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09/02/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/business/media/saturday-evening-post-stop-printing.html

The magazine, famous for publishing Jack London stories and Norman Rockwell art, will continue online.

07/29/2026

https://mymodernmet.com/new-euro-banknote-designs/?adt_ei={{%20subscriber.email_address%20}}

The euro is getting its first major redesign in over 20 years. Which one is your favorite?

06/30/2026

"Type in any location in the world and the algorithm will select a Rothko painting representative of the weather there. Currently, the catalogue contains 89 paintings, each of which are tagged with a color register, brightness, temperature, and mood."
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Rothko's paintings form the basis of a project called 'Current Rothko' by New York-based designer and creative director Joonas Virtanen.

06/10/2026

I am such a branding and humor ̶s̶l̶u̶t̶ fangirl. I have found Porkbun really good as a registrar, with decent prices and excellent support. The fact that their pun-heavy delivery is so over-the-top on-brand and fun just makes me enjoy them as well.

06/05/2026

"Detailed and ornate, with a look and feel that you often only find in old print...delicate visual systems [that] draw from vintage design languages and small observations she makes out in the world day to day."

The designers’ visual systems often find their start in off-piste vintage design references and explorations off screen – that’s why they don’t really look like anything else you’ll see today.

06/01/2026

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/duckduckgo-makes-its-no-ai-search-engine-easier-to-access-as-its-traffic-booms/

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

05/17/2026

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but...

03/31/2026

https://mymodernmet.com/paper-cranes-naofumi-hama/

Traditional origami is cool, but check out these paper cranes!