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Mister Rogers visits Eric Carle’s studio and paints with...

Mister Rogers visits Eric Carle’s studio and paints with him (full episode). Carle wrote and illustrated The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other children’s books.

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Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and Engravings

Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and EngravingsThe London-based artist's monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles.

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Why Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?

"In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace."

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Over the past few centuries, humans have decimated bird...

Over the past few centuries, humans have decimated bird populations — you can hear it in the thinning of the dawn chorus — but it’s difficult to notice sometimes because of shifting baseline syndrome.

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Hans Zimmer: Live in Concert

Martin Timko (aka matogolf) cut this video of the best musical moments from Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert. He plays a number of pieces from various soundtracks, including Dunkirk, Gladiator, Interstellar, Dune, and The Dark Knight. Great to hear live performances of these iconic pieces.

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OS 27 Developer Beta 3 Enables New ‘Pace’ and ‘Expressivity’ Sliders for Siri’s New Voices

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Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch: With the latest iOS 27 developer beta, Apple is giving testers an early look at one of the upcoming improvements to its AI-powered Siri: the ability to adjust how quickly and expressively the AI assistant speaks. In iOS 27 beta 3, out...

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What’s It Like to Be Killed by Nature’s Most Brutal Predator

The 3 Most Brutal Weapons in Nature
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Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L’œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies

Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L’œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies"You can almost build up a whole character for someone based on what’s inside their pocket or what socks they are wearing to work!"

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Sloan on Fable : “This is literally the core...

Sloan on Fable: “This is literally the core muscle of any/every language model: ‘I need to quickly and accurately understand what kind of document I am inside.’ Yet the sensitivity of that orienteering, the subtlety of it, has gotten so much better.”

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What Science Knows About Grief

"After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy."

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New Patricia Lockwood for the London Review of Books: A...

New Patricia Lockwood for the London Review of Books: A Tradcath Wedding. “He pronounced the word ‘nuptial’ as noopt-see-all. If that’s correct, never tell me.”

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Semiquincentennial Blues

"I am yearning to reject something that is not even being sold to me."

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Nothing Phone 4b: They Can't Say It!

They won't tell us what the b stands for, but...

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My Almond Archive

A hand-drawn image of an almond tree is overlaid with a watercolor painting of an almond branch in blossom. To the right is a series of written observations on almonds, from the linguistic to the symbolic
In southeastern Italy, almond groves hold centuries of local history. A granddaughter returns to gather the bitter and the sweet.

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Co-host Kelly McEvers and producers Johanna and Amanda answer a fun hypothetical, and a classic would-you-rather question. 

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‘Ali’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

The Rewatchables ain't easy. The Rewatchables is real. And real… is a mother-fucker. Bill, Chris, and Van revisit Michael Mann’s 2001 film ‘Ali’ starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Voight.

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699: Not the Correct Squircle

Pre-show: Casey’s oops Magic TrackPad Magic Keyboard Marco’s Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Follow-up: Casey may have fixed his notification problem! Mac-“Arsed” Mac App skill (via Bart Reardon) RAMAgeddon Feel free to donate to St. Jude any of the money you may have sa...

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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(