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Evan Gershkovich, recently freed by the Putin regime, has the lead byline...

Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines. “Parents in the...

Museums should be free, but if they can’t be free, they should...

Wow, look at this video of wild skating — a thin layer...

I’m sorry, but if you need to fact-check an interview with your...

The Biggest Bomb in the World

A list of medieval English dog names, including Fyndewell, Sturdy, Plodder, Harmeles,...

This is interesting and somewhat counterintuitive: “Fare-free transit is not an environmental...

Aerial Foodscapes

I missed this back in August: the excellent Art of the Title...

Tressie McMillan Cottom: “Whether you call it crony capitalism or just an...

Great Casey Johnston piece on how chronic pain & capitalism intersect in...

“The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the...

I just updated the 2024 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide, including some gifts...

Now Serving: Drinkable Mayonnaise

Holiday Terms & Conditions (A Christmas Album). Lyrics include: “It’s beginning to...

Bryan Cranston Reads From Robert Caro’s The Power Broker

Recently found: a message in a bottle at an archaeological dig left...

Racing’s Deadliest Day. After the 1955 Le Mans disaster, “it would be...

Monument Valley 3 is out today on iOS & Android and is...

The Origin of Delay, Deny, Defend

Check Out the 2025 Moon Phases

If you haven’t had the pleasure, you should double back and read...

The old school Oregon Trail video game is being adapted into an...

In Training: A Book of Bonsai Photos

A very simple little browser game: open the microwave door as close...

Straight White Male, the Game of Life’s Lowest Difficulty Setting

The New Rules of Media. “Everything is a personality cult, and maybe...

Willem Dafoe interviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz. “If you make it about...

“ProPublica’s Claim File Helper lets you customize a letter requesting the notes...

Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop...

A thread of some letters people wrote to each other on clay...

What’s The One Thing Only You Noticed?

An analysis of the UX of Lego interface panels. “Armed with 52...

For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website. “It will only...

The Arresting Typography of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

The oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, a 74 year old Laysan albatross,...

No One Has to Settle for Bad Pizza Anymore. “Violinists have the...

Grand Theft Hamlet

Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years. “Every...

No surprise: conservatives are embracing media villains like Tony Soprano & Judge...

Your 2024 Therapy Wrapped. “2024 was a BUMPY ride…and your therapist was...

This Beautiful Day: Daily Wisdom from Mister Rogers

“Food deserts are not an inevitable consequence of poverty or low population...

Just updated the 2024 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide with suggestions from Kottke...

It appears that the brutal reign of the Assad regime is over...

Catherine Russell has starred in the same off-Broadway play for 37 years,...

Jia Tolentino on the sometimes celebratory reaction to the death of UnitedHealthcare...

A fantastic interactive feature about the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral. “Each day...

A Bluesky starter pack of major news outlets that have joined the...