How Do We Know What We Want: Milan Kundera on the Central Ambivalences of Life and Love — “We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come… We live everything as it comes, wi…
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers — The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Ben Fountain (Rasputin Swims the Potomac) Courtney Maum (Al…
A typographer mapped every decision in a single letter—kerning, weight, angle—and showed how changing one millimeter shifts the whole thing. Lettering is half the read.
“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other — Once a year, I google the name of a man who will always be a stranger to me. In 2008, my former spouse discovered this man lying behind the fast-food restaurant where they both worked, bleeding to …
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.
This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published — This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On June 4, 1940, the day her debut novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter was published, 23-year-old Carson McCulle
Every literary(ish) person who attended Taylor Swift’s wedding. — Usually when I hear about a party thrown by the most famous person in the world, I don’t immediately assume that someone like me should be there. What does make me think that delusional thought is …
Nine Books That Showcase Queer Life in the Arab World — When the genocide in Gaza began in 2023, I remember seeing a repeated commentary on social media: every time a queer-presenting person posted about Israeli war crimes, a troll would pop up to tell …
The 8 Best Spiceology Spice Blends, According to Our Editors — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/photo/2026/08-2026/2026-08-spiceology-rankings/spiceology-rankings-372"> Our team loves a good spice blend. There are so many combos to choose from, and…
Why are you still using Google Assistant on Android? [Poll] — Google Assistant has an official end-of-life date – September 4. While many have already made the jump to Gemini, a...
found a comic artist who draws the same character aging through 50 years and honestly it's making me feel things about time i wasn't ready for
The Seekers of Deer Creek — 1998 They are running again. Deep into the seam of the Wisconsin woods, through the gaps in the spruces and pines. Along the golden jog of the creek. They fly past the yowling of dogs, the hiss of …
A Room of Her Own: What Women Writers Sacrifice to Pursue Their Passion — In the mid-2000s, the Guardian weekend magazine ran a regular feature called “Writers’ Rooms.” As a secretly aspiring writer (is there any other kind?) I couldn’t get enough, poring ove…
How to Live Fully: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Remedy for Our Resistance to Change — The most assuring thing about life is that we can change, that things can change, that they are always changing. The most maddening is that despite living in a universe that is one constant transmu…
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The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb from Weirdo #17 | Philip K. Dick — I have added a link to a .cbr file (Comic Book Archive) to download and read on your electronic device if that would be easier for your enjoyment of the story. The Religious Experience of…
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Building from Zero After Addiction, Prison, and a Felony — I spent ages 14-16 in a maximum-security juvenile prison, became a felon at 19, lost almost everything to addiction, and later rebuilt my life through software, open source, and a few people who took a chance on me. This
Learn Toon Boom Animation Skills in Days with New Training Courses | Toon Boom — Learn Toon Boom Animation Skills in Days with New Training Courses
Meta claims its own AI also hacked into a third-party service during testing — Meta says its AI model accessed the internet during testing and hacked an organization thanks to a blunder by its evaluation partner.
Can Naomi Osaka defeat Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon? — Naomi Osaka has been on a hot streak at Wimbledon and has yet to drop a set. Up next: world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Insignificant Bullets, Evil Poachers, and L.A. Culture | Work in Progress
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.
Here's what you'll need to watch Netflix in 4K on Chrome — Here's what you'll need to watch Netflix in 4K on Chrome.
Explore the Best Anime Art | DeviantArt — Want to discover art related to anime? Check out amazing anime artwork on DeviantArt. Get inspired by our community of talented artists.
Don's Maps - Palaeolithic / Paleolithic European, Russian, Ukrainian and Australian Archaeology / Archeology — Resources for the study of Palaeolithic European, Russian, Ukrainian and Australian Archaeology
Japan’s Producer Price Gains Stay High as BOJ Mulls Rate Path — Prices for Japan’s corporate goods continued to rise at an elevated pace in July, keeping high cost pressure on companies, as central bank officials continue to consider whether to proceed with additional interest…
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World Cup Day 1: The games, predictions, stories shaping the tournament — The biggest FIFA World Cup ever starts today in Mexico. Here are the schedule, predictions, key stories shaping day one.
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Living Lines Library — Behind-the-scenes animation.
England complete victory despite dropped catches galore — England eased into the semi‑finals with a 38‑run win over West Indies, overcoming six dropped catches - their most since facing the same side in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
What We Know About Iran's Hormuz Agreement With Oman — Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman on a proposed route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a potential step toward a reopening of the critical waterway for energy supplies. Bloomberg's Michael Heath breaks…
‘Desert Hearts’ at 40: The Cast and Director on the Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Everyone Was Waiting for — 'Desert Hearts' director Donna Deitch and stars Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver relive making the 1986 lesbian classic. Oral history interview.
Pimco Sees Fed on Hold Through 2026 as Inflation Moderates — Marc Seidner, CIO for non-traditional strategies at Pimco, discusses the outlook for inflation, the US economy and Federal Reserve policy. "We're much less fussed about about the inflation outlook on a forward-looking…
The Tragedy of Loving Sylvia Plath — My Sylvia Plath fandom dates back to the early nineties, when I was in my late teens and randomly pulled The Bell Jar off the shelf at my local library in suburban Salt Lake City. I had never heard…
Your vote matters! Decide which Audience Choice sessions will make it to TechCrunch Founder Summit | TechCrunch — Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder Summit in Boston on November 4 will be no different!
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Against Usefulness — In a Brooklyn warehouse, a man handed me a piece of paper that was a running computer program.
Market Will Be Disappointed By Warsh: Gerrity — Kelley Gerrity, fixed income client portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." They discuss Gerrity's expectations ahead of Fed chair Kevin Warsh's speech tomorrow at…
The Wrong Abstraction — Sandi Metz — I've been thinking about the consequences of the "wrong abstraction." My RailsConf 2014 "all the little things" talk included a section where I asserted: > duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction And in the summary,…
What has been the impact of new owners on The Hundred? — BBC Sport looks at the impact new owners have had on The Hundred as the first season since private stakes were sold in teams draws to a close.
The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't — The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
Launch was just step one. Inside Roman's 100‑day checkout in space. — Only a short wait for mind-blowing astronomy.
Deals: AirPods, AirTag 2, M6 Mac mini, iPhone 17 Pro, more 9to5Mac — Joining ongoing price drop on AirPods Pro 3 and the all-time lows on AirTag 2 from $20 each, the pre-orders...
I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces (sound on). Wish there was a 10-hour YT version for work bac — I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces (sound on). Wish there was a 10-hour YT version for work background noise…
How a Childhood Bookmobile Sparked My Love of Reading — When I was a child, the public library in my small Alabama town, a one-story frame building that had once been the train depot, was off-limits to me. This was the early 1960s, more than a decade be…
That time when I failed the Microsoft interview — The year was 2015, halfway through my Computer Science bachelor’s degree. I had spent a few months contributing to open source and my confidence levels were high, so I thought: why not aim for a summer internship at…
Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher — In the history of the invention of the typesetting machine and the consequent birth of mass media, Mark Twain is the Zelig of our tale, returning frequently as a typesetter in his brother’s ratty n…
‘Camp Miasma’ Raises an Important Question: How Are Our Favorite Slasher Franchises Doing? — With "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" now playing in theaters, it's a good time to check in with the real franchises that inspired the film.
Kurt Vonnegut’s Life-Advice to His Children — Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs.
JBL’s soundbar with detachable rear speakers is over $300 off — Modular, versatile, and steeply discounted.
Today's Hurdle hints and answers for August 10, 2026 — Everything you need to win.
In Praise of Observational Evidence — Everyone knows RCTs are the gold standard of evidence. ….Right?
dBase: 1979-2026 — Litigation, neglect killed dBase. The dBase newsgroup servers went off-line since November 2025. Court-smart dBase vendors and AI accelerated the fall.
Australia Spring Property Season Begins Sharply Lower Than 2025 — Australia’s spring property season began with far fewer homes going under the hammer than a year earlier, even as auction clearance rates held broadly steady, according to data from property researcher Cotality.
Nothing's CMF Buds Neo earbuds almost sound too good to be true at just $25, available now — Nothing has somewhat quietly launched its new CMF Buds Neo, a pair of wireless earbuds that are somehow only $25....
Ebola case detected in seventh DR Congo province — Case found in northwestern province of South-Ubangi bordering the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville.
GitHub - antoineleclair/is-it-greg — Contribute to antoineleclair/is-it-greg development by creating an account on GitHub.