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335 articles in the TruthFoundry index. Each links out to the original.

• Kurzgesagt Explores Origins Of Human Civilization And Ancient Climate Events · Kurzgesagt video covers early civilization origins and the ancient Lake Agassiz drainage event.
• Kottke.org marks 10 years of reader membership program · Kottke.org celebrates 10 years of membership, reveals new member-exclusive site features
• Ted Chiang states authors cannot guarantee reader understanding of fiction · Author Ted Chiang notes writers cannot ensure readers interpret fiction as intended.
• Olivia Colman cast as Mrs Bennet in new Pride and Prejudice series · Olivia Colman will play Mrs Bennet in an upcoming Pride and Prejudice adaptation.
• Essay Questions If Modern Technologies Deskill Human Capabilities · Author argues GPS, phones, and AI reduce human sensing, navigation and memory abilities.
• Online game Borderline produces crowdsourced maps with 300,000 contributors · Over 300,000 Borderline players have collaboratively drawn official territory border maps.
• No general mathematical solution exists for the gravitational three-body orbit problem · The three-body orbital problem lacks general analytic solutions, though stable orbits are documented.
• James Bridle critiques LLM-generated chair design limitations · James Bridle notes LLMs design chairs without real world sitting experience.
• kottke.org launches site search for member beta testing · kottke.org has released a new internal site search feature for member testing.
• Italian Farmer Grows Unusual Wheat From Old Attic Seeds · Italian farmer grows seven-ear drought-resistant wheat from decades-old attic seeds.
• Lew Blink’s dumpster diving work explores privacy and waste themes · Lew Blink practices dumpster diving as a lens to examine privacy and waste.
• Rolling Stone Releases 200 Greatest 21st Century Rock Songs List · Rolling Stone published a ranked list of the 200 greatest 21st century rock songs.
• Prometheus gift link site adds separate NYT Cooking source filter · Prometheus gift link discovery tool now supports filtering for NYT Cooking content.
• Kevin Bacon Is Not The Actual Center Of Hollywood Networks · Analysis finds Kevin Bacon was never the true center of Hollywood actor connections.
• Public domain Moving Image Archive hosts over 120000 historical film clips · The Moving Image Archive curates 120000 public domain historical film clips online.
• Scientists investigate shared cellular energy root for multiple chronic diseases · Researchers test if multiple chronic diseases stem from common cellular energy failure
• Paleovirology Traces HIV Origins Decades Before Pandemic Recognition · Genetic research corrected HIV origin myths and traced the virus to early 1900s Africa.
• Good Taste Is Frequently Mistaken For Actual Creative Production · Cultural curation and taste are often confused with original creative work.
• Lost 1972 Harlem Renaissance party footage released as documentary · Restored William Greaves 1972 footage forms new documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem.
• PRRI 2026 Survey Finds Religious Divides On Empathy In The US · PRRI 2026 American Values Survey documents religious divides over empathy in the United States.
• Typhoon Champi generates extreme waves striking Taiwan coastal structures · Typhoon Champi produced large waves damaging coastal infrastructure in Taiwan.
• Michael Pollan Reflects On 20 Years Since The Omnivore’s Dilemma · Michael Pollan states food and farming have changed little in 20 years since his book.
• Matt Webb prepares for rising LLM-driven security exploit risks · Matt Webb braces for increasing LLM security exploits including air-gapped AI communication.
• Charles Mann Shares Brief History Of Porcelain Material · Writer Charles Mann presents a short history of porcelain material.
• Princeton hosts large digital collection of Russian Eastern European posters · Princeton holds nearly 5000 historical posters, with 1500 Soviet ones hosted on Flickr.
• Eternal Family Curates List Of Ten Bizarre Films And Posters · Eternal Family selected a list of ten bizarre films and their associated posters.
• Tree Ring Research Challenges The American Wilderness Myth · Tree ring evidence contradicts the myth of untouched pre-colonial North American wilderness.
• Simon Willison Comments On Battle Drones Project Coding Style · Simon Willison notes Battle Drones is vibe coded with minimal code review performed.
• Natural History Museum announces 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners · London's Natural History Museum revealed winners of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
• Guide explains installing applications on the Commodore 64 computer · This tutorial covers installing apps on a Commodore 64 by typing program code.