hundreds of ancient geoglyphs found in the Amazon www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon (Gift Article)
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.
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a tree that lived through the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the reigns of six Henrys, six Georges and two Elizabeths, among others, dies aged 800-1,200 years old www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/w...
The Major Oak, Ancient Tree of Robin Hood Legend, Has Died
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This is the longest story I have ever written. It is also the most meaningful. It will go out in The Small Bow's newsletter tomorrow. You can read it here now: www.thesmallbow.com/p/consider-t...
Consider the Sister
Amy Wallace has spent two decades guarding the human her brother was—against a world that prefers David Foster Wallace as a puzzle.
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Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
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You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
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Henry James’s The Turn of the Liberty-Insured Manor Casement Window Screw
Ariel Edwards-Levy@aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 7mo agoautogenerated, you don't say
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
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Mexican governor explains his theory that a mystery woman seen in a government palace was the ghost of the 19th century empress Carlota www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/w...
The Mystery Lady in the Governor’s Palace? Maybe a Ghost, He Says
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
I hope this ends up with Larian owning the Ultima IP
Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 10mo agoEA has announced it is being acquired and taken private in a $55 billion deal involving Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners, which is founded and led by Jared Kushner www.theverge.com/news/787112/...
this is a great excuse to read this perfect book if you somehow have not defector.com/drab-charles...
Defector Reads A Book Is Deciding If This Is The Funniest Novel Ever Written | Defector
The last few times Defector staffers have gathered to read a book, we’ve chosen sports novels. Namely, baseball and cycling. Well, we’re continuing that trend with the sport of chasing down your wife,...
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Diane and Arlen Chase have been working at Caracol, the largest Maya site in Belize for 40 years. They'd never found the tomb of a ruler until now, and he was the founder of a dynasty www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
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More on the nineteenth-century runic carving from northern Ontario. A great example of the reception history of runes. #runology
alan yuhas@ayuhas.bsky.social · last yr.rune news www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/w...
in the United States, people who want to be Supreme Court justices have to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate in Mexico, people who want to be on the Supreme Court are now trying to get attention doing dances on TikTok and swiping on Tinder www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
Supreme Court Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Elections
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"Johan Helberg woke up on Thursday morning to find his backyard view of a Norwegian fjord transformed into the side of a giant ship." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w...
Cargo Ship Crashed Into Man’s Yard After Crewman Fell Asleep, Police Say
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Cargo Ship Crashes Into Norway Man’s Backyard www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w...
Cargo Ship Crashes Into Norway Man’s Backyard
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In six months we will have so many new dumb songs www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...
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There is perhaps no more visceral symbol of the hollowing out of NYC’s middle class than the emergence of the employment shelter: facilities that cater to people who work jobs, many full-time, that in a different city or a different economy would not make them rich but would not leave them homeless.
They Work All Day and Go Home to Shelters
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Got a wizard into a headline www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light (Gift Article)
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.
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