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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.
MAPfrappe — Overlay one place's outline on another.
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…
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.
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.
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.
US military says two service members killed in Iranian strike in Jordan — US and Iran have stepped up attacks in the last week, prompting alarm about return to full-scale war across the region.
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.
freeCodeCamp — Learn to code, free, forever.
My Weird-But-Amazing Trick for Falling Asleep | Cup of Jo — I’m a lousy sleeper and have often wished for some sort of…
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.
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.
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks — Free public-domain audiobooks.
Project Gutenberg — Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.
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.
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 🎨
Thimbleweed Park 2 — Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Using AI Slop to Sell Cameras Will Never Make Sense to Me — Two companies decided to publish generative AI slop this weekend designed to sell cameras, and I will never understand it.
My Mayor Muslim, My Art Political — Street photographers hit the NYC streets; plus, an inside look at the Pace Gallery downsizing.
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.
LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button — It’s also removing an AI “enhance” feature.
Apple Crostata — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/photo/2026/07-2026/2026-07-crostata/crostata-448"> Lately, the heat of the summer has been hanging on and seeping into early fall. Instead of waiting for cool breezes and falling leaves, I start the…
Sanford Wurmfeld’s Unstable Geometry — He emphasizes the temporality of looking, as well as underscores that one’s experience of time is subjective.
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Will Finally Open — The long-contested museum has an opening date. Plus, V&A Museum workers strike, a Taipei military settlement becomes an artist residency, and a documentary on protest photography.
Artsy — Discover and Buy Fine Art — Artsy is the world’s largest online art marketplace. Browse over 1 million artworks by iconic and emerging artists from 4000+ galleries and top auction houses.
A Little Help From My Friends | Cup of Jo — I was on my fourth radiation session. I was sitting across from…
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…
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
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.
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.
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?
Scientists Capture First Images of Mysterious New Monkey Species with Striking Orange Lips — This is an extraordinarily rare discovery.
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.
Mark Rothko's Color Fields Mirror the Elements in a 'Weather-to-Painting Experiment' — Rothko's paintings form the basis of a project called 'Current Rothko' by New York-based designer and creative director Joonas Virtanen.
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
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.
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.
Four Fun Things | Cup of Jo — “This week, while visiting friends, we started talking about funny idioms, as…
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.
Carmelita Tropicana Was Born Out of the Closet — Hyperallergic spoke with artist Alina Troyano about lesbian performance in 1980s Lower East Side, satirizing stereotypes, and embodying her iconic alter ego.
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.
‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks — Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’
Decision to curtail play at Lord's 'a joke' - Hussain — The decision to abandon play an hour early after a rain-hit third day of England’s second Test against Pakistan is criticised by former captain Nasser Hussain and fans.
Trompe-L'œil Paintings by Jason Limon Reveal a Hidden Skeletal World — Jason Limon imagines a playful world in which vintage illustrations are the colorful veneer concealing a universe populated by skeletons.
Lando Norris signs new contract to stay at McLaren until at least 2030 — Reigning world champion Lando Norris has committed his long-term future to McLaren after signing a new contract to remain at the team until at least 2030.
Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’ — Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as AEMO forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power use
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.
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.
‘Shameful’: Western allies slam Israel ending probe on aid worker killings — UK, Australia and Canada call Israel’s decision not to investigate deadly 2024 strike on a Gaza aid convoy 'shameful'.
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?