin
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
Watch an Ensemble Scene From ‘The Secret Agent’
The NYC Theaters Where the Oscar Nominees Are Playing
‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Review
How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground
‘The Secret Agent’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Stephen Colbert Balks at Trump’s Board of Peace
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: Emotional Rescue
Eric Dane, McSteamy on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Dies at 53 After Battling ALS
Cees Nooteboom, Voyaging Author of Enigmatic Novels, Dies at 92
Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75
‘Portobello’ Review: When Italy’s Biggest TV Star Was Canceled
12 Steps and Cups of Coffee: Sobriety Has Its Moment Onstage
Met Opera Announces 2026-27 Season: What We Want to See
José van Dam, Suave and Riveting Opera Star, Dies at 85
Berlin Film Festival Tried to Focus on Movies. Politics Stole the Spotlight.
‘Midwinter Break’ Review: Aging Together, Growing Apart
Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell to Star in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Broadway
Van Gogh and the Meaning of Yellow
Lively v. Baldoni Tests What Crosses the Line on a ‘Steamy’ Movie Set
Writing an Ancient Egyptian Afterlife, in 21 Feet of Scroll
Gabriel Basso, of ‘The Night Agent,’ Gets Back to Nature
‘The 2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Major Themes, Minor Lengths
‘How to Make a Killing’ Review: Glen Powell’s Lethal Case of Entitlement
‘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
Billy Idol Had It All, and Then He ‘Lit It With Butane’
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
‘Wuthering Heights’ Through the Years, from Olivier to Elordi
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
Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Reality Bites’ and the Lessons He’s Learned
Billy Preston’s Music Was ‘Pure Joy.’ But His Life Ended in Tragedy.

Geography

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State of r/geography in 2026: Should anything change?
How did Egypt go from one of the oldest and advanced civilizations in the world to the poorest countries?
Stabilization forces in Gaza
Great Bear Lake, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has a surface area 1.5x larger than New Jersey. There is only one single settlement of 500 people on its shores.
Why is every county in Utah and Idaho growing?
Why is Spain much dryer than France despite the jet stream coming from the southwest?
Why are so many islands here?
The mountains of Carrara, Tuscany. Long exploited for their white marble, their destruction is now accelerated by luxury demand accross the globe. Are there any mountains, or geographical features in your countries that are in danger of disappearing or are no longer present?
Why is that seemingly random region between Czechia and Poland some of the most industrialized areas in Europe?
In maps of your country, is there a part of your country that's usually added in in a little box? Is it considered controversial?
Kailasa Temple: World's Largest Monolithic Wonder Carved Top to Bottom from One Rock
What countries surprised you the most when you knew their religion? And what religion did you think they had before knowing that?
Lena Pillars - Yakutsk Sakha Republic Russia
What does the blue dark spot under Spain mean?
Portsmouth looks like a video game map
How would the world be different if Japan was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Near to where you live, they speak your language, but you can't understand a damned word they're saying. Where, and why?
Which countries in the world are self‑sufficient when all possible industrial sectors are taken into account?
If Hawaii upscaled its Kona coffee production, could it make a dent in US coffee imports?
When did your state/city stop building urban freeways?
What the hell is this?
An enclave inside an enclave
What Is Your Favorite Natural Geographic Location?
How come Saint Petersburg has a larger population than finland or the entire baltic countries combined. Same weather, similar history etc
Extensive desert farming in the Middle East

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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Forgotten Words: The Raincoats’ Three Lives
Three Decades On: Sepultura’s Roots At 30
Reissue Of The Week: Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
Unbeatable: Drum’s Not Dead by Liars, 20 Years On
Peaches – No Lube So Rude
Pulp Share New Song, ‘Begging For Change’
Sunn O))) Share New Song, ‘Butch’s Guns’
John Coltrane Live Album ‘Tiberi Tapes’ Set for First Release
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

Bandcamp Updates

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

dusted

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Vorago — Morulus (Amor Fati)
Abronia — Shapes Unravel (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube)
rest symbol — s/t (AN1MA)
Midori Hirano — Otonoma (Thrill Jockey)
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
The Paranoid Style  —  Known Associates (Bar/None)
Final Dose — Endless Woe (Self-released)
Luke Temple & The Cascading Moms — Hungry Animal (Western Vinyl)
Photo by Domenico Gruosso, used with permission.
Eliza Garth — By the River (Centaur)
Shaking Hand — Shaking Hand (Melodic)
Robert Deeble — The Space Between Us (Mind Bomb Publishing)
Tyshawn Sorey — Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) (DACAMERA Editions)
YĪN YĪN — Yatta! (Glitterbeat)
Taker — Sons and Daughters (Self-released)
Department — The Audacity Files (Self-Release)
Scheen Jazzorkester & Ståle Storløkken — Double Reality Beyond Space And Time (Grong)
Cryptid Spawn — Black Phosphorous Dungeon (Iron Lung)
Cub — Come Out Come Out 30th Anniversary Editions (Mint)
أحمد [Ahmed] — سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (OTOROKU)

Pitchfork

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“Why”
Kin
“Shutting Up”
How to Change Your Artist Photo on Wikipedia
“Good Flirts” [ft. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd]
Pulp Share New Song “Begging for Change”
Jessie Ware Shares New Song “Ride”
Grace Ives Readies New Album Girlfriend and Tour
“Wuthering Heights” Review: A Romance in Scare Quotes
9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Baby Keem, Hen Ogledd, and Hilary Duff
Listen to SZA’s New Song From Pixar’s Hoppers
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar Link Up for New Song “Good Flirts”
luck… or something
Prizefighter
Beautiful Disaster
Dedication
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
Icon
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

Cool Tools

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

McMansion Hell

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for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin’s…
chud atlantis
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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
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
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