Universities preach AI literacy. On campus, the reality looks more like cognitive surrender
Universities preach AI literacy. On campus, the reality looks more like cognitive surrender
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Translating Kafka. Borges found freedom in his labyrinths. For Primo Levi, it was like recovering from an illness
Translating Kafka. Borges found freedom in his labyrinths. For Primo Levi, it was like recovering from an illness
Marilyn Monroe was the world's most photographed woman, and among its loneliest. To be wanted is not to be loved
Marilyn Monroe was the world's most photographed woman, and among its loneliest. To be wanted is not to be loved
"I have travelled all over the world in the last 30...
âI have travelled all over the world in the last 30 years, and have never seen anything like the density of assholes I just encountered in Japan, [i.e.] tourists being an unbearable menace specificall
Watching an Art Conservator Restore a Damaged Painting
Thereâs something so relaxing about watching art conservator Julian Baumgartner restore this damaged painting, a self-portrait by Italian painter Emma Gaggiotti Richards. I love how he paints tiny cra
Dear David Bryne, Thank You.
This message from John Pavlovitz in Row G, Seat 112 resonated as I felt the same abundance of feelings and optimism after seeing this tour. (I didnât sum it up near as eloquently.)
Marbles Squared is a puzzle game 30 years in the...
Marbles Squared is a puzzle game 30 years in the making that you can play on the web, Game Boy, ZX Spectrum Next, and Palm Pilot.
Talk as much as you like about human rights, nothing will change until the architecture of global finance is reformed
Attiya Waris at Aeon: You cannot protect the right to healthcare without funding hospitals. You cannot guarantee the right to education without paying teachers. You cannot deliver justice without fund
Ben Prunty has composed the soundtrack to a new game,...
Ben Prunty has composed the soundtrack to a new game, Subnautica 2. Prunty did the FTL: Faster Than Light soundtrack back in the day, which I love.
RYBitten
This exploration of color by David Aerne is both elegant and extremely interactive. Poke around the Gamut Preset section, each expands into deeper explorations of pigment mixing, HSL modeling, expanda
See 15 Images That Won the German Society for Nature Photographyâs Annual Contest
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Perhaps businesses are collecting too much data for...
Perhaps businesses are collecting too much data for their own good. âEach morning at 10am, I get an email from Caroline in the finance team showing the cash we have in the bank compared with the same
Nonconformist Gardening
Gardening for the good of creation is our noble privilege
Sunoâs Mikey Shulman: Everyone Can Make Music Now
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Mike Monteiro on how to deal with your suddenly grown-up...
Mike Monteiro on how to deal with your suddenly grown-up kids. âWhen your kid leaves it is the happiest day of your life and also the saddest day of your life. And a lot of other feelings in between.â
Free Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya
You wanted it to stay a haven when all was lost: Kamal Adwan hospital, where even rocked by bombs and raids, you fostered all the small possibilities of care. The soldiers vacated. You found those pat
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
From Five Books: The books shortlisted for the 2026Â Orwell Prizes, the UKâs most prestigious awards for writing about politics, have been announced. âAs judges, we returned again and again to what Geo
What's Your Favorite Recipe?
I am not what you would call a dedicated home cook. But every once in a while, I get a bee in my bonnet and make something from my small cache of recipes or from something I saw online that looked goo
Blond Ambition: One hundred years of Marilyn Monroe
Moira Doinegan in Book Forum: SHE WAS ALWAYS LATE. Crew members and other actors would wait around for hours, wondering whenâor ifâMarilyn Monroe would show up. Some days, especially toward the end of
I have always liked Steve Kerr, but I did not expect to...
I have always liked Steve Kerr, but I did not expect to read this whole 15,000-word profile of him at ESPN. Really interesting throughout.
Mouse eyes photosynthesize after plant-to-animal transplant
Asher Mullard in Nature: Photosynthetic machinery can be harvested from spinach and transplanted into the eyes of mice, where it transforms light into molecules that carry energy and can tame inflamma
Handy app: "Point your camera at anything (a dress,...
Handy app: âPoint your camera at anything (a dress, a paint swatch, a flower, your kidâs drawing) and What Color Is This? names the color instantly.â I like the increasingly specific color labels (e.g
"In 2014, the Dutch scholar Hans Corneel de Roos...
âIn 2014, the Dutch scholar Hans Corneel de Roos first noticed that the Icelandic version of Dracula was in fact not a translation, but was rather a very different novel from Stokerâs version.â The ât
Top 10 Books of All Time
Most contemporary fiction will be forgotten. These books survived for a reason.
Itâs Time, Boomers
by Michael Liss Eight years ago, in May of 2018, motivated by a series of discussions with my then-graduating son, I wrote a piece for 3 Quarks Daily titled âThe Graduate Schools His Father.â Then, ch
The Strange Melancholy of Slaying Monsters
From âShadow of the Colossusâ to âUndertale,â video games have turned one of their oldest rituals into an ethical dilemma.
The Painting That Recognizes Us
by Herbert Harris What gives art its power? There are as many answers as there are powerful works of art, but most seem to fall into a few broad categories. A great deal of art is representational. It
Poem by Jim Culleny
âŠ. MĂ©nage Ă trois Isnât it a miracle that three atoms have combined in electric love to become that fluid substance that bears boats and wrecks ships, that fills bays that breed and protect life, that
Why an Indian Village Leaderâs Welfare Reels Are Going Viral
In December 2025, 20-year-old Gamit Vipul chanced upon something interesting while doing what people his age do across the world: scrolling through reels on Instagram. It was a short video made by som
Nick Cave on the Two Pillars of a Meaningful Life
"Cultivating a questioning mind, of which conversation is the chief instrument, enriches our relationship with the world."
The Hottest Musician in 2026 Is 'Problematic' Michael Jackson
And that's exactly what the music business wants
What Itâs Like to Be a Panda
âWhat is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?â Stephen Hawking wondered, recognizing the quixotic nature of his quest for a theory of everything â a comp
Rex Reed (1938 â 2026) Film Critic
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How I Became a Writer
My 4 principles of writing
Writing Residencies and What They Give You
Notes from MacDowell, and a list of residencies I've heard good things about
The hundred best novels of all times
From The Guardian: This week, we reveal our list of the 100 greatest novels published in English, as voted for by authors and critics around the world. We polled 172 authors, critics and academics for
The Secret to Ending Arguments Faster
Angela Haupt in Time Magazine: When your best friend or partner or kid snaps at you, itâs easy to frame them as difficult. Anna Elton, a marriage and family therapist in Palm Beach, Fla., would like y
Leigh Magar (1968 â 2026) Milliner
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Sunday Poem
The Poet The poet sits and dreams and dreams; He scans his verse; he probes his themes. Then turns to stretch or stir about, unless in thoughts, his strength gives out. Then off to bed, for he must ri
Clarence Carter (1936 â 2026) Soul Singer
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