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CultureFreedom 250's grand concert lineup for America's 250th birthday collapsed in under 48 hours as artists fled en masse - and the internet turned it into peak meme content.
CultureRussia is spray-painting its military trucks with bold WWI-era 'dazzle' camouflage to confuse Ukrainian drones - and it's as wild as it sounds.
CultureBaltimore's newly renovated Greater Model Aquatics Center in Poppleton features zero-entry pools, six lap lanes, yellow lounge chairs, and shade umbrellas - proving public pools don't have to be miserable.
CultureDesigner Christine Lin of Form + Field channeled Star Trek and Dune to transform a San Francisco home into something that looks genuinely futuristic - and somehow completely liveable.
CultureSouth Asian conservatives went all-in on Trump and landed real influence - now the white nationalist Groyper movement is making clear they were never really welcome. The MAGA coalition's uncomfortable fault line is cracking open.
CultureFeeble Little Horse's latest album bitknot takes the digital glitchiness that was a side note on their previous record and makes it the main event - and apparently it works brilliantly.
CultureBelgian design duo gijs van vaerenbergh rebuilt the lost cloisters of Herkenrode Abbey at full scale using translucent steel frames, turning architectural absence into one of the most hauntingly beautiful heritage projects in recent memory.
CultureShirley Raines didn't go viral selling a lifestyle - she did it by showing up for Skid Row's unhoused community and refusing to look away. And somehow, millions of people followed.
CultureBob Dylan may be selling AI-generated historical fiction on Patreon for $5 a month. As GQ reports, the situation is as murky and weird as you'd expect from someone who has spent 60 years being impossible to read.
CultureWorld Cup tourists road-tripping across the US are posting waves of viral, admiring content about Waffle House - and accidentally giving American soft power its biggest glow-up in years.
CultureA meteor exploded north of Cape Cod Bay on Saturday afternoon with the energy of 300 tons of TNT, shaking houses and lighting up the sky - and a weather satellite caught the whole thing.
CultureJohnston Marklee's mint green residential building Ray Phoenix has done the impossible - united the architecture comment section in genuine, unironic approval.
CultureOpenAI's Sam Altman, Microsoft AI's Mustafa Suleiman, and Autodesk's Andrew Anagnost all agree: in the age of AI, creativity isn't a personality trait - it's the skill that keeps you employed.
CultureThe 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to North America, and your streaming setup needs to be ready. Here's exactly what you need to watch every match without losing your mind.
CultureA24 is releasing a biopic on Anthony Bourdain, framed as a coming-of-age story about the chef, writer, and television icon. The trailer is here and the internet has feelings.
CultureAI-generated male influencers are racking up tens of thousands of followers in gay online spaces, and the comments sections are blissfully, heartbreakingly unaware. Vox reports on the deepfake thirst trap pipeline nobody asked for but here we are.
CultureMarcello Hernández went from stand-up obscurity to SNL's hottest young star by doing the one thing nobody told him to do: absolutely nothing in moderation.
CultureThe pandemic moving frenzy is officially settling down. A new Realtor.com report shows which American cities people are staying in - and which ones are still pulling newcomers in like a magnet.
