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Calvin and Hobbes and the Price of Integrity — How Bill Watterson Stuck to His Guns — and Vanished

Say hello to Claude Wrapped — It allows you to see an analysis of your usage data over the past month, three months, six months, or year.

Apple Seeds Fourth visionOS 27 Beta to Developers — Apple today provided developers with the fourth beta of an upcoming visionOS 27 update for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after Apple released the third beta. visionOS 27 can be installed by opening the…

this guy's been tracking wave quality at the same beach break every single day for 3 years, made a data viz that shows you exactly when the swell peaks

this guy's been tracking wave quality at the same beach break every single day for 3 years, made a data viz that shows you exactly when the swell peaks

This artist has been drawing the same character every single day for 12 years... the evolution is 😭

This artist has been drawing the same character every single day for 12 years... the evolution is 😭

Sport events in the UK affected by eclipse — The horse racing meeting at Ffos Las in South Wales will begin about two hours earlier on Wednesday because of the solar eclipse.

On the ‹dl› — The semantics you didn’t know you needed.

Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 11th — See today’s Daily Cartoon.

Steam Machine — Your games on the big screen

Ballot paper for Clacton by-election is longest in British electoral history — The list of 34 candidates standing in the Clacton by-election is nearly a metre long.

Found a 1987 comic where the artist drew the same panel twice by mistake — but the second time the villain's expression changed just enough that it completely rewrites what he was thinking. Ten year old me never noticed.

Found a 1987 comic where the artist drew the same panel twice by mistake — but the second time the villain's expression changed just enough that it completely rewrites what he was thinking. Ten year old me never noticed.

There's a database of every panel where Spider-Man's web actually breaks, organized by year and tensile strength, it's weirdly thorough

There's a database of every panel where Spider-Man's web actually breaks, organized by year and tensile strength, it's weirdly thorough

Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas — <p><img alt="" data-width="4080" data-height="3072" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/j5_ya_wwguObTshKeCkSZDg7b7ak-N1QueDK6pyeZ90/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXd…

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.

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.

Boy, 3, no longer critical after crocodile attack — The boy's condition "is no longer critical", police say.

England 'got lucky' with disallowed goal — BBC Sport World Cup pundits Wayne Rooney and Ellen White believe England "got lucky" after Torbjorn Heggem's second-half goal was ruled out for a foul on Elliott Anderson by Erling Haaland.

This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust — “It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides,” one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped.

this surfer tracked every wave he rode for a year and mapped where the best swells actually come from — the patterns are nothing like what you'd guess

this surfer tracked every wave he rode for a year and mapped where the best swells actually come from — the patterns are nothing like what you'd guess

Emirates Tel to Sell Vodafone Stake in $6 Billion Deal — Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. has agreed to sell a stake in Vodafone Group Plc to a vehicle controlled by the family of French billionaire Xavier Niel, in a deal valued at almost $6 billion.

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the wave forecast model most surfers use has been wrong about swell direction for decades and nobody noticed until someone mapped the actual buoy data against it

the wave forecast model most surfers use has been wrong about swell direction for decades and nobody noticed until someone mapped the actual buoy data against it

» The Life and Times of Maxis, Part 1: SimEverything The Digital Antiquarian

Life amid Canada’s ‘troubling’ shift on migrant rights — Experts say Canada 'closing the doors' as socioeconomic issues upend decades-long consensus on immigration.

Interactive map of every famous surf break in the world with actual footage of what the wave looks like on different swell days. You can see exactly why people drove across continents for a few seconds of the right tide.

Interactive map of every famous surf break in the world with actual footage of what the wave looks like on different swell days. You can see exactly why people drove across continents for a few seconds of the right tide.

Watched a surfer get perfect barrels for two hours straight while the rest of us got soup. He was just paddling different.

Watched a surfer get perfect barrels for two hours straight while the rest of us got soup. He was just paddling different.

Found a 1987 comic where the artist drew every single background character with a different face. You notice it immediately but can't stop looking.

Found a 1987 comic where the artist drew every single background character with a different face. You notice it immediately but can't stop looking.

A woman spent three years documenting the visual language of manga panel layouts. The breakdown of how Japanese comics guide your eye is genuinely clever.

A woman spent three years documenting the visual language of manga panel layouts. The breakdown of how Japanese comics guide your eye is genuinely clever.

Surfed the same beach break for two years before realizing the best waves only work when the tide is falling and the wind hasn't switched yet. Now I'm there at 6am like a person with a real problem 🌊

Surfed the same beach break for two years before realizing the best waves only work when the tide is falling and the wind hasn't switched yet. Now I'm there at 6am like a person with a real problem 🌊

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.

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.

What’s behind the Israeli crackdown in the occupied West Bank? — Israeli forces intensify West Bank raids as settlers escalate attacks and settlement expansion accelerates.

The aperiodic table — XKCD 3242 is titled "The aperiodic table" and looks like this: Which is cool, but it's not aperiodic like a Penrose tiling . So, with a li...

Discover and Shop What&#x27;s Next | Highsnobiety — Highsnobiety is a global fashion and media brand passionate about product and the stories that shape them. Discover and shop what&#x27;s next.

Discover and Shop What&#x27;s Next | Highsnobiety — Highsnobiety is a global fashion and media brand passionate about product and the stories that shape them. Discover and shop what&#x27;s next.

Sonos Ace Ultra headphones could be on the horizon — An FCC filing detailed new wireless headphones are coming.

why do surfers paddle out on days the forecast says 'flat' and then post photos of actual waves?? 🌊🤔 saw someone's explanation and it rewired how i think about weather apps

why do surfers paddle out on days the forecast says 'flat' and then post photos of actual waves?? 🌊🤔 saw someone's explanation and it rewired how i think about weather apps

The hierarchy of competence — Nine stages of how people operate at work, in strict order, where each one is measured by a job it removes from your manager.

This comic artist draws the same panel over 100 times to show how their style changed in one year. By month six you can barely recognize their own handwriting.

This comic artist draws the same panel over 100 times to show how their style changed in one year. By month six you can barely recognize their own handwriting.

2026 MLB trade deadline prospect watch for all 30 teams — Here's everything you need to know about the young players who could be changing teams this trade season.

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.

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.

This family SUV feels like a huge upgrade without the huge price — This three-row SUV delivers an upscale cabin, clever design, and efficient powertrains without the price tag you'd expect.

Manuale per futuri centri (scritto da attuali margini) | Alessandro Ciacci | TEDxLeverano — E se il margine non fosse il luogo di chi arriva tardi, ma di chi arriva prima degli altri? Con la sua ironia, Alessandro Ciacci ribalta il significato del successo e ci mostra perché le…

US July Core CPI Rises 0.2%, Easing Pressure on Fed — The US consumer price index rose by 0.2% which was bang in line with forecasts. Prices rose by 2.5% from a year earlier, matching the slowest pace since March 2021. Energy, gas and grocery prices all fell on the month. This…

this graphic novel is literally just sequential stills from a security camera watching a guy decide whether to text his ex for three hours

this graphic novel is literally just sequential stills from a security camera watching a guy decide whether to text his ex for three hours

4 affordable multi-tools to kickstart your EDC journey — You don't always need expensive power tools.

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