50 Albums Everyone Should Listen to at Least Once in Their Life, According to Audiophiles These albums top audiophile surveys for both sound quality and timeless impact.

50 LPs everyone should hear once in their lives. #Music #VinylCommunity

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Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading skills Denmark is eliminating its 25% book tax after finding reading skills in steep decline. Culture Minister Engel-Schmidt: "The gift of reading is something we should give to younger generations."

Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading
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"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

#trees #art #nature #landscape #bluesky #photo #photography

A Fujifilm X Half camera next to an iPhone with photos on the screen.

If you can stomach the price, Fijifilm's new camera can be a viable everyday-carry smartphone alternative that turns photography into a more intentional practice. nyti.ms/4mSbN19

Opinion: The more 'expert' you become, the more you think you ought to know, and the more you fear your credibility will suffer if you ever admit otherwise. on.ft.com/4mh4ujK

This explains the MAGA crowd.

The Perito Moreno Glacier. A headline reads: "A Famously Stable Glacier In Argentina Suddenly Looks Anything But" Photo by Moritz Koch

The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina has been thinning at a sharply accelerated rate since 2019, scientists reported on Thursday. And if the thinning doesn’t slow, it could kick-start a series of changes that might cause the ice to shrink even faster. nyti.ms/4lgguR2

How Scientific Empires End And what it means for America

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List. After Dan Pelzer died this month at 92, his children uploaded the handwritten reading list to what-dan-read.com, hoping to inspire readers everywhere.

Dan Pelzer read at least 3,599 books since 1962. After he died this month at 92, his family made his handwritten reading list public, hoping to motivate readers everywhere.

Remembering Sebastião Salgado, world builder, photographer of collective humanity and prophet of possibility The Brazilian artist captured whole societies in his teeming, panoramic images, and used multimedia storytelling as environmental activism

This photographer and his impact. And then the impact of what he created with the love of his life. The documentary by Wim Wenders, Salt of the Earth, is amazing. Also grandcirclefoundation.org/schools/inst...

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A Caribbean ‘Promised Land’ Where the Beaches Go On Forever

A Caribbean ‘Promised Land’ Where the Beaches Go On Forever www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/t...

The Best Wellness Advice Has Always Been Free Take a 19th-century writer’s word for it.

“Every year, the average American spends more than $6,000 on ‘wellness,’” Valerie Trapp writes in Time-Travel Thursdays. But the best wellness advice has always been free—take a 19th-century writer’s word for it:

Opinion | Did the Camera Ever Tell the Truth?

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:

People believed that the invention of the camera would show us the world. Where has it led us instead? In the Opdoc “Death of a Fantastic Machine,” the filmmakers Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson reveal the power and peril of images.

Opinion | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The erasures of ethical norms that President Trump exercised during his first term “now look like a dress rehearsal for the ultimate production of the second term,” the editorial board writes.

YouTube video by Stefan Burns Idaho is SHAKING as Strange Earthquake Swarm near Yellowstone Quickly Accelerates

Earthquakes.
In Idaho.

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The Greatest Sports Photo Ever Made Turns 60

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention. Leifer spoke about how it took on a life of its own.

The Most Ingenious Hawk in New Jersey A zoologist observed a Cooper’s hawk using a pedestrian signal as a cue to ambush its prey.

To see any animal blur the line between what we consider the human and non-human spheres is eerie, but also humbling. And this hawk did it better than most. Katherine J. Wu reports:

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Dear James: A Riddle About Reading Even when I love a book, I want it to end. Why?

In this week’s “Dear James,” a reader writes in with a question: Why, even when reading a thoroughly enjoyable book, do they want it to end?

‘All We Wanted to Do Was Play Video Games’ Streamers such as Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt have more influence than ever. What are they really saying?

Trump’s second term has made it even clearer how video-game culture is bleeding into everyday politics, writes @skornhaber.bsky.social:

17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression All at Once A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life.

New research has identified 17 overlapping factors that affect your risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, suggesting that a number of lifestyle changes could simultaneously lower the risk of all three.

10 Small Things Neurologists Wish You’d Do for Your Brain Easy everyday habits can help keep you sharp. And it’s never too late to start them.

Neurologists recommend 10 simple habits to help your brain stay mentally sharp.

Aguacate, la fruta que explica el mundo Desde la crisis del agua hasta las guerras arancelarias, pasando por el crimen organizado, la deforestación salvaje, las redes sociales, la obsesión por las dietas y la homogeneización de la oferta en esta fase del capitalismo. El aguacate se ha convertido en el gran termómetro de nuestra sociedad

Desde la crisis del agua hasta las guerras arancelarias, pasando por el crimen organizado, la deforestación salvaje, las redes sociales o la obsesión por las dietas. El aguacate, la fruta que explica el mundo