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I just updated the 2025 Kottke Gift Guide with some new suggestions,...

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The US Downgraded in Civic Freedoms Rating

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Post-Japan Depression. “People feel it after coming home from a trip that...

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The Year in Memes

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Looking at pareidolia

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A Year in Reading: Restraint as Wisdom

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Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Story of Civilization

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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What is happening? Orcas started wearing dead salmon as hats again and...

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How Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Are Made

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The Memes That Defined 2025

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Art Movements: Big Museum News

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MacKenzie Scott announces that she’s donated almost $7.2 billion of her personal...

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Discover the Growing Colossal Art Glossary

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Shop Around Globally for Better Deals on Streaming Services

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A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs

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This $1M Picasso Could Be Yours for Just $117

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Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the...

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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary. In the narration, he calls the...

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Taxes for Humans: A Radical Reimagining of Financial Empowerment

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Jeff Wall’s Post-Truth Photography

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Photographing the Andromeda Galaxy for 10 Seconds vs 10 Hours

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Required Reading

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Funniest McSweeney’s piece I’ve read in awhile: The Mastermind Box Cover: What...

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Coreen Simpson’s Timeless Ode to Black Beauty

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90 Minutes of Knitting ASMR

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Medieval Motifs and Pop Culture Converge in Jorge Mañes Rubio’s Beaded Sculptures

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A View From the Easel

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