This 19th-Century Diary Written by an Enslaved Maryland Man Is a Crucial Record of His Life and Family History—and the Only One of Its Kind Found in the United States — Adam Francis Plummer’s chronicle is believed to be the country’s sole known example of a multigenerational…
Lit Hub Daily: September 9, 2026 — “Language is something that is practiced and learned and something that you can be awful at, and also something that you can get better at. But the only way that you get better is by making m…
France Is the Bellwether for Stress in Global Markets — Investors are shunning its government bonds in favor of corporate debt.
NASA's Hubble sees an exotic spiral galaxy spinning two ways at once — Out of sync in outer space.
15 New Amazon Gadgets I Found on Amazon — FAN MAIL: CRAZY RUSSIAN HACKER P.O. Box 49 Waynesville, NC 28786
Convicted Insider Trader Arrested in Dubai After Fleeing France — A trader convicted of insider dealing was arrested in Dubai on Wednesday after French authorities issued an arrest warrant to force him to serve a three year jail sentence, according to a government official.
left a jar of cabbage on the shelf and forgot about it for three weeks, came back to find it tastes better than anything i've deliberately made
Out of the Park Baseball lets me enjoy baseball even when the Mets suck — OOTP Baseball is a nitty gritty hyper-realistic baseball sim that puts you in the GMs office.
Twisted Teens Announce Third New Album This Year 'The Holy Cross Tigers': Hear "When We First Met" — Not only are Twisted Teens one of the most energizing, charming, straight-up exciting new rock bands to break out this year, they’re also one of the most prolific. The New…
Luxury Shoppers Put Value Ahead of Labels — Bloomberg Pursuits Global Luxury Editor editor Chris Rovzar says luxury shoppers are increasingly prioritizing price, quality and lasting value over labels, helping brands such as Coach and Ralph Lauren gain ground as parts of the…
Rise in babies in care proceedings raises fears of unnecessary adoptions, experts tell BBC — With better support, many babies may not have needed to go into care, File on 4 Investigates is told.
Italy crisis deepens as Belgium’s win stalls World Cup rebuild in Rome — Belgium win 2-0 in Italy as Nations League opener is played out in front of nearly half empty Stadio Olimpico.
To write non-fiction, draw the trunk, then the rest of the tree — – an owl mid flight I saw last summer. try drawing it. “You should have failed this class. I’m going to make accommodations so that no student can pass next semester the same way you did.” This is what my…
New global guidelines warn against obesity drugs for children under 10 — Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization
Republican campaigns see immigration as a winning issue for midterms — Republicans are spending more money and running more ads on immigration than Democrats are ahead of the November midterm elections, according to an NPR analysis of advertisement data.
Credit Agricole Weighs Hedging Risky Debt in Car Dealer SRT — Credit Agricole SA is considering offloading credit risk linked to lending to European car dealerships grappling with cost pressures and the transition to electric vehicles.
McPake's 'colourful' journey from club-less to Scotland call-up in three years — Three years ago, Josh McPake was without a club. Twenty months ago, he was in the shop window but "no-one wanted him". This week, he's involved in his first Scotland camp following a heroic start…
About 49,000 migrants enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta, officials say — This comes after thousands of migrants were reported to have illegally crossed into the territory on Thursday and Friday.
3 shows I bought on DVD because Netflix, Hulu, and Disney wouldn't give me all the episodes — Being a completist in the streaming age is tough with missing episodes and altered content, so I bought my three favorite shows on DVD.
Father John Misty Shares New Single "The X-panded Universe": Listen — Things are afoot in Father John Misty’s universe. No word yet on the follow-up to 2024’s Mahashmashana, but Josh Tillman has dropped two singles this year. “The Old Law” and “The Payoff” were both…
AI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says — CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components.
Welcome - IRCv3 — Welcome to the IRCv3 Working Group. We're a group of IRC client and server software authors working to improve the IRC protocol.
Jays' Guerrero expresses 'regret' over remarks about contract — Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero, who earlier this week said he stood by his remarks that he received a $500 million extension for what he did in the past, said he owed an apology for comments that were "not what I…
Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats — Giorgia Meloni submitted a four-second audio to a EU agency in a bid to protect her voice from deepfakes.
Tremors From AI to Oil Boost Popular Hedge Fund Dispersion Trade — Wild gyrations in individual stocks on a punchy cocktail of AI euphoria and fear, a tumbling bond market and geopolitical drama bode well for a long-favored trade among hedge fund managers.
This architect designed a building with no corners — literally made it impossible to stand in the same spot twice. The geometry broke my brain but also made sense somehow.
Fieldwork turns dilapidated building into mansard-roof-topped home and studio — Local studio Fieldwork has transformed a run-down west London building into a home and casting studio with "a sense of drama and atmosphere."
This could be the best thing to ever happen to Apple's Camera app - 9to5Mac — Apple’s stock Camera app started out with a very straightforward goal: it was intended to allow anyone to pick it...
Silicon Valley ‘sex assault list’ with ‘over 100’ names circulated, warning female tech workers of predators to avoid — “Some of them were very prominent names, you know? People who were famous investors. Businessmen who were in the scene”
Framework has good news and bad news — Some prices are going down, and some might go up.
On California's Central Coast, an Indoor-Outdoor Museum Connects Visitors With Centuries of Chumash Heritage — Inside the new Chumash Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Ynez, California.
How serial killer James Desborough preyed on vulnerable homeless men — Killer James Desborough cut up and burned his victims before dumping them in woodland near his home.
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea — Latest missile launch appears to be a show of force since South Korea's hypersonic missile test-fire, Seoul says.
New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN — PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
Never Stop Driving #202: The Car Trade AI Can’t Replace. — There’s no shortage of hand-wringing these days about which jobs artificial intelligence will eliminate next. The list gets longer every month. Tom Cotter, the host of the Hagerty Barn Find Hunter video series, has a…
What If Emmett Till Had Lived? A New Exhibition Imagines an Alternate Future for the Murdered Black Teenager — Featuring photographs by more than 110 artists, the show honors Till’s memory by inviting viewers to contemplate the person he might have become had he made it to…
🔴 LIVE: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries Around the Globe | LIVESTREAM | National Geographic — Uncover ancient mysteries throughout history in this National Geographic Livestream featuring fourteen full episodes of Lost Cities with Albert Lin, Lost Treasures of the Bible, Lost…
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders 'elsewhere' | TechCrunch — Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.
Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform | TechCrunch — The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.
20 Top Resorts in Central and East Africa 2026: Readers’ Choice Awards — Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top resorts in Central and East Africa.
Wildfires rage across Europe as heatwaves drive record temperatures — Wildfires fuelled by record heat are ravaging Europe, burning around 500,000 hectares and forcing thousands to flee.
Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab — Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert.
More Sunshine with Joey Arias and Basil Twist — The performance artist and the puppeteer are reviving their avant-garde cabaret show, a leggy fantasia beloved by Cyndi Lauper and the late Paul Reubens.
Ronaldo 'greatest symbol' of Portugal - Fernandes — Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes says Cristiano Ronaldo remains the country's greatest footballing figure despite leaving the squad this week after finding out he would not start a match.
The taste changes completely depending on whether you stir it once or twice a day — someone mapped how fermentation bacteria respond to oxygen and it's weirdly precise
DZOFilm's Full-Frame Arles Zooms Promise Prime-Level Performance — Prime quality with zoom versatility.
Efforts underway for Zelenskyy-Trump meeting at UN next week — Trump pushes for a solution to end Moscow's war against Kyiv as civilian deaths in Ukraine rise.
ZK-JPEG: Zero-knowledge Image Editing and Compression — Tools for generating deep fake photographs are proliferating with greater ease of use and prominence in pop culture. Image authentication tools can defeat these deceitful developments by verifying that a digital image was…
A First Ride With Lightfoot, a Solar-Powered Scooter — Otherlab’s Lightfoot looks like a box on wheels, but this head-turning urban scooter is designed to go farther thanks to the power of the sun.
Traders Hedging Stock Rally Split on Plunge or Drift Protection — Investors looking to hedge as the equity rally stalls in the face of rising interest rates and oil prices are split between protecting against a fast selloff or a slow grind lower.
Arc Raiders and The Finals are both getting TV and film adaptations — There aren't many details on these upcoming game adaptations just yet.
Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family — The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
NFL Week 2's best arrivals, led by Baker Mayfield and Justin Jefferson — Rounding up all top pregame and tunnel arrivals from around the league.
how did people know when kimchi was actually done fermenting before we had thermometers or ph strips? turns out there's a whole sensory language for it.
Why growing seaweed isn’t a climate solution — Some have claimed cultivating seaweed could remove hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2. But as warming waters kill off kelp, we need to refocus on preserving what we have, a study argues
Are we too comfortable to be happy and healthy? | Beatriz Subtil | TEDxLisboa — NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for health advice. This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of stress, evolutionary biology, and health. Several claims…
Gallery: Happy Birthday, Thursday Night Motocross! — A long time ago, friends Duane Wylder and Jim Rockstead dreamed up the notion of running a regular weeknight motocross series under stadium lights—something that could be both inexpensive and easily accessible. The empty…
Offrun | One workspace for every coding agent you run — Isolated worktrees, shared project memory, and a second agent reviewing the diff before you ship. Runs on your own agent accounts.
DeepSeek Nears $12B Funding Round Ahead of Potential IPO — “Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and Minmin Low give global investors unique…
Toone and Kelly miss out on Lionesses squad — Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone misses out on selection for England's Women's World Cup qualifying matches this month.