by Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from PARADE Controversial 2003 Memoir Named a ‘Best Book of the 21st Century’ By Goodreads The scandal caused the author to be dropped by his literary manager and lose a 7-figure two-book deal. By Kendra Syrdal Author James Frey appears on Bravo’s, ‘Watch What Happens...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Atlantic THE END OF READING IS HERE Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. By Rose Horowitch Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Wordsworth Editions....
by Editor | Jul 3, 2026 | Weirdness
from 404 Media Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs by JOSEPH COX IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES FOR UNSPLASH+, AND COMPANY LOGOS. Companies are deliberately making their AI tools speak like cavemen in an attempt to stop burning...
by Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from Vox How we lost our sense of touch Touchscreens made life frictionless. They also flattened our relationship with the physical world. by Sara Herschander Maria Montessori’s hands-on teaching methods remain popular today for many of the same reasons they took off...
by Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from New Scientist First new open-ocean subsea research habitat in 40 years launched The ocean floor is a vast source of potentially revolutionary scientific discovery – yet it remains largely inaccessible. For many marine scientists, they could only dream of living...
