Cabinet of Delights

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Latest — Apr 23, 2025

Art Makes It Easier To Engage with Negative Subject Matter

Studies have discovered that people are more willing to engage with negative subject matter if it's presented through art vs. a photograph. "These findings suggest that art acts as a kind of buffer when we engage with difficult or negative subjects. The aesthetic qualities of art and

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Blog Posts at Random with a Click

Whether you're feeling bored or curious, this random blog post retriever may be the rabbit that leads you down the hole into the realm of independent blogs run by people sharing knowledge and interests on their own terms. Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time.A

Signal Identifiers: Flow Charts for Use

If you're new to or thinking of switching to Signal, the messaging app, how to find people and what information is available to others can be a bit confusing to understand at first. This article explains Signal's identifiers briefly, then more thoroughly. Perhaps most useful are

When Was Your Name "Hot"?

The Hottest Name site provides a graph about when certain names were popular in the United States. Whether you're curious about whether your name was trending when your parents named you, or you're looking for an appropriate name for a character in a story you'

Getting Citizenship Is (Not) Just a Game

Two games offer players a way to understand the obstacles and challenges of getting residency or citizenship in the United States and Europe. In the first game, players can choose different factors to see if they are eligible for an American Green Card. In the second (scroll to the middle

A Ukraine Reading List

The 100 Books to Understand Ukraine is a reading list for those interested in the country, region, history, or fiction in translation. 100 Books to Help Understand UkrainePrepared in cooperation of PEN Ukraine and Sensor Media “What are they fighting for?“ Unfortunately, even after eleven years of Russia’s war

Embroidered Silk Postcards from WWI

Hand-embroidered postcards from WWI are an interesting relic from the past century. Decorated with symbols of peace, flags, flowers, and messages, they were created by women who lived near the front lines as gifts for soldiers to send home to their loved ones. The postcards were delicate in nature, and

Arthurian Legend Lost to Time Rediscovered

A 13th-century text, repurposed as a cover of a later document, has been identified as part of the story of King Arthur and Merlin. Because the Merlin text cannot be separated from the document from the 1500s without damage, technology has allowed researchers to piece it together and present it

Piet Mondrian's Flowers

It may be surprising that the artist famous for geographic grids of primary colors had a soft spot for flowers, which were painted as single, solitary blooms free of vase or backgrounds, intricate in their structure and shape. Piet Mondrian Did What? Flowers!Oh no, no. This is Mondrian, the

In Search of Lost Time (lol)

Adding "lol" to the end of each sentence of a classic work of literature – is it a joke, a statement, a weird way to pass the time? This literary project spans over 2,000 pages, each sentence of Proust's In Search of Lost Time ending in

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Cabinet of Delights

A human-curated selection of delights that spark joy, curiosity, awe, or celebration, collected from around the web.

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