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Tom McCarthy on Moby-Dick and the Sublime

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Memory of Winter – Zoë Schlanger

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“Every Form of Death Took Place” | James Romm

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Matisse’s Ugliest Painting

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Chasing the Mirage of “Ethical” AI - Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/chasing-the-mirage-of-ethical-ai/Open linkView original on lemmy.world

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The Rebirth of Pennsylvania’s Infamous Burning Town

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/centralia-pennsylvania-rebirthOpen linkView original on lemmy.world

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Funeral Flag | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

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‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/28/inside-the-world-of-jeffrey-epstein-assistant-lesley-groffOpen linkView original on lemmy.world

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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret

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Story of cities #22: how Hitler's plans for Germania would have torn Berlin apart

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More nothing now | We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity

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How Our Leisure Time Got Monetized

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An Ancient Mystery in the Greater Yellowstone High Country

https://montanafreepress.org/2026/09/07/ancient-archaeological-mystery-revealed-high-in-beartooth-mountains/Open linkView original on lemmy.world

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High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building

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Samurai city

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14 Reasons Robotics is Hard

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Such Sights to Show You | On Shintaro Kago, manga master of the ‘erotic grotesque nonsense’ genre.

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Pre-Greek: The lost language hidden within Ancient Greek

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The Tension that Keeps the Bridge Aloft: An Interview with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp and Anam Zafar on Children’s Literature in Translation - Asymptote Blog

https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/09/10/the-tension-that-keeps-the-bridge-aloft-an-interview-with-ruth-ahmedzai-kemp-and-anam-zafar-on-childrens-literature-in-translation/Open linkView original on lemmy.world

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What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Triptychs Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview

https://lithub.com/what-hieronymus-boschs-fantastical-tryptiches-reveal-about-the-artists-worldview/Open linkView original on lemmy.world

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