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Vasily Kandinsky, The Rhine (Rejn) from Verses Without Words (Stichi bez slov), (1903) #vasilykandinsky #museumarchive

Finished reading: The Passing of the Dragon by Ken Liu. Beautiful short story. Also includes a surprise commentary on the mess that is social media. 📚

A centimeter-sized crystal has revealed clear signs of quantum entanglement, showing that large, everyday objects can display surprisingly deep quantum behavior. The discovery could help solve the mystery of strange metals while opening new possibilities for ultra-precise quantum sensors and other advanced technologies.

The DOJ is conducting a fishing expedition in an attempt to manufacture criminal cases against election workers. We’re thankful that a federal judge in Georgia blocked the Trump administration from subpoenaing the names and identifying information of election workers in Fulton County.

"Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry pranksters got me through one of the worst weeks of my life."

Marcel Duchamp, Dart Object, 1951 #museumarchive #tatemuseum

A rose by any name… … is still ravishing. Just noticed these as I was sitting at the table, with my favourite picture (HCB’s Rue Mouffetard) in the background. Quote of the Day ” We don’t love qualities, we love … Continue reading →

Standard.site provides a set of lexicons for publishing long-form content on the internet using the same protocol used under the hood by Bluesky.

A newly developed material can control and "program" heat, allowing it to direct thermal radiation, switch modes, and remember its settings without continuous power. The innovation could lead to smarter infrared sensors, better energy technologies, and memory devices that use light and heat instead of electrical charges.

Shocker.

Fewer than 4.5% of Microsoft 365 customers pay for Copilot after three years, only 1% use it weekly, and Microsoft raised prices regardless.

Pfizer Building.

Who will win the 2026 World Cup? Odds for all 48 teams and 104 matches, powered by 100,000 simulations from PELE, Silver Bulletin's new soccer model.

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.

An Unexpected Visitor Turned Our Prison Block Into a Makeshift Aviary
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/07/07/an-unexpected-visitor-turned-our-prison-block-into-a-makeshift-aviary/

Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

Last week marks four years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for people seeking abortion care. Anniversaries are a moment to take stock, and over the last four years, EFF has seen firsthand how digital rights and reproductive rights have become increasingly intertwined. One major way this has happened: the fight […]

Cases have risen quickly as officials are working to identify a common source.

For at least a decade we have been told that this and that and the other thing must be tolerated in pursuit of the elusive vote of the working class or the white working class which often means the white male working class which becomes in turn a way that