The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46604959 Points: 8 # Comments: 0...
4dHacker NewscultureImpact
The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260113-hello-hiya-aloha-what-our-greetings-reveal Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657296 Points: 4 # Comments: 1...
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The Dilbert Afterlife
Article URL: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653388 Points: 29 # Comments: 2...
19hHacker Newsculture
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Gets a New Book Cover Ahead of the HBO Series Premiere
HBO's latest Game of Thrones spin-off series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , is kicking off next week. Alongside the new series, Penguin Random House has just released a new version of George R.R. M...
3dIGNEntertainment
The Unknown: A Filmmaker’s Search for Lost Connections
For documentary filmmakers, human connection is everything, but what happens when nobody will talk to you?...
1dAl JazeeraEntertainment
More room for the Flower Market to bloom
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Well before dawn, vans begin to pull up along Flower Market Road. Buckets of lilies and roses are lifted onto the street, ha...
2dSouth China Morning Postlifestyle
Here's what Barbie looked like the year you were born
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: This combination photo shows the he toy doll Barbie in her various incarnations at Leuralla NSW toy and railway museum, as the iconic doll approaches her 50th birthhday May...
4dBusiness InsiderEntertainment
The Gaza graffiti artist using shattered buildings as a canvas
A Palestinian graffiti artist in Gaza is turning destroyed buildings and collapsed walls into canvases....
4dAl Jazeeraculture
Why Stoicism is one of the best mind hacks ever devised
Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/why-stoicism-is-one-of-the-best-mind-hacks-ever-devised Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601121 Points: 14 # Comments: 0...
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China’s Ningbo cuisine; Hong Kong goes Back to the Past: 7 Lifestyle highlights
We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Umami, salty, stinky...
2dSouth China Morning PostlifestyleImpact
Danny Boyle confirms Jack O'Connell's cult leader in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' was inspired by British TV presenter Jimmy Savile
Jack O'Connell in "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple." Sony In "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," Jack O'Connell plays Sir Jimmy Crystal, a strange cult leader. The character and his fol...
21hBusiness InsiderEntertainment
I'm glad I made time to get to know my grandmother as an adult. Learning about her 99 years helped me see the world differently.
The author's grandmother lived to 99. Courtesy of Tracy Granzyk My grandmother lived to 99, and I got to know her better as an adult than I did as a child. I'm glad we spent that time together and tha...
3dBusiness Insiderlifestyle
Why millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram
People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...
1dBusiness InsiderlifestyleImpact
Michelangelo's First Painting, Created When He Was Only 12 or 13 Years Old
Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/discover-michelangelos-first-painting.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646263 Points: 15 # Comments: 6...
1dHacker NewscultureImpact
Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott
The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...
4dDeutsche Welleculture
'Charlie Hebdo' cartoon on Swiss fire tragedy sparks outrage
A cartoon by the French satirical weekly portraying the deadly fire in Crans-Montana as the "comedy of the year" provokes disgust....
2dDeutsche Wellesociety
How European cinema is stealing Hollywood's spotlight
As Hollywood doubles down on sequels, the contenders for the European Film Awards feature bold, political works that are challenging audiences and creating buzz far beyond the continent....
1dDeutsche WelleEntertainment
WATCH: When US presidents become Picasso
ABC News' Danny New looks back at the U.S. presidents who've taken to the canvas as painters....
3dABC Newsculture
Wikipedia at 25: Of collective knowledge and its fault lines
From utopian origins to AI-driven rivals, the "people's encyclopedia" has been shaped by debates over neutrality, expertise and the future of shared knowledge....
3dDeutsche WelleTechnology
Louvre hikes ticket price for non-EU visitors by almost half
The Louvre museum and several other French cultural sites are increasing the price of entry for visitors from outside Europe. So-called "dual pricing" is quite common in less wealthy countries but rar...
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