Using Awareness to Harness the Mind and Our Potential | Kris Evans | TEDxStanford — We're physically present but mentally absent more often than we realize, running on autopilot in the moments that matter most. Kris Evans, a Stanford researcher, mindset scientist, and yoga…
1,000 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free — Download 1,000 free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Kill some time with these much needed distractions — Verge-approved time-wasters.
Danbooru: Anime Image Board — Danbooru is the original anime image booru. Search millions of anime pictures categorized by thousands of tags.
A typographer mapped every decision in a single letter—kerning, weight, angle—and showed how changing one millimeter shifts the whole thing. Lettering is half the read.
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There's a database of every panel where Spider-Man's web actually breaks, organized by year and tensile strength, it's weirdly thorough
Don't Go Quietly Into the AI Night — There are two visions for the future: AI as a deity built and controlled by a small group of clergy, or humans at the center with AI as an amplifier. The future has not been decided.
I’m 38 and I Can’t Support Myself Anymore — Disability, shame, and the hidden violence of a culture that equates productivity with value
Saudi Crown Prince MBS urges Trump to ‘prioritise dialogue’ in US-Iran war — US president halted strikes after earlier threatening Iran with unprecedented force.
Moment Israeli strike hits next to Lebanese reporter — Moment Israeli strike hits next to Lebanese reporter
Paul Graham's "Founder Mode" essay reframed an argument founders have been losing. https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html
this graphic novel is literally just sequential stills from a security camera watching a guy decide whether to text his ex for three hours
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.…
A $7 Billion Gas Bill Sees Developing Asian Nations Sour on LNG — The loss of a fifth of liquefied natural gas supply due to the US-Iran war is blowing out costs for Asia’s developing markets, and forcing a rethink of the fuel’s long-term future in the region.
American Folklore: Ghost stories, folktales, myths and legends retold by S.E. Schlosser — "Hey there folks! Welcome to the American Folklore site, which features retold folktales from all 50 states. We answer those pesky folklore questions that keep you up at night, such as: "Why
Burnout Is Real for Open Source Maintainers: A Conversation with John-David Dalton, Creator of Lodash | OpenJS Foundation — Lodash creator John-David Dalton reflects on the project’s growth, the pressures of maintaining software used across the world, and the personal journey…
At what point does my family tree stop doubling and start decreasing? — Readers debate how the introduction of bicycles and trains will have led to less closely related prospective partners for our ancestors – and consider various royal dynasties from this perspective
Cartoon Brew — Animation News, Animated Cartoons
The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb from Weirdo #17 | Philip K. Dick — I have added a link to a .cbr file (Comic Book Archive) to download and read on your electronic device if that would be easier for your enjoyment of the story. The Religious Experience of…
The Artist Who Colored Ghibli — Plus: news.
Today's Hurdle hints and answers for August 9, 2026 — Everything you need to win.
Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers? — Stanley Richards brings faith in reform and his own experience of incarceration to an ongoing crisis.
Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies — One day in 1970, Hobby Lobby’s oft-told origin story goes, twenty-eight-year-old David Green was sitting at a lunch counter in Oklahoma City sharing frustrations with fellow…
The Library of Congress digitized 150,000+ comic pages and made them searchable by panel. You can actually find every appearance of a character across decades.
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Relatives mourn victims of Pakistan avalanche — Relatives gathered to mourn the three Nepali mountaineers, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa, and Nima Sherpa.
I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me | Andros Fenollosa — Sometimes the most irrelevant piece of a project becomes its absolute protagonist. My blog has a small social widget floating on one side. You can…
Omniatlas — Historical maps, year by year.
Djokovic 'happy but not the freshest' after Wu battle — Novak Djokovic begins yet another bid to claim a record 25th Grand Slam title with a hard-fought win over China's Wu Yibing at Wimbledon.
Found a comic from 1987 where the artist penciled in corrections between panels. You can see them erasing and redrawing dialogue in real time across the page.
Creer de Pertenecer | Jesús Jaime César Pérez González | TEDxUMAE34 — Antes de las redes sociales, de los seguidores y de convertirse en influencer, existía una persona con dudas, sueños, miedos y muchas ganas de encontrar su propio camino. En esta charla se abordará parte de…
The 15 Most Beautiful Airport Landings in the World, Ranked — Flying to any of these destinations? You'll want to bag a window seat.
Reddit - Please wait for verification — The anime community.
Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels — A list of illustrated literature in the cyberpunk genre spanning Western comics, Japanese manga and graphic novels. Includes relevant themes, summaries and value to cyberpunk fans.
2027 Ford F-150: Engine Shuffle, Entry-Level Off-Roaders, a New Way to Tow — In the last six years, Ford has been content to change its cash-cow F-150 in ways that are evolutionary, not revolutionary. The updates for the 2027 model year are similarly incremental, concentrated…
GitHub - oraziorillo/microcrad: A re-implementation of Karpathy's micrograd in C — A re-implementation of Karpathy's micrograd in C. Contribute to oraziorillo/microcrad development by creating an account on GitHub.
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. — See words as a web of meaning.
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Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have — A recent <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article/23/3/qdag029/8495035"target="_blank" >study</a> found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms…
Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured — The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change.
Thunder GM Sam Presti defends Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — Thunder GM Sam Presti supported center Chet Holmgren following their disappointing playoff exit and hit back against the nagging criticism star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets for his foul-drawing.
Imperfection is Key to Excellence | Ranjani Manian | TEDxChennai Institute of Technology Women — Perfection is often seen as the ultimate goal, but true excellence is built through mistakes, resilience, and continuous growth. This talk explores how embracing imperfections can…
St Helens beat Castleford despite Hastings dismissal — St Helens beat Castleford Tigers to boost their faint Super League play-off hopes - despite Jackson Hastings' needless red card.
Wall Street Delivers Harsh Verdict on Warsh Fed — Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has vowed to reestablish the central bank's reputation as an inflation fighter. But on Wednesday he had to defend why the bank has held rates steady yet again. Some investors say it's time…
The Unexpected Joys of a Geriatric Debut — If I were 26 years old, full of piss and vinegar and had a debut poetry collection, I’d fancy myself a modern-day troubadour. I’d live out of my car, which would likely be a beat-up Volvo station w…
The Great Software Regress: How "Move Fast and Break Things" Broke Our Lives — Just yesterday morning, my brand-new MINI Countryman auto-installed software update 03/2026.54. How exciting! The release notes promised groundbreaking chang...
Families hit by long waits for dementia diagnosis — Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
Telluride Boosts Oscar Chances, from ‘Wild Horse Nine’ to ‘La Bola Negra,’ but Is A24’s Controversial Elizabeth Holmes Doc a Contender Too? — Telluride boosts the Oscar chances of 'Wild Horse Nine's' John Malkovich and 'La Bola Negra,' but can Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes…
Israel’s siege on Gaza is forcing dentists to operate in the streets — Scarce resources and office space mean that dental work is a luxury for most people in Gaza.
How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked | TechCrunch — A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.
The Four Programming Questions from My 1994 Microsoft Internship Interview — Interestingly enough, at least two of them were specifically about performance!
Al Vigier: Canada's AI strategy shouldn't include secret Palantir bills — Instead, buy domestic product, and out in the open.
Index of / — Every cartoon, catalogued.
Linguee | Dictionary for German, French, Spanish, and more — English Dictionary and Translation Search with 1,000,000,000 example sentences from human translators. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese
Comic book artists used to trace photos and nobody cared. Then one guy got caught doing it in the 1990s and the internet decided it was cheating forever.
Dems demand DHS fund election security. And, journalist Gloria Steinem has died — Two Democrats are demanding that Homeland Security officials fund election security ahead of the midterms. And, trail-blazing journalist Gloria Steinem has died.
Emotional farewell to 'global, iconic superstar' Bonnie Tyler — Fans, friends and family travel to Swansea to pay tribute to Total Eclipse of the Heart singer.
A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad ads — Two years of nightmarish smiles and makeup before anyone laid hands on Mimic Systems' actual product.
The Shadeless Border — It was twilight. A horse approached, and from its speed it was clear that it intended to cross me. It wanted to leave Khanaqin as quick as possible and cross to Iran. Before it came close, I did my…