Ranking NFL quarterbacks by trait: Best arm, accuracy, more — Does Josh Allen have the league's strongest arm? Is Lamar Jackson still the most unstoppable QB rusher? And where does Caleb Williams stand among the best improvisers?
These 3 desk upgrades don't exist on Amazon—so I printed them instead — Custom accessories helped me clear the clutter without replacing my desk.
Satechi Launches 240W ChargeView Desktop Charger With Six USB-C Ports — Satechi today launched the ChargeView 240W Desktop Charger, a successor to the 140W ChargeView released last year. The ChargeView 240W can power multiple devices at one time, splitting 240W across six USB-C…
Zelenskyy vows response after Russian strike kills 24 in Kyiv — Ukraine’s air force says the attack on Thursday was part of the largest aerial assault since the war began.
How Not to Waste Your Life — “Let me not seem to have lived in vain,” the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe whispered on his deathbed, not realizing that the astronomical tables he was leaving behind would become the p…
Bond Traders Keep Cointoss Wager on September Fed Hike Post-CPI — Traders held on to their hedges that Federal Reserve officials could raise interest rates at their next meeting in September, pricing in a roughly 50% chance of a move after a tame reading of US inflation.
Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem — For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui. The poets corresponded using…
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Best gifts for teenage girls in 2026: 35+ unique gift ideas according to teens IRL and online — If they haven't dropped any ultra-specific hints, TikTok definitely has.
Who killed Tupac? What to know about the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis — Three decades after rapper Tupac Shakur's death, a former California gang boss is the first person to be prosecuted.
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Trump scales down war games with South Korea: Why it matters — US president cites Seoul's reluctance to back his war on Iran, and his warm ties with North Korea's leader as reasons.
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On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History) — On November 22, 1963—the day on which President Kennedy arrived in Dallas to lay the groundwork for his 1964 reelection campaign and Richard Hofstadter set off from Oxford to attend…
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Borges on How to Conquer Time — “Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am t…
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How the Rest of the World Sees America (Through the Eyes of Its Writers) — I’ve spent much of my career reporting outside the United States, but in recent years, many of my interviews have ended the same way: with questions to me about what is happening at home. The…
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Country People — The wife had been offered a one-year visiting professorship at a college in Vermont, and the husband was married to the wife. They had two children, a son and a daughter. The plan was for the husba…
Iran MOU Expires With Diplomacy Still in Play — Bloomberg News Middle East Reporter Dan Williams is on Bloomberg This Weekend discussing how the expiration of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding is unlikely by itself to trigger a return to all-out fighting, with diplomatic…
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ASX Profit Misses Estimates as Attia Prepares to Lead Exchange — ASX Ltd.’s full-year profit missed estimates and costs grew ahead of incoming chief executive officer Anthony Attia’s arrival at the Australian exchange next month.
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Can Mourinho restore Real Madrid to former glory? — Jose Mourinho is back at Real Madrid 13 years after leaving the club. But can the 63-year-old recapture the success of his first spell and deliver trophies at the Bernabeu? BBC Sport speaks to those who know Mourinho and Real…
bell hooks on the Power of Being in the Margins — Fifteen years into reading and writing in order to learn how to live, I looked back on these marginalia on the search for meaning and realized that the people whose lives and work have most moved m…
How Two Souls Can Interact with One Another: Simone de Beauvoir on Love and Friendship — It is in relationships that we discover both our depths and our limits, there that we anneal ourselves and transcend ourselves, there that we are hurt the most and there that we find the…
China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after lift-off — China’s Long March 7A rocket exploded shortly after lifting off from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan.
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ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound. — With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.
Nature and Creativity: The Science of “Soft Fascination” and How the Natural World Resets the Brain — “Our everyday experience does not prepare us to assimilate the gaping hugeness of the Grand Canyon or the crashing grandeur of Niagara Falls. We have no response at the ready;…
The B-52's Announce 'Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia' Reissue With Previously Unreleased Songs — In 1982, the B-52’s teamed up with David Byrne for an album and ended up putting out the Mesopotamia EP instead. Rumors swirled that the band didn’t like working with the Talking Heads…
Ventriloquist Central | A Tribute to Ventriloquism | "Keeping the Art of Ventriloquism alive" — The art of throwing your voice.
Colombia quake: Frantic search for survivors as over 2,700 reported missing — Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills at least 132 people and causes widespread damage in western Colombia.
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How Leprosy Was Used as a Weapon Against Hawaii’s Indigenous Population — Father Damien was a dirty man. Everyone agreed on that. Dirt would accumulate under his fingernails; he rarely washed his hands. His clothes—his habitual cassock and wide-brimmed hat—were worn for …
Trump says new Iran negotiations starting: What we know — Analysts say deal on Hormuz might be achievable but lasting peace agreement still far off.
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Hollywood Box Offices Are Back — Hollywood has once again cheated death. The first seven-plus months of 2026 have revived the industry’s faith — not just in movies but in the act of going to the theater. Global ticket sales have increased 15% from a year earlier and are on pace…
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This $13 Amazon Find Helps Prevent Irritating Kitchen Messes (Over 7,000 Were Bought Last Month) — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//stock/custom%20stock/Stock-Lifestyle-Stove_063"> No kitchen should be without one. <a…
Lit Hub Daily: July 13, 2026 — How cell phone novels became the iconic genre among young writers on the Y2k internet. | Lit Hub Criticism “To drink is to enter of a labyrinth of romantic, thrilling, even glamorous myths; t…
Gold Has Been in Bull Market for 25 Years, Wilson Says — Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley chief US equity strategist and CIO, talks about using gold as a defensive asset to protect your portfolio. He says gold has been in a bull market for 25 years. He speaks on "Bloomberg Money."…
Moroccan police arrest over 100 migrants trying to reach Spanish enclave — A social media campaign encouraged people to flock to Ceuta just weeks after many died while making the crossing.
Ancient Library — Read the Greek & Latin Classics in the Original — Read the Greek and Latin classics in the original — 1,060 works with every word parsed, every form defined, and full dictionary entries from Lewis & Short and LSJ.
No evidence of data breach after Chinese-made component found in Navy drones, MoD says — The Royal Navy's new sea drones were found to include a Chinese-made component which sent communication to a Chinese IP address.
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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species — The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
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What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish? — I went to high school and college at the height of the women’s liberation movement, in the 1970s. We knew that sexism was a problem—but we were solving it. My father, the center of our household, e…
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Como sign defender Chalobah from Chelsea — Como have signed defender Trevoh Chalobah from Chelsea in a deal worth more than £30m.
Lit Hub Daily: July 24, 2026 — Tarot reader Lisa Stardust examines Sylvia Plath’s relationship to her deck. | Lit Hub Criticism How the expectation that “books are now asked to function simultaneously as texts and as…