Destin Conrad drops his second studio album: “wHIMSY.

From NPR. Just months after the April 2025 release of his debut album, “Love on Digital,” Destin Conrad dropped his second studio album, a jazz project titled “wHIMSY.” Both albums climbed the charts, and Conrad snagged a Grammy nomination for best progressive R&B album for “Love on Digital” — his first as a solo artist.⁠…

Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music

From NPR. Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music, in a small town in the green mountains of Jamaica.⁠ ⁠ “Christiana, where I was born and raised, is a community where music literally oozes out of every fabric of the community," Iké told “All Things Considered.” Her memories of music growing up included her mom’s…

As part of a nationwide #strike, dozens of NYC businesses closed January 30. We visited two of them.

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Thousands attend vigils at VAs across the country after Alex Pretti’s death

From NPR. In the week since Border Patrol officers killed Alex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse, vigils around the country have celebrated Pretti’s work and denounced ICE’s tactics. Thousands gathered outside the Manhattan VA hospital, filling the sidewalk between massive snowbanks. And hundreds of Pretti’s colleagues at Minneapolis VA held a vigil earlier this…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz defends the right to peaceful protests

From NPR. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz defended the right to peaceful protests and expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s calls earlier this week to de-escalate its immigration crackdown in his state in an interview Friday with NPR’s “All Things Considered.” “I know who I’m dealing with. I know that they’re not going to keep…

V. Alaska Roundtable

From Nick Zentner. Nick Zentner | January 31, 2026 | 8:00 am Pacific | Alaska A to Z! Karin Sigloch, Michael Eddy, & Trevor Waldien join Nick for a free-flowing discussion of Alaska Tectonics.

Tim Walz says he won’t “compromise with authoritarianism”

From NPR. After Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz referred to ICE agents as “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter criticizing Walz for his rhetoric, accusing state leaders of not doing enough to “support the men and women who are risking their lives and uphold the rule of law.” In an…

Why Meta is winning as Microsoft gets crushed

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Drywall Is Dead. Do This Instead.

From HAXMAN. Stop using drywall for your garage or shed. This is a faster, stronger, and waterproof alternative that requires NO mudding, NO sanding, and No painting. Today, we’re transforming Wayne’s shed with the ultimate wall and ceiling covering that installs crazy fast with no mess and organizes all of Wayne’s gear on the wall.…

Jeff Reed knows a lot about how wolves communicate

From NPR. After years of eavesdropping and analyzing howls in Yellowstone, Jeff Reed knows a lot about how wolves communicate. A computational linguist, he uses AI and bioacoustics to isolate, record, and interpret the sounds that wolves make in the wild. He co-founded The Cry Wolf Project, the world’s largest bioacoustics study of wild wolves.…

The Emergent Nature of Free Will

From StarTalk. In this discussion, Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, explores whether free will can be understood as an emergent property of consciousness, similar to how fluid dynamics describes gases without tracking individual particles. Using analogies from physics, neuroscience, and science fiction, they debate whether human choices can be…

The Beatles Songwriting Secrets Revealed In Their Demos

From David Bennett Piano. Thanks to LALAL.AI for sponsoring this video Try LALAL.AI today with this link: https://www.lalal.ai/?fp_ref=david93 Check out my Beatles podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFni1nd24Bf95SexJTaVAvA 👂 Listening to The Beatles demos and outtakes is a fascinating insight into how the band arranged and developed their songs before committing to the final version we all know and…

WWII’s Greatest Hit

From Today I Found Out. War and music have always gone hand-in-hand. From the dawn of human civilization, armies have used music – from drumming to bagpipes to full marching bands – to raise morale, keep pace on the march, and get troops psyched up for battle. Meanwhile, common soldiers have long maintained a tradition…

Extreme Science on the Doomsday Glacier: Live in Antarctica with Miles O’Brien | NOVA | PBS

From NOVA PBS Official. LIVE from the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica 🇦🇶 The "Doomsday Glacier" is melting faster than almost any other glacier on Earth. An international team of researchers has achieved a major milestone: successfully boring through 3,000 feet of ice using a high-pressure hot water drill. Award-winning science correspondent Miles O’Brien is interviewing…

Is ICE a threat to American democracy?

From The Economist. Under Donald Trump, ICE and Border Patrol are trampling constitutional freedoms and behaving like paramilitary organisations. The killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has become a test of how the federal government inflicts violence on America’s streets. Mr Trump appears to be retreating—but what does that mean for his…

Crystal Candies

From Tasty. These crystal candies by @mymanabites may look like gemstones, but they’re actually a traditional Japanese treat called kohakutou. Made with agar agar instead of gelatin, they’re crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. This version hides a fun jelly filling in the center. They sparkle and shine, and they’re surprisingly easy…

When A Remake Isn’t Actually A Remake At All

From Nerdstalgic. At this point, we all know Hollywood LOVES remakes. But sometimes, a “remake” isn’t actually remaking the movie you think it is. When Mark Wahlberg’s The Italian Job hit theaters in 2003, it was marketed as a modern update of the 1969 Michael Caine classic. But if you look closer, the film has…

How Much Is A Corpse Worth?: The London History Show

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Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday)

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The Samurai Who Became A Roman Citizen

From The Nerdwriter. Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. WATCH PART ONE HERE: https://youtu.be/8pkX2fLFy4E MY BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ymfQPV SOURCES Lucchese, Kathryn M. A Japanese Mission to Seventeenth-Century Rome: Date Masamune’s Cosmopolitan Dream. Lexington Books, 2024. Batts, Joshua Michael. The Gate Ajar: Japan, the Spanish Monarchy, and the Pacific World, 1609–1616. PhD diss., University…

Is ICE a threat to American democracy?

From The Economist. “The most important power a government has is its monopoly on violence”—Edward Carr, our deputy editor, explains why he thinks this is a monumental moment for American democracy. On the latest Insider show, our editors discuss the killings in Minneapolis and why what happens next is a test of Donald Trump’s power.

Hacking Humans 🧠⚡️| Through the Wormhole | Science Channel

From Science Channel. Confront humanity’s biggest questions, from faster than light travel to mind hacking, robots, and immortality itself. Explore how science could redefine what it means to be human. #ScienceChannel #MorganFreeman Stream Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/through-the-wormhole-with-morgan-freeman About Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: Morgan Freeman and some of the sharpest scientists…

The Best Chocolate Chunk Muffin Recipe You’ll Ever Make | America’s Test Kitchen

From America’s Test Kitchen. Lawman Johnson and Bridget Lancaster make a spectacular muffin recipe featuring gooey, ganache-style chocolate centers and a rich browned butter base, resulting in a perfectly balanced, not-too-sweet muffin. Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins Recipe: https://cooks.io/4bTMcCD Discover more recipes through the America’s Test Kitchen App: https://cooks.io/4fOeBKB Get exclusive access to every recipe,…

The average #household has more than seven #subscriptions, costing #Americans over $200 a month.

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What a US Invasion of Greenland Would Actually Look Like

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What a US Invasion of Greenland Would Actually Look Like

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The Debate Over the Best Parking Garage Design

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I Learned The Ancient Owl Whistle

From Tom Carroll. Owl whistle, loon call, pigeon whistle, hand flute…whatever you call it – I decided it was time to learn it to try and gain my Dad’s respect. Thanks to @davidianhowe for the quick chat and insight into how our ancestors might have used this sort of thing! What skill should I learn…

How to Be a Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane)

From The Atlantic. On this week’s “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel opens with what it means to live in 2026, when our phones can drop us into graphic, real-time violence without warning—and when documenting that violence can be both traumatizing and politically consequential. Using recent footage out of Minneapolis as a lens, he explores the uneasy…

That Time I Vlogged in 1989 | Vlog 65

From either Freakin’ Reviews or Freakin’ 2. Today’s vlog was filmed on January 29, 2026 and September 30, 1989. In the 1989 segment, I was 21 years old and in my last year of college. Music by Epidemic Sound "Money Bags" by dreem "Glitching Through the Sky" by William Benckert 0:00 Review in Progress 1:47…