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The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life by Ian...

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TIME’s “Person of the Year” Swaps Construction Workers for Tech Billionaires

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How does lake ice do this? Incredible! (Mirror Lake, New Hampshire)...

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“Eating the right foods in the proper quantities, 16th-century Britons believed, balanced...

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Joan Semmel’s Paintings Are Beautifully Disturbing

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This Is Why Everyone Is a DJ Now

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For Sylvia Snowden, Color Is Life

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The Glitter and Doom of Lee Miller's Vision

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New York Graffiti Shows ICE Arresting the Statue of Liberty

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The Flow State podcast recently celebrated their 300th episode with a 2h41m...

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Rotoscoped Memories Animate a Dynamic Music Video of Growth and Loss

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St. John the Wondermaker

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The Timeliness of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Philosophies

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Artist Connor Wright Debuts Solo Presentation: Alexa, Truth or Dare?

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X-Ray Visions

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Dramatic Porcelain Sculptures by Rebecca Manson Embrace the Beauty of Impermanence

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Oilwell is a (fake) wellness app “to help you embrace climate chaos”...

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LEGO Bricks Transform into Letterforms in the International Design Project ‘A2Z’

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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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Undefinable yet indispensable

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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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