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How Societies Morph With the Seasons

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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Merveilleux-scientifique

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Confused by signals

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When the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands

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Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976

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Want to use your phone less? Try Forest. “Whenever you want to...

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Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze

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An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art

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Required Reading

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A View From the Easel

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Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment

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Nowhere in the World To Run: The International Law Ripping Children From Their Mothers

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The Fear of Never Landing is a new album from ambient music...

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Changing Lanes

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New Music Video for Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer (feat. Saoirse Ronan)

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They are doing a Spaceballs 2. (“They” includes Mel Brooks and Rick...

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A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small...

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Against Death: Nobel Laureate Elias Canetti on Grieving a Parent, Grieving the World, and What Makes Life Worth Living

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The [NYC] Subway Is Not Scary. “It’s fine and safe. It’s full...

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A Crushing Wave of Snow

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What Is Juneteenth and Why Does It Matter?

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Just dropped yesterday: Lane 8’s Summer 2025 Mixtape. Got this on right...

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Crimes of the Century

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When In Rome

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But the flowers remain

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The unseen

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Remembering toward better

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Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

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Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright

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For Glenn Ligon, Language Is Material

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Sculptural Embroideries on Wood by Nosheen Iqbal Translate Architectural Motifs into Thread

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30 NYC Monuments of Black Americans You Should Know

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11 Juneteenth Events Around New York City

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Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld

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Phorm Energy Screamin’ Freedom

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The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain

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In Immersive Mixed-Media Tapestries, Lillian Blades Reflects on Pattern and Presence

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The Death of a CrossFit Athlete

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What’s Happening to Reading?

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3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches

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Weekend visits

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Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival

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Here to please

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Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful

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Rain Couldn’t Dampen the Spirit of Brooklyn Pride

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Museum of the American Latino Could Vanish Under Trump

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‘The War of Art’ Charts the Catalyzing History of Artists’ Protests in the U.S.

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