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    Patrick Stewart appeared on Sesame Street in 1996, performing a parody of Hamlet’s soliloquy with the letter “B”. You can&#39;t say he never didn&#39;t give it his all when acting. https://kottke.org/21/06/patrick-stewart-does-hamlet-on-sesame-street

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    Remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? Turns out: “Kevin Bacon is not the center of Hollywood. In fact, he never has been, and almost certainly never will be.” https://pudding.cool/2026/10/kevin-bacon

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    According to a recent survey, Americans are divided on whether empathy is a good thing. 83% of the religiously unaffiliated agreed that empathy is &quot;a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society” while only 42% of white evangelicals did. https://kottke.org/26/10/the-american-divide-on-empathy

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    It’s time to de-privatize the US government. “The problem is not just that privatization is often inefficient because it adds a nontransparent layer of profiteering on top of government functions. The problem is that government loses basic capacity.” https://prospect.org/2026/10/13/time-to-de-privatize-federal-government

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    I 100% love  this video  of every time someone says a percentage on Star Trek: The Next Generation. And the word &quot;percent&quot; has lost all of its meaning due to  semantic satiation. https://kottke.org/26/10/all-the-percents-on-star-trek-tng

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    The legacy of the Luddite movement changes when you zoom out a bit. “The development of cooperatives around the world is another story that should not end too abruptly. We could still be weaving it today.” https://flaminghydra.com/issue-617

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    Trump Dismantled a Federal Climate Website. These Women Rebuilt It. “It’s not a pretty picture for climate communication and climate journalism right now.” You can check out the new site at climate.us. https://19thnews.org/2026/07/noaa-climate-data-website

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    “Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images, no rendering library — just type the syntax and Datatype’s ligature substitution does the rest.” https://franktisellano.github.io/datatype

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    The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights Party, centered on “family and faith” along with proud &amp; open white supremacy. 💩🖕 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/can-the-kkk-find-a-new-foothold-in-the-us

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    Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” https://pitchfork.com/story/stevie-wonder-unvaults-four-songs-in-the-key-of-life-tracks

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    Using a handheld scanner, designer/illustrator Noah Nolet captures textures from surfaces in cities around the world, including Tokyo, LA, Paris, Kyoto, NYC, and Berlin. https://kottke.org/26/09/scans-of-city-textures

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    Teaser trailer for Musk, a 3h45m-long documentary film on fascist businessman Elon Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. “He’s chaotic, random, capricious. He is manifestly cruel and selfish. In a science fiction novel, he would not be a hero.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUmImn2GYq4

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    When’s the last time you cried? And what would you do if you couldn’t? “I’d started to suspect that something was wrong with me when a friend I’d known since childhood died and I didn’t shed a tear.” https://kottke.org/26/09/whens-the-last-time-you-cried

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    Can You Draw a Perfect Circle? With an Apple Pencil, I was able to achieve 97.7% perfection. How about you? https://kottke.org/19/10/can-you-draw-a-perfect-circle

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    Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind. “By not allowing the viewer to get drawn into the narrative space opened up by perspective, this new style of painting actually makes it possible to depict the subtle psychology of everyday life...&quot; https://kottke.org/26/09/mary-cassatt-the-impressionist-who-painted-the-mind

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    3D models for every single object in Katamari Damacy, all 1680 of them. You can download models and animated gifs of each one. https://katamari.andrew-boylan.com

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    Ed Sheeran tried to stay neutral on a moving train. “If [celebrities] remain neutral (silent), they won’t offend anyone and they will, hopefully, appeal to everyone. They use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/ed-sheeran-macklemore-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFE.BxEN.ryq4zaO2G918

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    The Film Experience is a free online course from MIT about movies &amp; cinema. “This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers…” https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013

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    Monopoly as a metaphor for racial inequity. “During the first half of the game, we said that Cas and I could buy property, but you could not, then halfway through the game, we say, ‘Now the rules are even. Now the rules are the same for everybody.’” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/viral-monopoly-inequality-analogy

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    I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support independent journalists. Members get access to tools, a health insurance stipend, legal protection, and waived hosting fees. Oh, and they don’t proudly host Nazis like Substack. ✌️ https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/beehiiv-is-the-latest-platform-to-try-to-lure-independent-journalists-with-perks

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    Walking Men Worldwide: a collection of pedestrian traffic signals from around the world. I love all of these little people. The Warsaw one reminds me somewhat of Rocky from Project Hail Mary. https://kottke.org/26/09/walking-men-worldwide

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    Usenet-Rewind: search over 1 billion Usenet text posts from 1981 to the present. https://www.usenet-rewind.com

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    We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys. Today’s tech titans took all the wrong lessons from the science fiction of their youths and now they’re each building their version of the Torment Nexus. https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/08/silicon-valley-science-fiction-jill-lepore-book-review/688467?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZxS1GrKeI9kCk61Qd0lqqRo

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    A deep dive into the Bayeux Tapestry. “Beyond its political messaging, the Tapestry is also bursting with medieval history, including jokes, fascinating technical details, and a warning for those who break their promises…&quot; https://kottke.org/26/09/a-deep-dive-into-the-full-bayeux-tapestry-story

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    After an epic dude battle in 1888, E. Berry Wall was declared &quot;King of the Dudes&quot;. &quot;Wall won another contest in Saratoga when daredevil financier John Gates wagered that he could not wear 40 changes of clothes between breakfast and dinner.&quot; https://kottke.org/12/07/the-great-dude-battles-of-the-1880s

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    The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!” https://www.salon.com/2026/09/06/my-library-card-has-saved-me-1330-and-i-want-more

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    From the Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record. “When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal…our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk.” https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/mode/2up

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    Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator. https://defrag98.com

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    RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at the age of 80. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/dolly-parton-dead-country-music-1236680877

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    How to Hide Shit in Media. This video is bonkers…it shows you how to ”store ebooks inside Instagram videos“ and &quot;store, host, and share malware inside of a harmless Facebook photo” using data encoding techniques. Includes demos you can play with. 🤯 https://kottke.org/26/08/how-to-store-ebooks-in-instagram-reels-and-other-covert-data-storage-tricks