Remembering David Hockney — The British painter who transformed the everyday, and 25 art shows for America 250.
Apple Seeds watchOS 27 Beta 3 to Developers — Apple today seeded the third beta of watchOS 27 to developers, with the update coming two weeks after the launch of the second beta. The beta can be downloaded through the Watch app on the iPhone with a free developer account. The…
How Do You Get Out of a Reading Slump? | Cup of Jo — A Cup of Jo reader named Alex recently commented that she’s stuck…
International Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest Highlights the World from Above — 101 finalists were selected for the 2026 International Aerial Photographer of the Year, marking the second year of the competition.
Four Dozen Artists Celebrate Marine Wildlife and Lore in 'Common Waters' — Arch Enemy Arts joins forces with PangeaSeed for a group show and fundraiser to help conserve our oceans.
After 16 days of chaos, can Italian football reset for new era? — Chaos consumed Italian football as Paolo Maldini and Leonardo resigned during the search for a manager – can Roberto Mancini now bring calm on being given the role?
MAPfrappe — Overlay one place's outline on another.
A Little Help From My Friends | Cup of Jo — I was on my fourth radiation session. I was sitting across from…
Connecticut’s Artists Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight — The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's inaugural decennial exhibition showcases works by 40 artists in the state, all made in the last decade.
𝕆𝔹𝔼𝕃𝕀𝕊𝕂 — Come, let us build a tower that reaches to the heavens.
PSNI officer 'had intelligence on Donaldson abuse a year before complaint' — A BBC investigation has been told a detective and a child safeguarding expert identified Donaldson after speaking to a victim.
Doctors and women who've had it call for more attention on postpartum psychosis — The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you — Workers are often even more vulnerable than consumers, the researchers say.
Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia — Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.
freeCodeCamp — Learn to code, free, forever.
Queen meets author JK Rowling to mark start of royal week — The Queen said the pair had spoken about their "deep love of books" and importance of children reading.
Announcing Vite+ Beta — Vite+ Beta brings the tools needed to create, develop, check, test, and maintain modern web projects into one fast and consistent workflow.
Israel charges settler for killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen — Awdah Hathaleen, who worked on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was killed last July in occupied West Bank.
The Hudson River School’s American Apocalypse — One of the United States’s first major art movements registered anxieties about industrialization, empire, and environmental ruin.
China’s CMOC Makes Iron Ore Push With Brazil Mine Financing Deal — The trading arm of Chinese copper giant CMOC Group Ltd. is making a push into iron ore with a deal to finance a mining company in Brazil.
The War Against Imagination — The SAIC cracks down on a professor’s thought experiment and the Obama Presidential Center embodies a nostalgic idea of public life.
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks — Free public-domain audiobooks.
5 exciting new Milwaukee tools I’m still looking forward to in 2026 — Milwaukee has excellent new tools coming out this summer.
Frontiers | A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on psychological, social, affective, and cognitive well-being — IntroductionBicycling, inclusive of cycling on trail or road, and stationary forms, is recognized for its substantial physical benefits and has gained
We just won another Emmy — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Amoako Boafo Weaves His Portraiture into an Architectural Replica of His Accra Studio — Amoako Boafo is known for his stylized portraiture of Black people, whose skin the artist renders in swirling gestures made with his fingers.
Grace Episcopal Church of City Island in Bronx, New York — <p><img alt="" data-width="4032" data-height="2268" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/H3QaKntqmfHribi3gn03baQf5C4wxGRTkPGz6CfV0ls/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1k…
Not 'something in the beer' - why Czechs are dominating Wimbledon — With Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova set for an all-Czech Wimbledon final, Naomi Broady discusses why the nation produces so many top players and where the final will be won or lost.
Valerie Brathwaite, Abstract Sculptor of the Natural World, Dies at 87 — The artist found inspiration in the geography, vegetation, and wildlife of her home countries of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Looking Up at Constable’s Sky — The British painter’s four seasons, the New Museum’s new director, and which Surrealist painter influenced a soccer jersey?
World number two Rybakina out in biggest French Open upset so far — World number two Elena Rybakina suffers a second-round defeat by Yuliia Starodubtseva in the biggest French Open upset so far.
8 Art Books to Reframe America’s 250th — The real story of the Declaration of Independence, the rise and fall of monuments, contemporary Indigenous artists, drag queens on Fire Island, and other titles for the year’s reading list.
This criminally underrated Linux distro beats CachyOS in every way that matters — Everyone's sleeping on the distro I've been using for the past five years while celebrating its more vanilla brother—and I can't take it anymore.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine — A free library of the entire web's memory.
Society’s Repair Begins With Art — We must cultivate spaces with the capacity to hold another kind of cultural experience that forges a reintegration of art and life.
The Artist Sculpting World Cup History Out of Gum Wrappers — Lyndon Barrois's “sportraits” depict political protest, the fight for equal rights, and soccer's most iconic moments, some of which FIFA would rather forget.
Haaland the late hero as Norway knock out resilient Ivory Coast — Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scores a late winner as Norway beat Ivory Coast 2-1 to book their place in the last 16 in the 2026 World Cup.
Have a Relaxing Weekend. | Cup of Jo — 12 fun links, including a summer dress and beautiful beach.
Project Gutenberg — Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.
7 Inspiring Reader Comments on Life Changes | Cup of Jo — One of my favorite things is when Cup of Jo readers give…
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.
watched an artist spend 6 months painting the same room from different angles. the light changes in like 4 of them and honestly it broke my brain a little 🎨
Cambridge college swift boxes used for first time — The endangered birds are nesting for the first time at the college, which delights its master.
Four Fun Things | Cup of Jo — “This week, while visiting friends, we started talking about funny idioms, as…
Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears — Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI
Eric Carle Museum Workers Push for Union Vote — Employees at the Massachusetts museum established by the children’s book artist behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” cited poor working conditions and under-staffing in a statement.
Artworks by genre - WikiArt.org — Find a full list of art genres from portrait to abstraction at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Flying cars, they said | Nathan Miller | TEDxUConn — "The Silicon Valley innovation model needs a makeover. For the past few decades, as the digital world has consumed modern society, we've been increasingly faced with products and services that generate clicks, collect data, and
Nintendo is fully shutting down Mario Kart Tour in September, no offline version coming — Mario Kart Tour was perhaps the biggest mobile game release in Nintendo’s collection but, as the company shifts away from...
Gauge of Oracle’s Credit Risk Hits Fresh All Time High — A measure of Oracle Corp.’s credit risk hit a record high on Friday as concerns grew about both the company’s aggressive cash-burn and the future profitability of its artificial intelligence investments amid a new Chinese…
A Natural History of William Kentridge’s Studio — Let it be said, the studio is a safe space for stupidity. A space where impulses can be given the benefit of the doubt.
2026 MLB trade deadline preview: Passan's intel on every team — From the contenders eyeing Tarik Skubal to the rebuilders, here's what every front office is thinking ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline.
Hawaii Taps Muni Market to Finish First US Driverless Rail Line — Hawaii’s capital is trading surfboards for light-rail trains as it bets on a new way to get around.
Why The Met Returned a Roman Bust — Erin Thompson on the convicted dealer behind many museum artifacts, an artist tattoos Arabic calligraphy, Peter Hujar’s contact sheets, and more.
Scientists Capture First Images of Mysterious New Monkey Species with Striking Orange Lips — This is an extraordinarily rare discovery.
Processing the Unbearable, Imagining the Radical — To RISD’s graduating class, I say: The most necessary work comes from the willingness to stay in the discomfort of the open question.
UI SFX: 936 Open-Source Interface Sound Effects — 78 semantic UI cues in 12 switchable feels. Preview, install, and ship clean one-shots and seamless loops for web, mobile, SaaS, and games.
Sanford Wurmfeld’s Unstable Geometry — He emphasizes the temporality of looking, as well as underscores that one’s experience of time is subjective.
Eli Roth Reveals How He Made the ‘Saving Private Ryan’ of Splatter Movies with ‘Ice Cream Man’ — 'Ice Cream Man' writer/director Eli Roth talks about directing children and how Spielberg influenced his gory new horror film.
My Weird-But-Amazing Trick for Falling Asleep | Cup of Jo — I’m a lousy sleeper and have often wished for some sort of…