The Model for Botticelli’s Venus Died at 23

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The White House vs. Anthropic's New AI Model

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What is this rock?

England Fans Warned Not To Chant 'Keir Starmer's a Wanker' at World Cup

The Fed Has Been Honest and Stupid

All the Sad Hawks

MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum

Review of “Flamboyance” by Jack Parlett – a serious study of the spectacular

Debate over whether David Foster Wallace was a virtuosic bully or a genius with a heart of gold has eclipsed consideration of his work

The Venus Flytrap Mystery That Vexed Darwin, Solved

Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment

Peter Hujar and Paul Thek shaped Manhattan's art scene. They died before anyone fully understood what they'd made

Canada’s Great Recalibration

My Descent Into Mah-Jongg

Open Thread

“After all the testing and lotteries and nail-biting, this is it?” Even New York parents are growing tired of gifted and talented programs

Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?

Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?  

Today in Supreme Court History: June 15, 1804