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How We All Become Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map — As Taiwanese manufacturers rushed to fabricate GPS chips in the early and mid-2000s and sat-nav companies rushed to install them in their receivers, Frank van Diggelen and his colleagues at Global …
How the Crossword Conquered America - Longreads — "Even in a boom time for games, the decidedly old-fashioned puzzles are more popular than ever. I went to the best place on Earth to understand why."
Glottolog 5.3 - — A catalog of the world's languages.
How NBA championship rosters are built: Spurs are an outlier — As the NBA considers dramatic lottery reform, the numbers show that drafting in the top five hasn't turned into NBA titles over the past 20 years.
Against Self-Criticism: Adam Phillips on How Our Internal Critics Enslave Us, the Stockholm Syndrome of the Superego, and the Power of Multiple Interpretations — “In broaching the possibility of being, in some way, against self-criticism, we have to imagine a world in which celeb
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One Man’s Crazy Scheme to Create a New County in Northern Ireland — Rarely am I able to pinpoint precisely where a novel comes from. Patricia Highsmith once wrote, “ideas come to me like birds in the corner of my eye.” Until very recently this felt like an apt syno…
How Etel Adnan Shaped a Generation of Poets — At the 2026 Venice Biennale, artists and writers converged on Yto Barrada’s exhibition at the French Pavillion to pay tribute to Lebanese-American artist Etel Adnan. A stalwart polymath working acr…
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Lit Hub Daily: June 15, 2026 — Emily Temple reads every summer reading list (so you don’t have to). | Lit Hub Reading Lists Everything you didn’t think you needed to know about how squids have sex. | Lit Hub Nature D…
It's time to talk about my writerdeck — tldr: * I installed console-only Debian on an old laptop (no desktop OS at all) * I added some packages to make it work better for writing: * network-manager for connecting to hotspots while I'm away * kmscon for custom fonts an
I HAS A BUCKET! — An ancient internet in-joke shrine.
Google Patents — Search and read the full text of patents from around the world with Google Patents, and find prior art in our index of non-patent literature.
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Associatio…
Substack writers, you need a website! — Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you …
Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday — Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark a century ago today. He is totem as much as poet, arguably the most famous American writer of verse in the twentieth-century. There’s the Ginsberg dancing like a
Peter Hessler on the Implications of a Chinese Education — Acclaimed nonfiction writer Peter Hessler joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new memoir, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education. Hessler, a New Yorker staff writer …
library book had a handwritten note tucked in the back: 'if you're reading this, you've already decided the ending.' spent the whole book trying to figure out what that meant. it wasn't about the plot.
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Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings? — Why is everyone killing off their main characters? In the academic year 2021-2022 at the liberal arts college where I teach, I was startled by the trend. A plot contagion. Nothing is off limits, I …
Epic Games asks Supreme Court to deny Apple’s petition in App Store case - 9to5Mac — Epic Games is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Apple’s latest attempt to challenge two rulings in its long-running legal fight over off-App-Store purchases.
“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley — I first started reading Grace Paley in the weeks after my second novel was published, as I sought refuge from refreshing Goodreads, from waiting for the Booker Prize Committee to phone. Reading the…
Comedian's bit about how your brain treats a typo in your own text vs everyone else's — you'll never unsee it once you notice
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Goeasy Launches Plan to Thwart Takeover Bids After Stock’s 76% Plunge — Subprime lender Goeasy Ltd. adopted a shareholder rights plan as its results showed more consumer credit strain. The shares fell.
Learn language in context - Clozemaster — Learn languages in context.
Obsidian and the Birds: An Odyssey of Wonder from the Aztecs to the Quantum World — A recent visit to Teotihuacán — the ancient Mesoamerican city in present-day Mexico, built by earlier cultures around 600 BCE and later rediscovered by the Aztecs — left me wonder-smitt…
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Book Prizes Don't Work How You Think — all the beans that's fit to spill
Home Assistant isn't just for smart homes—here are 8 other ways to use it — Organize your whole life with Home Assistant.
Idioms and phrases — The largest dictionary of idioms and phrases currently in use in British, American and Australian English. Over 12,000 phrases and expressions.
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Etymology - Etymology, Origin & Meaning — "facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie… See origin and meaning of etymology.
Ventriloquist Central | A Tribute to Ventriloquism | "Keeping the Art of Ventriloquism alive" — The art of throwing your voice.
Get the best battery life for your MacBook by changing these settings — Laptop batteries don't last forever, but there are some things that you can do today that may affect the lifespan of your MacBook's battery.
How I Experience Web — A pointed art piece on the modern web.
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Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working main camera! — Catcrafts — Today i bring the working main camera! Building on the work nondescriptpointer did on the wide lens camera i have written the driver for the main camera and now its working alongside auto focus and color correction.…
3 Kinds of Loneliness and 4 Kinds of Forever — Loneliness is the fundamental condition of life — we are born by another, but born alone; die around others (if we are lucky and loved), but die alone; we spend our lives islanded in our one …
Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis. — Rejoice, friends! The great city of Minneapolis is getting a new indie press. Lost Kite Editions (LKE) is a new nonprofit publisher specializing in poetry and literary prose. The press aim
UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia — The drones have been used for the first time in mainland Russia to hit military and industrial targets.
The Best Way to Use Summer Tomatoes Is This No-Cook Pasta Sauce — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/recipes/2026/2026-08/no-cook-puttanesca-sauce/no-cook-puttanesca-sauce-2"> This idea grew straight out of our summer garden pasta and that grated…
Apple Account Card in Wallet Now Available in Four More Countries — Apple has expanded support for the Apple Account Card in the Wallet app to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta. The Apple Account Card option for Wallet started rolling out in 2022, and Apple has been…
Braves manager Weiss tossed for arguing balk call against Sale — Braves manager Walt Weiss was ejected in the fifth inning against the Yankees on Saturday for arguing a balk charged to ace Chris Sale.
Lightning strike kills Thai footballer during match — Footage shows the moment a lightning strike hit a football player in southern Thailand, during a semi-final match.
21 Best Beaches in Brazil, From Rio to Bahía — Praia da Galheta, Copacabana, and Morro Branco are just a few of the idyllic beaches you’ll want to include on your Brazil itinerary.
Armenian Apostolic Church leader faces trial as feud with PM deepens — Catholicos Karekin II and six other clerics are accused of failing to reinstate a bishop who was defrocked.
Introducing: The Albishorn Marinagraph Classic — The brand known for "imaginary vintage" creations takes its mechanical regatta chronograph and introduces a bit more restraint in execution.
Woman questions hosepipe ban while leak not fixed — Linda Kirby says she reported the leak in June.
'Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave' preview: Anime chess is back with a vengeance — Featuring one very mean and cool woman.