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Thing I am going to make time for in the next few days:...

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‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities

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The People Holding Up the Internet. Amazing to see how...

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Jonathan Nez on Indigenous Perseverance

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Overdose Offsets: Why Every Bag of Fentanyl I Sell Is Net...

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Meet the Lap Easel, a Portable Companion for Taking Creativity Anywhere

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“I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser...

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In Trump’s America, the Death Penalty Has Been Resurrected

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Where the Forest Went

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Vermeer the Immortal

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Deskilling the body

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The unreliable witness

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The Names of Nearly 4 Million Enslaved People in Former British Colonies Are Now Searchable Online, Helping Descendants Find Lost Ancestors

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The Bialetti Moka Express: The History of Italy’s Iconic Coffee Maker, and How to Use It the Right Way

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Improving Conversation on KDO

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Hermann Hesse on How to Read a Book and How to Read Yourself

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The Trafficker Who Furnished the Museums of LA

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A Little Fantasy Goes a Long Way

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NYC to Provide Free Art Supplies to Grantees

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Beautiful Hand-Painted Globes

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Finding Vermeer in Unexpected Places

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When the Accessibility Conveyor Belt Jams

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A View From the Easel: Flor Khan

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Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and...

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He Went Out on an Epic Wilderness Adventure. Only His Dogs Came Back.

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Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British...

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Why I Did Not Leave Nazi Germany in Time. “Many of us...

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The Worst Way To Get To Space. I’d never heard the story...

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All the Percents on Star Trek: TNG

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My friend Matt was recently here for a week in Tokyo and...

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Africa’s cultural landmarks: tombs of Buganda kings

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Raven Chacon’s Echoes on Park Avenue

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Is everything conscious?

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The best in the world is a local problem

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The Biggest Ship in History Was Built in China 600 Years Ago—Or Was It?

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A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan

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James Baldwin on How Love (Finally) Finds You

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The Madman Who Saved Mothers: The Invention of Handwashing and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’

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