Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/why-stoicism-is-one-of-the-best-mind-hacks-ever-devised Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601121 Points: 14 # Comments: 0...
Jim Butcher has been writing The Dresden Files books for over 25 years now. I first started reading this series back in the early 2000s and found myself immediately enamored with story and overall vib...
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People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...
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French police continue the search for jewels stolen from the Louvre, private investigators are also stepping in. All eight missing pieces have already been added to the worldâs largest stolen art data...
A jungle temple in Thailand hailed as a âhidden gemâ has urged tourists to stop âinappropriate behaviourâ after they were spotted doing gymnastics and wearing revealing clothing at the site. The Wat P...
Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/discover-michelangelos-first-painting.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646263 Points: 15 # Comments: 6...
In the future, the human race has been divided into 14 different color castes that determine every individual's role and placement in the hierarchical structure of society. This underlying idea is at ...
The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...
The Netherlands celebrated National Tulip Day on Saturday, marking the upcoming arrival of spring and the start of the tulip season. Dutch tulip growers arranged around 200,000 tulips in a vibrant dis...
A cartoon by the French satirical weekly portraying the deadly fire in Crans-Montana as the "comedy of the year" provokes disgust....
A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, âIdeas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imaginationâ, features photographic portraits by African artists and captures the spirit of...
As Hollywood doubles down on sequels, the contenders for the European Film Awards feature bold, political works that are challenging audiences and creating buzz far beyond the continent....
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