Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my kitchen counter three weeks ago. The bubbles stopped yesterday. Now I'm genuinely nervous to open it.
At least 19 dead after major earthquake strikes southern Philippines — The magnitude-7.8 quake triggered small tsunami waves in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my counter. Three weeks in and it smells like a gym locker — but apparently that's the good kind of wrong. 🫙
autistici.org - Manifesto - who we are and what do we want — Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery — Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Andrej Karpathy blog — Musings of a Computer Scientist.
Pixel 11's 'Rambler' voice-to-text is a game-changer, but it should copy this feature [Video] — If there’s one part of using the Pixel 11 that I’ve really come to enjoy, it’s Gboard’s new voice-to-text tool,...
Picking berries is my meditation — I hated picking berries as a teenager. Now the solitude it gives me is something I plan my whole summer around.
One More Step | Dia Manoj Kumar Bhat | TEDxThe Orchid School — Life can take unexpected turns and sometimes things may not go the way we want. This talk shares simple and funny stories about running, failure, friendship, and growing a plant to show that we should not give up…
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 248 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements — Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users…
Where does this USMNT rank among great World Cup hairstyles? — The USMNT's unique hairstyles are turning heads at the World Cup, and it's thanks to their embedded barber who gives them fresh cuts in camp.
The License Plate Game Has Gone Pro — Years ago, when I lived in Montana, there seemed to be one license plate: the state’s outline around the edge; light blue across the top representing the sky with the word MONTANA printed in white; then a colorful jagged line of mountains on
This is every new feature in Android 17 [Video] — Android 17 is here and it's finally ready for primetime, and here's every single feature you need to know before installing.
Top Stories: Apple Leaks - Camera-Equipped AirPods, Beats 360, and More — It was a big week for leaks in the Apple world, with Apple itself revealing information on a bunch of upcoming products within a macOS Tahoe 26.7 build and retailers leaking details on new Beats 360…
“The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box — In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about faith, war, and leadership.
been meditating for like two months and the thing nobody tells you is that your brain gets louder first — before it gets quiet 🧠
Why You Should Wait Until 2027 to Make Any Major Backpacking Purchases — Next year will be a banner year for ultralight and affordable gear.
McIlroy admits concerns as Scheffler regains winning feeling at St Jude — Rory McIlroy says "he felt lost" as he toils to a 66th-place finish - 25 strokes behind champion Scottie Scheffler - at the St Jude Championship in Memphis.
Fantasy football: Best picks from each draft slot in 10-team leagues in Rounds 1 and 2 — Once you know your draft slot, it's great to plan for which players might be available when your picks come around as you lay the foundation for your team.
12 Best Coffee Subscriptions for Single-Origin Obsessives, Decaf Drinkers, and Everyone in Between — Never run out of beans again.
Best earbuds deal: Google Pixel Buds 2a are back to $99 — The only thing getting canceled today is background noise.
Strength Begins in the Mind | Smriti Kuchhal | TEDxKKWIEER — What is the heaviest weight we carry in life? Is it the challenges before us, or the limits we place upon ourselves? In this talk, Smriti Kuchhal explores how true strength is built long before we step onto the field,…
WHY NOT? | Rijve Arefin | TEDxKhulna University — This talk describes about the individualistic mindset that always pushes us back from taking initiatives. Every person constantly reaches to their very own 'Why not me" moment. Yet, they often ignore their own peak potential &…
Australian Wheat Crop Expected to Drop 26% on Weather, War Costs — Australia’s winter wheat crop is forecast to fall by more than a quarter in the 2026/27 season due to unusually dry weather, low global prices and higher input costs resulting from the war in the Middle East.
Ipswich sign Japan forward Maeda from Celtic — Ipswich Town sign Japan forward Daizen Maeda from Celtic on a contract until summer 2029.
About That ‘Super Bowl Moment’ in the Middle of ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ — Jane Schoenbrun tells IndieWire about the hours of prep, and Counting Crows, that went into the slasher sequence in the middle of their latest film.
NYT Connections hints and answers for July 20. Tips to solve 'Connections' #1135. — Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #1135.
‘Young generations just want to leave’: Libya, 15 years after Tripoli fell — Professionals who left a country in turmoil say they are unlikely to return as more in Libya could be planning to leave.
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Iran Attacks US Bases; Fed Call & AI Earnings Loom | The Opening Trade 7/29/2026 — Iran fired on American forces overnight and the US and Saudi Arabia struck Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, abruptly ending a days-long lull in hostilities. The US and Iran had paused attacks at…
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Is Pakistan ‘using India’s playbook’ in Kashmir? — Pakistan is facing accusations that its forces have killed unarmed protesters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
David Rothenberg Arrives at the Punch Line — The ninety-two-year-old theatre producer and prison activist stopped by 54 Below to make a career pivot—standup comedy, dishing on Charles Laughton and Peggy Lee.
AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals — Firm behind ChatGPT reveals agent powered by its models chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself
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Shaking up the coffee world! Entirely new way of making espresso unveiled — Researchers at UNSW Sydney have harnessed the power of ultrasonic sound waves to make espresso-strength coffee with room temperature water, cutting energy use by up to 75%.
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar next to my bed for three weeks. My apartment now smells like something died, but also like I know what I'm doing.
Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says — What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.
Started fermenting hot sauce in a jar on my kitchen counter, forgot about it for three weeks, opened it expecting disaster. The smell made me understand why people keep doing this.
Neil Thompson: Is there a 'Secret Sauce' driving AL Model development? — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
5 things I never back up to the cloud — Cloud storage is convenient, but it's not the safest place for everything
‘The world is sounding an alarm’: Why big tech is the new colonist — Power is no longer exercised through military force alone, but via technology, finance and control over information.
We’re Live From Monterey Car Week 2026 — Sunday, August 9th Monterey Car Week—the annual extravaganza of all things automobile—is upon us. We cover this event (well, events) more than any other, particularly the auctions, with previews, news from the ground, and…
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watched someone ferment a single cucumber for 40 days and document the exact moment it stopped being a vegetable... the color shift alone is hypnotic
Programmers need to start meditating now — For over 20 years, the meditative focus of programming has been one of the best parts of my job. Every week I’d spend countless hours in a flow state, which quiets the default mode network. The DMN is responsible for…
Most people mess up their grind size first, always—too fine and your water fights through sludge, too coarse and it's gone in seconds. Watched someone pull a genuinely good shot with grocery-store beans just by getting that one variable right.
watched someone meditate for 20 minutes and realized they weren't trying to clear their mind — they were just letting it get boring enough to stop fighting back 🧠
The Papers: UK-made drones 'strike Russia' and 'phone theft Britain' — Ukraine uses UK British-made drones to strike Russia and 230 phones a day stolen in the UK lead the Sunday papers.
Over 160 killed, 800 missing in Nepal after devastating Himalayan floods — Rescue teams are rushing to find hundreds of people still missing after flash floods near Nepal's border with China.
This coffee roaster maps out the exact temperature curve for every bean they use, and you can see why a two-degree difference tastes completely different.
Shakespearean Parenting | Cup of Jo — By the wonderful Grace Farris.
3 perfect-score HBO Max documentaries to watch this weekend (July 31-August 2) — A shark-scarred beach town, surfing's wildest brotherhood, and a Hollywood secret kept for decades.
Earl Spencer to publish story of his sister, Princess Diana — Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is due to be released in the UK next month, nearly 30 years after she died.
Female clones created from the blood of male mice — A CRISPR-based tool can perform sex reversal on male mouse embryos, reliably turning them into healthy females – a feat that could be valuable for conservation
Betterment CEO Warns on Sports Betting — Betterment CEO Sarah Levy sounds the alarm on Gen Z treating sports betting like investing. She joins Open Interest to explain why gambling apps, social-media financial advice and speculative trading are blurring the line between…
Ariana Grande pulls out of musical for break from 'endless' scrutiny — The US singer, 33, will "step back from visibility" at the end of her world tour, her representative says.
Apple will be launching its first pair of smart glasses next year: Here's what's coming - 9to5Mac — As soon as next year, Apple will be debuting its first pair of AI-powered smart glasses. They’ll integrate Visual Intelligence...
left cabbage in salt water for three days and it tastes sharper than the fresh stuff. apparently that's just... how it works.
Made kimchi for the first time and the jar exploded in my fridge! Turns out I didn't burp it enough and now my entire kitchen smells like a Korean restaurant had a fight with my produce drawer 🥒💥🔥