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The Last Days of the Rainbow Warrior

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Julie Hrudová’s Photos Frame Moments of Eccentricity, Happenstance, and Togetherness

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Six Films Better Than the Books They’re Based On. Including Jurassic Park,...

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The Friendship That Transformed Frida Kahlo

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They’re Made Out of Meat, a classic sci-fi short story by Terry...

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Glacier funerals have been held in countries like Iceland, the US, and...

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Whittled Wood Sculptures by Brett Stenson Conjure Curiosity and Longing

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The Kottke.org Rolodex

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Camp Widow

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Thank You for Finding Me

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Rivers of galaxies

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The Nazis’ 10 Control-Freak Rules for Jazz Performers: A Strange List from World War II

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How much extra is the gift wrap?

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Plato, Aristotle & Other Greek Philosophers in Raphael’s Renaissance Masterpiece, The School of Athens

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In her last column for WaPo, columnist Catherine Rampell shares some advice...

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A lovely trailer for a documentary called The Nettle Dress. “Allan Brown...

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After Paramount cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert after he criticized...

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Werner Bronkhorst’s Tiny Beachgoers and Sailors Wade Through Chunky Blue Expanses

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When Fact-Checking Meant Something

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Wilmer Chavarria, a US citizen from VT, was detained for many hours...

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Killing in the Name of a Terrible Holy Lie

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Trump Action Tracker. “Each action is mapped to one or more of...

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In ‘Slow Light,’ Past and Present Merge in the Uncanny, Animated Life of a Unique Protagonist

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Insane Fictional Traffic Patterns

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Why Can’t Americans Sleep?

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Author Kate Broad writes about the role of indie bookstores in a...

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Five Latinx Artists Explore Materiality, Identity, and Belonging in ‘Los Encuentros’

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I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. “I came...

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A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Reveals about the Deepest Meaning of Intelligence

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Unboxing an antimonial cup

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Seeing the lottery

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Watch The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne: A Free Documentary on the Heavy Metal Pioneer (RIP)

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Salvador Dalí Goes to Hollywood & Creates a Wild Dream Sequence for Alfred Hitchcock

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“We’re in a golden age of comedy now where everyone can say...

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Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon. “The US’s six...

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Chicago Nonprofit Celebrates a Decade of Serving Unhoused Artists

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Ozzy Osborne died today at the age of 76. His farewell concert...

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Trump Withdraws US From UNESCO, Again

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Chance Encounters at Upstate Art Weekend

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Family, Memory, and an Ancestral Craft Converge in Daniela García Hamilton’s Tender Paintings

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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

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The Queens Phone Repair Shop Meets the Museum

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A Behind the Scenes Look at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts

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Bidding Adieu to Art Deco’s Democratic Dream

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The Painter of the Right

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Met Museum Announces Highest Attendance Numbers Since 2019

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Teaser trailer for Pixar’s next film, Hoppers. “We put this 🧠 into...

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Coming Soon: Your Professional Decline

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A New 20-Minute Supercut of David Letterman Slamming CBS: “You Can’t Spell CBS Without BS”

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