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Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mk3wi6644c24Why Animals Look So Strange in Medieval Manuscripts https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/why-animals-look-so-strange-in-medieval-manuscripts.html22 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3wi6644c24https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mk2q2txb2k2pPristine Footage Lets You Revisit Life in Paris in the 1890s: Watch Footage Shot by the Lumière Brothers https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/pristine-footage-lets-you-revisit-life-in-paris-in-the-1890s.html22 Apr 2026 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2q2txb2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjzk5jc3422zGandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: “We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World” (1939/40) https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/gandhi-writes-letters-to-hitler-we-have-found-in-non-violence-a-force.html21 Apr 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzk5jc3422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjzbzmovtk2fA Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/recording-lets-you-hear-delta-blues-legend-robert-johnson-in-stunning-clarity.html21 Apr 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzbzmovtk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjy73f2tbc2tThe Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender” https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/the-powerful-messages-that-woody-guthrie-pete-seeger-inscribed-on-their-instruments.html21 Apr 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjy73f2tbc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjy6d5orw22wGeorge Orwell’s Six Rules for Writing Clear and Tight Prose https://www.openculture.com/2025/12/george-orwells-six-rules-for-writing.html21 Apr 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjy6d5orw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjxypgiywk22Is there a remotely normal person in the Trump administration? [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxypgiywk22https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjx4jxb5tc2eThe $666 Board That Built Apple: How the Apple I Changed Computing 50 Years Ago https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/the-666-board-that-built-apple-how-the-apple-i-changed-computing-50-years-ago.html20 Apr 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx4jxb5tc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjww4vwvtk2tTry the Oldest Known Recipe For Toothpaste: From Ancient Egypt, Circa the 4th Century BC https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/try-the-oldest-known-recipe-for-toothpaste-from-ancient-egypt.html20 Apr 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjww4vwvtk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjvpbhfuxc2eAn Animated Introduction to Michel Foucault, “Philosopher of Power” https://www.openculture.com/2015/07/an-animated-introduction-to-michel-foucault-philosopher-of-power.html20 Apr 2026 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvpbhfuxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjugdm5gic2rHow Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/how-jackson-pollock-redefined-modern-art-an-introduction.html19 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjugdm5gic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjszntoi4k2kThe Entire Archives of Radical Philosophy Go Online: Read Essays by Michel Foucault, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler & More (1972–2022) https://www.openculture.com/2022/10/the-entire-archives-of-radical-philosophy-now-online.html19 Apr 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjszntoi4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjpczi66tk2oA Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/recording-lets-you-hear-delta-blues-legend-robert-johnson-in-stunning-clarity.html17 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpczi66tk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjqqk6too22dJohn Turturro Reads Italo Calvino’s Fairy Tale, “The False Grandmother,” in a Short Animated Film https://www.openculture.com/2011/10/john_turturro_reads_italo_calvinos_animated_fairy_tale.html18 Apr 2026 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqqk6too22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjpificagc2wHow George Orwell Predicted the Rise of “AI Slop” in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html17 Apr 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpificagc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjpczi66tk2oA Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/recording-lets-you-hear-delta-blues-legend-robert-johnson-in-stunning-clarity.html17 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpczi66tk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjnq4ib2ek24People in the Middle Ages Slept Not Once But Twice Each Night: How This Lost Practice Was Rediscovered https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/people-in-the-middle-ages-slept-not-once-but-twice-each-night.html17 Apr 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnq4ib2ek24https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjncxty4722pConfidence: The Cartoon That Helped America Get Through the Great Depression (1933) https://www.openculture.com/2014/06/confidence-great-depression.html16 Apr 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjncxty4722phttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjn472inrk2lThe Trump Administration wants the Pope not to talk about politics while they consistently wrap their war in religion. How does that square? [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn472inrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjn3sbd3n22eWatch La Linea, the Popular 1970s Italian Animations Drawn with a Single Line https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/la-linea-the-popular-1970s-italian-animations-drawn-with-a-single-line.html16 Apr 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn3sbd3n22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjmrtexjz22kAuthoritarianism wrapped up in fake, performative Christianity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmrtexjz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjkzbi3dc223Leo Tolstoy Calls Shakespeare an ‘Insignificant, Inartistic Writer.’ Then George Orwell Fires Back https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/leo-tolstoy-calls-shakespeare-an-insignificant-inartistic-writer.html15 Apr 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkzbi3dc223https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjlq45bmyk2qWatch Animations of Two Italo Calvino Stories: “The False Grandmother” and “The Distance from the Moon” https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/animations-of-two-italo-calvino-stories.html16 Apr 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlq45bmyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjkzbi3dc223Leo Tolstoy Calls Shakespeare an ‘Insignificant, Inartistic Writer.’ Then George Orwell Fires Back https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/leo-tolstoy-calls-shakespeare-an-insignificant-inartistic-writer.html15 Apr 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkzbi3dc223https://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjkoicsc5k2d10,000 Chicago Concert Recordings Are Being Uploaded to the Internet Archive: Nirvana, Phish, Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants & More https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/10000-chicago-concert-recordings-are-being-uploaded-to-the-internet-archive-nirvana-phish-sonic-youth-they-might-be-giants-more.html15 Apr 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkoicsc5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjiknlcixk2lHear Hours of Lectures by Michel Foucault: Recorded in English & French Between 1961 and 1983 https://www.openculture.com/2018/01/hear-hours-of-lectures-by-michel-foucault.html14 Apr 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiknlcixk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjid2nqmws2uWatch 35 Short Films by Charles and Ray Eames: “Powers of Ten,” the History of the Computer & More https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/watch-35-short-films-by-charles-and-ray-eames.html14 Apr 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjid2nqmws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjfg6wl7ss2uIsaac Asimov Reviews George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Calls It “Not Science Fiction, But a Distorted Nostalgia for a Past that Never Was” https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/isaac-asimov-reviews-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four.html13 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfg6wl7ss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjfowjzif22dSci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964: Artificial Intelligence, Instantaneous Global Communication, Remote Work, Singularity & More https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/sci-fi-writer-arthur-c-clarke-predicts-the-future1964.html13 Apr 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfowjzif22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/openculture.bsky.social/post/3mjfg6wl7ss2uIsaac Asimov Reviews George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Calls It “Not Science Fiction, But a Distorted Nostalgia for a Past that Never Was” https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/isaac-asimov-reviews-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four.html13 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:tahtsk7ouhcdxiqwbgtrg36b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfg6wl7ss2u