Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley on the Surest Remedy for a Sunken Spirit and What Makes Life Worth Living

"There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others."

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Barry Lopez on the Cure for Our Existential Loneliness and the Three Tenets of a Full Life

"Existential loneliness and a sense that one’s life is inconsequential, both of which are hallmarks of modern civilizations, seem to me to derive in part from our abandoning a belief in the therapeutic dimensions of a relationship with place."

Culture • 7h

Life, Loss, and the Wisdom of Rivers

"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all."

Culture • 9h

Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98...

Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator .

Culture • 9h

Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards , featuring...

Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards , featuring 10 sites that celebrate “the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web”. You have until Sept 25 to vote.

Culture • 12h

Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with...

Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with schizophrenia . “The bodies of people with schizophrenia, especially those on medication, simply regulate temperature very differently than others do.”

Culture • 16h

Maybe This Fall Will Be Kind

Yayoi Kusama, Sliman Mansour, and Dolly Parton pass away, and a major Pompeii show comes to the US.

Culture • 20h

Fit and Finish

Snap, crackle and pop. A set of German-made socket wrenches can turn a bolt in a similar way to a cheaper alternative, but it feels far more rewarding. More than forty years ago, I started using a Mac. The first thing one noticed was hard to put words on–everything about it

Culture • 21h

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