Why is it so hard to let go of the things we own?
Channel News Asiaby Daven Wu·3d ago
Why is it so hard to let go of the things we own? After nearly 19 years in a London flat, one writer confronts the coats, books, crockery and other possessions that quietly accumulated into a life...
The New Pornographers - Penny Arcade
Penny Arcadeby Tycho·3d ago
I always thought the comparison between "Actual Play" and Pornography was kind of a silly joke that had a little bit of truth in it, like all jokes which have the capacity to endure.
Killing Myself In Front Of You To Forever Change Your Bond And The Trajectory Of... | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme Newsfeedby Owen·3d ago
Killing Myself In Front Of You To Forever Change Your Bond And The Trajectory Of... Confirmed Part of a series on Catchphrases.
The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·3d ago
The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom By Maria Popova We move through the world largely unaware that our emotions...
Another Photo Contest Falls Victim to a Controversy of its Own Making
PetaPixelby Jeremy Gray·3d ago
DarkSky International’s Capture the Dark 2026 photo contest undoubtedly featured some beautiful photos of the night sky captured by talented photographers.
When 'but they're your family' isn't reason enough to stay
Phys.orgby Elizabeth Weinstein·3d ago
When 'but they're your family' isn't reason enough to stay "She's your mom." "They're your family." "Blood is thicker than water."
What caused the global populist wave? It’s the Internet, Stupid - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby S. Abbas Raza·3d ago
Francis Fukuyama at Persuasion: Ever since the year 2016, when Britain voted for Brexit and Trump was elected president, social scientists, journalists, pundits, and almost everyone else have been...
Milei says legal abortion ‘madness’ is ‘costing Argentina dearly’
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·3d ago
President Javier Milei has linked Argentina’s falling birth rate to the feminist movement and the legalisation of abortion, describing the latter as a “madness” that is “costing” the country...
Introducing Noema Issue VII: The Next Axial Age | NOEMA
Noema Magazineby Nathan Gardels·3d ago
Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute.
Life of M by Rachel Cusk - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Morgan Meis·3d ago
Clare Clark at The Guardian: In this post-saturation era of social media exposure, the intersection of appearance and authenticity has been exhaustively picked over.
MEA trashes US body's sanction against RSS, says it's biased
The Siasat Dailyby News Desk·3d ago
New Delhi: Calling it a “biased” organisation, India on Friday, August 12, sought to brush aside the call given by the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for...
‘A True Account of the Conquest of New Spain’: Chicanery, adventures and plunder recounted by a soldier-writer
El País Englishby Leonardo Padura·3d ago
Alejo Carpentier, a deep connoisseur of the origins, essences and behaviors of New World identity, and the author of the identity concept he called “American Magical Realism” — which he also...
Friday Poem - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Jim Culleny·3d ago
Buddha I used to sit under trees and meditate on the diamond bright silence of darkness and the bright look of diamonds in space and space that was stiff with lights and diamonds shot through, and...
Ahmed Faraz: The Politics and Poetry of Desire
Frontlineby Kanav Gupta·3d ago
Ahmad Faraz’s stature among the modern greats of Urdu poetry rests on a deftly cultivated paradox.
I visited No Man's Sky's thriving player-made utopia at the end of the universe, and spoke to a founding member of the group behind it
Eurogamer.net Latest Articlesby Matt Wales·3d ago
In the distant reaches of a doomed universe, perpetually 16 minutes from total destruction, something wonderful is happening.
How the exhibition SWARAJ reimagined India’s political history
Frontlineby Juhi Saklani·3d ago
A word of immense moral force and philosophical abundance, swaraj was never reducible to its literal English meaning, self-rule.
Bauhaus Manifesto: Broad alliance promoting artistic freedom
DW Englishby Katharina Abel·3d ago
The "Bauhaus Manifesto 2026," published on August 20, was initiated by Germany's Minister of State for Culture, Wolfram Weimer.
Sharmila Tagore on Vande Mataram row: ‘Difficult for those who believe in one God’
Mathrubhumi Englishby Ahana Datta Chaudhury·3d ago
Sharmila Tagore has backed the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram, saying the full song may conflict with the beliefs of monotheistic communities.
A hungry woman is easier to dismiss than a well-fed woman | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Sarah Berg·3d ago
Listen to this essay 20 minute listen Here is something we have never quite said out loud: for a significant portion of the world’s women, hunger is not a temporary state.
A Political Awakening in Arab America
The New Yorkerby Rozina Ali·3d ago
Abdeen Jabara stretched out his crimson-stained fingers. Balancing on his toes, the eight-year-old boy met a tree branch that his elder brother Khalid had lowered for him.
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