Israel kills three in Lebanon as Rubio praises progress in Washington talks — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports three people killed after an Israeli attack on a car in Nabatieh.
Linux felt like a waste of time—until these 3 features changed everything — If you don’t use Linux the way it’s meant to be used, you’re basically swimming against the current and wondering why you’re not getting anywhere.
Where to Stay in Atlanta If You Like to Eat — These hotels are the perfect home base while eating your way through the ATL.
Lit Hub Weekly: June 22 – 26, 2026 — Maggie McKinley considers Joan Didion’s “future-oriented” nostalgia. | Lit Hub Criticism “I would never blame them. But being around Americans while this country is bombing mine is the last thing I…
The Clothes Make the Man: How Dark Suits Defined the Early American Republic — The walls of America have been lined with portraits of white men in black suits since the walls themselves were erected. Recently, as Americans have tried to balance this lopsided reflection of his…
Bible stories become required reading for Texas schools — Critics say the new reading requirements infringe on religious freedoms and blur the separation of church and state.
Best Google deal: Save $250 on Google Pixel 10 Pro — Are early Prime Day deals already appearing?
Rees-Zammit reverts to Wales wing for Fiji Test — Wales head coach Steve Tandy has made six changes for the Nations Championship opener from the side that defeated Barbarians.
Jannik Sinner ramped up training for Wimbledon title defense — Jannik Sinner says he changed his physical workload after his French Open meltdown when he felt ill and dizzy in a second-round loss.
Sheila Liming: “The End of Books” — A university professor on what we lose when we lose the book as a physical medium.
Serena Williams had to talk self into playing singles at Wimbledon — Serena Williams said Sunday she had to talk herself into accepting Wimbledon's offer to play singles.
this library cataloged every book ever mentioned in a book & now you can fall down the rabbit hole of what characters were actually reading 📚✨
Public Service Announcement: Don't Say You Use AI for Writing — ...also don't tell lies. But I'm getting ahead of myself already. I keep running into people online who openly say that they use AI to do their writing for t
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Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism — Journalist Matthew Wolfe joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage…
A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago? — Ironically, the artifact that gave it its start is absent a half-century later. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum turned 50 on Wednesday (July 1).
Turkey vs. USA 2026 livestream: How to watch World Cup for free — Live stream all the action from the 2026 FIFA World Cup without spending anything.
Primark’s Sales Fall Before Fashion Chain’s Split from AB Foods — Associated British Foods Plc reported falling sales at its Primark budget fashion chain, as the conglomerate prepares to separate its clothing and food divisions.
Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse to host this year's NBA Cup final — The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Feverent Whites — June 1982 The triplet of knocks came from the front door just as Sylvia Upshaw and her two children were putting on their shoes, about to walk over to Mrs. Talbot’s house. Syl’s daughter, GiGi, her…
this guy read 10,000+ books and catalogued which ones actually stuck with him — the pattern analysis is unhinged in the best way 📚✨
Bangladesh Gets $1 Billion World Bank Fertilizer, Food Loans — The World Bank approved two loans totaling over $1 billion to help Bangladesh cope with volatility in the global fertilizer market and improve food security.
The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting — Yesterday evening, the United States held its “Freedom 250” celebration – paid for by private companies, organised by the three American embassies in
I switched to Waze in Android Auto for one reason—its hazard alerts actually reach me — Reliable and accurate alerts.
Is Alien Life Hiding in Plain Sight, Right Here in Our Solar System? — The grandeur of Saturn is stunning to behold when viewed through a telescope. Possibly the most iconic and easily identifiable member of our solar system, this “ringed planet” has a vol…
DR Congo fans celebrate reaching World Cup knockout stage — DR Congo fans are celebrating after their team secured a historic place in the World Cup knockout stage.
All the Apple products avoiding the price hike (for now) — All the Apple products avoiding the price hike (for now)
Lauren Acompora 7 Books About Deep Human-Animal Connections — From birth, we’re surrounded by animals. We cling to stuffed animal friends, wear clothing adorned with bunnies and bears, and listen to stories of anthropomorphized creatures. The first books we e…
Is tennis' relentless nature causing injury crisis? — After British stars Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu withdrew injured from Wimbledon, BBC Sport analyses why so many top players are struggling with injury.
On the Other Side Is March — I’m a woman in my early sixties. Somewhere between late and never. No longer the career woman, mother, housewife and lover doing it all, meeting every demand, and then some, just with my left hand.…
Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Ruth Ozecki and more: 21 new books out today! — June, already, at last. The first official month of summer begins, and with a bang: new Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Ruth Ozecki, Deborah Levy, Josh Weil, Courtney Maum, and more arrive to…
Australian Gaza aid flotilla activists allege abuse after Israeli abduction — Activists allege assaults and torture during Israeli detention after flotilla intercepted in international waters.
文韬：AI原生教育的探索经验与教学 | Tao Wen | TEDxXiamen — 算力不是未来的全部，让教育点亮算力背后的人性温度，才是时代的答案。 Future Spark Education CEO and Smart Youth Founder This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at…
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week — Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Dog’s Gaze, and Ann Patchett’s Whistler all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book…
Never-Ending Brightness: How Excessive Exposure to Artificial Light Is Hurting Us All — If you want a perch from which to observe the circadian train wreck of modern industrial society, you could do worse than a corner booth in the Tick Tock Diner. A 24-7 neon beacon holding…
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. …
Flipper Device's new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity | TechCrunch — Flipper Device's new Busy Bar will retail for $249.
A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War? — Whether a U.S. president has the power to declare war is a matter of American constitutional law. That question can be answered doctrinally, politically, or historically. Whichever way,…
Lit Hub Daily: June 18, 2026 — Through layers of loss and sorrow, Fatemeh Shams remembers Marjane Satrapi: “Marjane reminded me, as her work often does, that in the bleakest times, art, writing, and human connection are ra…
Apple in Talks to Buy Memory Chips From Chinese Makers CXMT and YMTC — Apple is in talks to buy memory from Chinese semiconductor companies ChangXin Memory Technologies Co. (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), reports Bloomberg, citing sources with knowledge of…
Rachel Aviv’s Act of Revision: On You Won’t Get Free of It — “I had written three stories with three lost babies, all of which I had left out.”
A Most “Pleasantly Situated” Estate - NASA Science — The farms and gardens of Mount Vernon played a central role in the life of America’s first president.
Jenny Jackson, Teddy Wayne, Paul Tremblay, and more: 16 new books out today! — As we go easing into the holiday weekend, there’s a smaller batch of releases: though the ones that are here, are ones that count. Jenny Jackson’s next hotly anticipated novel, The Sham…
What to read next if the Knicks win made you “basketball-curious.” — Today in New York, you can’t get to lower Manhattan because the streets are clogged with Knicks fans. My town is still on fire from their historic championship win last weekend. People who co…
The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science — Every mind, even the greatest, is a product of its time and place. The true visionaries are those unwilling to mistake the figments of their culture for facts; those daring enough to look at…
T. Rowe’s Chung Sees Pullback in ‘Expensive’ Yuan After Rally — T. Rowe Price is betting on a pullback in the yuan, arguing that it looks “expensive” against a basket of currencies from China’s major trading partners.
Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access crocodile attack boy's records — Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.
Massive 3,200 Megapixel Camera Will Take 700 Photos Every Night for 10 Years — 10TB of photos every single night for a decade.
Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity — Where we go when we go to sleep and why we go there is one of the great mysteries of the mind. Why the mind at times refuses to go there, despite the pleading and bargaining…
A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W — “The letter W is a child of the fall of Rome. In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers. The reasons behind this co…
Tutoring centre roof collapses killing 14 children in Pakistan — At least 14 children were killed when the roof of a private tutoring centre collapsed outside Lahore, Pakistan.
Bulls' Caleb Wilson expects to win Rookie of the Year — New Chicago Bulls forward Caleb Wilson, the No. 4 overall pick, was asked during his introductory news conference about his expectations for his rookie season, and he set his sights on Rookie of the Year.
Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones are actually cheaper post Prime Day — save over $100 at Amazon — The deals aren't supposed to get better.
Gmail Live now in testing on Android and iOS — Following the announcement at I/O 2026 last month, Google is now testing Gmail Live on Android and iOS. This feature lets you...
Lit Hub Daily: May 27, 2026 — Why Michael Crichton’s best novel flopped when it was adapted to film. | Lit Hub Film Mary Berman remembers the “gut-churning” experience of showing her parents her debut novel. | Lit Hub Craft Tho…
Lit Hub Daily: June 23, 2026 — Why the elder Millennial experience of American life is a cycle of getting your hopes up and being let down. | Lit Hub Memoir Justin Ellis explores the labor history and racial solidarity of mid-ce…
The Gays and Their Ghosts: Natalie Adler Recommends Queer Ghost Stories — Gays and ghosts have a natural kinship. Both may elicit fear in unsuspecting passerby. You may feel vaguely unmoored, inexplicably nervous at their presence, particularly if you, yourself, have an …
My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole? — Well, hello there! Fancy meeting you here. Welcome back to the Internet’s favorite drunken advice column, Am I The Literary Asshole? It’s the place where we ponder all of life’s hardest-hitting…
UK Retailer TG Jones Restructuring Plan Approved by London Court — Ailing UK high-street retailer TG Jones Retail Holdings Ltd won court approval for a sweeping financial restructuring that will shutter more than 100 stores and slash rents to stave off insolvency.
Saracens' Auvaa not punished for Stokes incident — Saracens forward Totoa Auvaa is not sanctioned after he was involved in a nightclub incident with England cricket captain Ben Stokes.