this guy read 10,000+ books and catalogued which ones actually stuck with him — the pattern analysis is unhinged in the best way 📚✨
Lit Hub Daily: August 3, 2026 — Carly Mattox considers Jennette McCurdy’s Half His Age and reckons with the long literary history of age gap relationships. | Lit Hub Criticism What should your kids read this August? Try one…
“Days and Nights in the Forest” Emerges from the Shadows — This passionate melodrama by Satyajit Ray, about four middle-class men on a heedless spree in a rural village, is a teeming panorama of social divisions and inequities.
16 Hours in an Oakland Dive Bar - Longreads — "Very few Oakland establishments open before noon. Club 2101 in Dimond is one of them. For patrons, it’s a second home."
Congress Used to Work. What Happened? — A lot of its dysfunction goes back to Newt Gingrich.
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus — Find rhymes and related words.
Who Are You When You Lose Your Job? And Other Questions You Can Answer by Making Art — After I was laid off, I found myself haunted by the line “Had a dream I was Bartleby.” It had come to me very much like a dream, not thought so much as arrived. I wrote it down on the first pie
The Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins — In a career that spanned more than sixty years, the legendary jazz saxophonist’s name became synonymous with the art itself—and he never stopped pushing the genre forward.
Instagram now lets you rearrange your Photos grid - 9to5Mac — Instagram is rolling out one of its most requested features: the ability to manually reorder posts on your profile grid. Here’s how to do it.
Postscript: Donald Newhouse — The newspaper visionary and owner of Condé Nast, who died last week, at the age of ninety-six, understood the value of editorial independence.
someone indexed every podcast episode by the exact moment a guest changes their mind about something. correlation isn't causation but the patterns are weird
The Summer I Surrendered to Wilson Phillips — In 1990, three daughters of rock royalty—nepo babies before the term was invented—released “Hold On,” a song so wholesome and unguarded that it could disarm even the angstiest teen.
Bessent's Buybacks Versus Warsh's Rate Reality — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh seem to have different instincts on some important policy issues — including whether to boost the economy or restrain it, and how much to communicate about policy…
Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump? — The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.
There's a podcast where the host reads bad Amazon reviews of normal things for an hour. I listened to someone's genuine fury about a spatula and couldn't stop laughing for two days.
How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
The Price of Thinking for Yourself | DEEPANSHI ARORA | TEDxRainbow School Youth — In this talk, Deepanshi explores what happens when we silence ourselves in small moments to fit in. Drawing on psychologist Solomon Asch's landmark research on conformity, she argues that we…
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 28th — A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
How Raghu Rai Captured an India in Transition — The photographer Raghu Rai, who died last month, at the age of eighty-three, spent his life chronicling the highs and lows of the country’s post-colonial evolution.
A Winding Road, a Bottle of Wine, and a Crash That Keeps Punishing Oak Grove - Longreads — "Ananya Rao was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend from Lakeside High was killed. But her parents might go to prison."
there's a podcast where someone just reads old Reddit threads about people's worst apartment discoveries. The comments are funnier than the stories? 🎧
NOVA Online | The Proof | Solving Fermat: Andrew Wiles
Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 3rd — A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’ — The “harmony machine” will be out by the end of the year for “around £550.“
England's second-half response crushes Australia — England produce dominant second-half performance to comfortably defeat Australia at CorpAcq Stadium in the opening game of the new WXV Global Series.
Skip the trade-in: 3 reasons everybody should own two Android phones — Two Android phones aren't a luxury—they're the practical solution.
Sub Cherki rescues result for Maresca - player ratings for Man City v Bournemouth — How Man City and Bournemouth players rated following their Premier League match.
CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows — It might finally be the time to say goodbye to the blue squares.
Bessent’s Bond Maneuvers Giving Global Debasement Trade New Life — Scott Bessent’s bid to tame US borrowing costs knocked down long-term yields for barely a day. The more lasting market signal: the dollar weakened while gold and Bitcoin rallied, reinforcing a debasement trade…
“You’ve Told Me This Joke Before” — It started with a toaster and ended with a Maytag washerdryer combo and four new steel-belted radials. In between, the UPS, FedEx, Lowe’s deliverer, or mail carrier set down on my front porch a Cui…
From Parliament to prison - the fall of Jeffrey Donaldson — Jeffrey Donaldson's career took him from the UUP to the DUP leadership, but he now faces a prison sentence after being convicted of child sex abuse.
There's a podcast where someone just reads their old LiveJournal entries from 2004 and I came back to this because the secondhand embarrassment somehow feels necessary? 📻
Mindscape — Science, philosophy, and ideas.
Momofuku Just Dropped the Most Delicious New Sauces — We Tried and Ranked Them All — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/groceries/2026/2026-09/momofuku-new-sauces/momofuku-new-sauces-2"> Drizzle the winner on everything. <a…
simple is not small — small programs hide coupling
Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 14th — A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture — Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.
Incident with Pull Requests and Issues — GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Pull Requests and Issues.
The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story — I. The first time he sees it, a chord is struck inside him. He is overcome by a kind of excitement he has no words for. The mountain looms above him. Sheer rock walls rise, snow-covered up top with…
Five wounded in shooting at Virginia State University — Police found the gunshot victims near the university's residence halls.
Camp Saw Folding Hand Saw #camping #amazonfinds — Camp Saw Folding Hand Saw #camping #amazonfinds
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How to Earn a Billion Dollars
Russia, Ukraine Exchange Strikes as US Envoys Head for Kyiv — Russia and Ukraine exchanged another wave of overnight strikes as US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were set to travel to Kyiv from Moscow following talks with President Vladimir Putin.
UAE imposes indefinite trade embargo on Iran over alleged missile attacks — Iran denies launching missiles at the UAE, suggesting the incident was a 'false flag operation'.
iOS 27.2 will help users move data and settings from an old app to its replacement - 9to5Mac — Starting with iOS 27.2, developers will be able to offer users a way to move their data and settings from an existing app to its designated replacement.
The Business of Watches Podcast: Geneva Watch Days President And Former CEO Of Bulgari Jean-Christophe Babin — Babin previews this year's Geneva Watch Days and makes the case for what sets the gathering apart from other watch industry events.
Earwolf Podcast Network — Earwolf is a comedy podcast network with shows like Comedy Bang! Bang!, Office Ladies, How Did This Get Made?, and more.
CrossCountry to provide full service on Monday after major disruption — CrossCountry says its "key priority" is now restoring as close to a normal service as possible.
Why Book Corners won't sync contributions back to OpenStreetMap — I wanted Book Corners to contribute newly submitted public bookcases back to OpenStreetMap. After researching the operational and community requirements, I decided not to implement it.
MVRDV "prioritises human scale" in design of colourful Miami building — <p>Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has designed the Woma mixed-use building in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood with a central plaza and a facade broken up into colour-blocked sections. Developed by Uribe…
World Cup 2026: Day seven — Al Jazeera’s @RahulP_Journo has your #FIFAworldcup26 day 7 recap.
What to Do in New York City This Fall — Culture preview: what’s coming this season in TV, movies, art, theatre, dance, and music.
NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for August 26: Tips to solve Connections #702 — Everything you need to solve Connections Sports Edition #702
Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life — “The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.”
Google Photos' hidden sharing feature replaced texting photos to my family entirely — A photo library that quietly auto-delivers family moments and keeps event memories neatly organized for everyone.
Air Baltic Puts Polus-Backed Financing Plan to Bondholder Vote — Air Baltic Corp has asked bondholders to vote next week on proposed stopgap financing backed by Polus Capital Management and Klirmark Capital.
Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes — Test your ball knowledge with today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.
How 'Book Queen' Dolly Parton inspired millions of children with gift of reading — Families across the globe share how free books from Parton's Imagination Library helped their children.
Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration against the Washington Post. They are ordered to reinstate — Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration against the Washington Post. They are ordered to reinstate her and pay full back pay. The Post fired her almo