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How Our Brains Think They Know If Something We See Is Real

Basically, "why aren't we constantly hallucinating?" - Wired

The British Museum’s Reputation May Never Recover

Oops: There are "reports of theft every single day from various museums, cultural institutions, churches around the world. What surprised us was the fact that it was the British Museum, one of the most important museums in the world and a benchmark in security." - The Observer (UK)

What We Know About The British Museum’s Missing Items, So Far

The twists and turns are intense - and ongoing. - BBC

Why We’re So Sad About The End Of The DVD

Basically, memory: "The bouncing DVD logo is my Proustian madeleine." - The Atlantic

The School Where Choreographers Learn To Dance With Spreadsheets

The whole idea is "that choreographers use their considerable creative powers to help imagine structures better suited to their needs." - The New York Times

The Pulitzer May Go International

Time to end the citizenship requirement? Said one writer, "I think you could almost make the inverse argument — that to really understand America, you have to understand what it means to be on the other side of that citizenship line." - Washington Post

Social Media Warps Our Worlds

And it's not exactly planned, but now not exactly accidental; there' a science to it. - Fast Company

Writers Love Instagram, But It Is Frankly A Weird Venue For Them

It's got its appeal. Amit Chaudhuri: "The publication of a book is a strange occasion for the author – a mix of disengagement and nervous anticipation. What happens in the long aftermath is another matter. " - LitHub

Can This Violent, Funny, Queer Comedy Break Through Summer’s Doldrums?

Possibly, Bottoms - being released in a post-Barbie world - can win through where Joy Ride (equally raunchy, but not violent) and No Hard Feelings (had J-Law! And Ferris Bueller!) did not. - Los Angeles Times

The Deep Thrill Of Watching A Film That Is Streaming Exactly Nowhere

"We often let ourselves believe that everything, now, is available to us — that nothing is lost and every experience can be accessed and repeated." But no. - The New York Times

Why Would Writers Destroy Their Own Work?

Ask Sylvia Plath - or French writer Barbara Molinard, who ripped her finished stories into shreds and fed them to the fire before rewriting them from scratch. - The Atlantic

When You’re At A Music Festival, You Often Need A Cell Signal

And yet, none is to be found. Why? - The Guardian (UK)

Georgia Ranks Near The Bottom In Arts Funding. Does It Need An Arts Advocacy Group?

Despite these advances from some funders, area arts leaders have to deal year in and year out with the lack of government arts funding — and comparisons to other stated’ allocations is a bitter pill for many to swallow. - ArtsATL

The Trends Are Clear: Listening-On-Demand Is The Future

“Podcasting has attuned hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide to the habit of choosing the right audio content at the right time and hitting play. The same goes for music.” - Inside Radio

After Promising To Crack Down On Misinformation, Social Media Platforms Retreat

Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a trend expected to profoundly affect the 2024 presidential election. An array of circumstances is fueling the retreat. - Washington Post

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