On Joan Didion and the Art of Looking Back — In Thomas Wolfe’s posthumously published novel You Can’t Go Home Again (1940), protagonist George Webber finds himself in Germany amid the rise of Nazism in the 1930s and “face to face with somethi…
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Googlebook is Google's answer to questions Apple and Microsoft solved years ago — Android PCs are better than Chromebooks, but are they enough?
Hundreds of Heathrow and Gatwick flights delayed due to thunderstorms — More than 600 flights have been delayed at Heathrow and Gatwick, many due to stormy weather south of the UK.
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USMNT squad is full of leaders for World Cup knockouts, and not just captain Ream — A quick look at the USMNT roster reveals it is rife with leaders of different types and temperaments, which is helping the team find success.
Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions — “We need detachment… as much as we need engagement in our lives… transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear.”
Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles — In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.
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We Have Seen Peak Inflation: Stuart Paul — Bloomberg Economics' Stuart Paul joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." US consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, suggesting Americans are powering through the…
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A speedrunner just beat a 20-year-old game record by doing something the original developers literally patched out in 2004. They found the patch notes and reversed it.
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Wordle: Savannah Guthrie to host TV adaptation of New York Times puzzle — The online word game from the New York Times will hit the small screen in the UK and US from next year.
Xbox layoff plans reportedly include closing Arkane, canceling Blade — The cuts will apparently start next week.
Hong Kong Dollar Hits 10-Month Low as Fed View Buoys Greenback — The Hong Kong dollar fell to its weakest level against the US dollar in about 10 months, as a stronger greenback and expectations for further Federal Reserve rate hikes pressured Asian currencies.
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How Silence Is Taught | Sara Hannoush | TEDxVLO Youth — Sara Hannoush is a bold young social activist who shares her personal experience of being silenced as a result of the culture in which she was raised. In her speech, she considers the potential consequences of suppressing…
The American Library Association is auctioning off some primo vintage READ posters. — This summer, the American Library Association is auctioning off a rare cache of its iconic READ posters to commemorate the org’s 150th year of doing business. Thanks to a partnership with Her…
'Directive 8020' review: A compelling space horror that's more fun to watch than play — Supermassive's latest is a solid story trapped inside a repetitive game.
I fixed my laggy Fire TV with one setting Amazon never explains — Your Fire TV is slow because Amazon is playing ads you never asked for; stop letting Fire TV autoplay drain your device's performance.
A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers — on the pristine production floor the air you breathed was just another product sitting at workstations wearing antistatic rings you let out the stench of rust let in the summer breeze and revived, …
Lit Hub Daily: June 24, 2026 — Andrew McKenzie-McHarg explores iconic conspiracy theorist Carl Oglesby’s idea of a Yankees versus Cowboys war. | Lit Hub History Maggie McKinley considers Joan Didion’s “future-o…
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Air raid sirens in Bahrain, Kuwait as US bombs Iran for a second day — US president threatens to 'militarily complete the job' as the US strikes Sirik and Qeshm Island over ship attacks.
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How F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Overlooked Story Collection Helped Me Write My LA Novel — A Princeton University dropout who spent much of his life in New York, F. Scott Fitzgerald is often associated with the East Coast, but the themes that come up in his work again and again—old…
How Wolverine: Weapon X Reinvented the Classic Marvel Tale — Barry Windsor-Smith was one of the most popular creators at Marvel Comics. Part of his popularity was due to his style. His comics did not look like or read like other comic books. It is important …