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I’m a Eurovision superfan, but this year’s contest brings only sadness. I won’t be tuning in | Dave Keating | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in

Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together

 
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You Probably Don't Need To Stress About Hantavirus
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/you-probably-dont-need-to-stress
 
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Asteroid Hosts All Ingredients for DNA and RNA - Eos
https://eos.org/articles/asteroid-hosts-all-ingredients-for-dna-and-rna

Samples collected from asteroid Ryugu contain the four genetic “letters” of DNA, reinforcing the hypothesis that the chemical origins of life were present when…

 
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Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/nft-metaverse-ai-weirdos

NFTs, the metaverse and AI are the most recent Silicon Valley enthusiasms. Does anyone remember how to build a consumer product?

 
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New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
https://acoup.blog/2026/01/03/new-acquisitions-tolkien-and-eowyn-between-two-wars-ppp-moot-keynote/

Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of the keynote I gave at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot earlier this December. I've made some minor edits to conform a bit more to the form of a blog post, but this remains very…

 
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Losing the War - by Lee Sandlin
https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm

World War II has faded into movies, anecdotes, and archives that nobody cares about anymore. Are we finally losing the war?

 
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Is Covid still a thing? The risk has waned, but hasn't vanished | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/27/is-covid-still-a-thing-expert-analysis-who-needs-vaccine-booster-shot/

Experts analyze why Covid severity has declined, who still benefits from booster shots, and if a once-feared virus is now more like plain old colds or flu.

 
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/andrew-o-hagan/stay-classy

The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

 
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How a Navy sailor snapped an iconic Artemis II astronaut photo
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/august-clawson-artemis-ii-photos/

The photographer who snapped the photos of the Artemis II crew’s return to Earth spent years honing his craft on a Navy aircraft carrier.

 
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No, 1 in 6 People Do Not Have Long COVID
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/no-1-in-6-people-do-not-have-long
 
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One Situation After Another
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/world-monitor-situation-meme/686389/
 
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Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, by Amy Remeikis
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-It-All-Went-Wrong/Amy-Remeikis/9781761822117
 
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I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too | George Newhouse | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/australia-antisemitism-royal-commission-submissions-racism-human-rights-ntwnfb

I work in a sector that speaks out on racism and human rights, yet on this issue I have felt the boundaries of acceptable speech narrow around me

 
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My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s · Gwern.net
https://gwern.net/improvement

A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.

 
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50-Year Reread of The Lord of the Rings – 4: Pippin and Merry – Prospective Cultures
https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/50-year-reread-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-4-pippin-and-merry/

A blog series in which I reread LOTR 50 years after I first read it, age 10, over the winter of 1975-76. Pippin and Merry come as a double act (not exactly ‘dumb and dumber’, but not a million miles from that either) in the Jackson film version of LOTR, providing both light relief and…

 
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Lindy West, Elizabeth Gilbert and the Nightmare of the Personal Essay Industrial Complex
https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/lindy-west-elizabeth-gilbert-and-the-nightmare-of-the-personal-essay-industrial-complex.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
 
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/the-babies-kept-in-a-mysterious-los-angeles-mansion

Ava Kofman reports on Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang, the Los Angeles couple who ran Mark Surrogacy, an agency that they used to hire more than a dozen women to carry their children.

 
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The Ruiners, by Ellena Savage
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Ruiners/Ellena-Savage/9781761638817
 
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Cringe Is Good, Earnestness Is Strength
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-good-earnestness-is-strength/

On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.

 
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William Shatner experienced profound grief in space. It was the overview effect : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/23/1130482740/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-space-travel-overview-effect

William Shatner was excited to go to space last year. He didn't realize he'd be overwhelmed with sadness and go through "the strongest feelings of grief" that he'd ever experienced.

 
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Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? - Anil Dash
https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/artemis-photos-flickr/

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

 
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Grit — If Books Could Kill
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/episodes/19100483-grit

In 2013, education reformers tried to help poor students the using the best tool at their disposal: The 16th most popular Ted Talk.Special thanks to Marcus Credé! Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSo...

 
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How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/how-l-ron-hubbard-made-an-59110100/
 
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Why would a patient trust a peptide more than a statin? | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/peptides-statins-research-trust-bpc-157/

With peptides like BPC-157, we are seeing 'the wholesale substitution of consumer enthusiasm for clinical evidence.'

 
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