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07 May 2026

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Photo of the Day

The city never asks to be let in. ๐Ÿ“Nobu Hotel Chicago
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Word of the Day

frustrate

"To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired."


Quote of the Day

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."
โ€” Helen Keller
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Creature of the Day

worg

worg

"In the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, a warg is a particularly large and evil kind of wolf that could be ridden by orcs. He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English. In Norse mythology, a vargr is a wolf, especially the wolf Fenrir that destroyed the god Odin in the battle of Ragnarรถk, and the wolves Skรถll and Hati, Fenrir's children, who perpetually chase the Sun and Moon. In Old English, a wearh is an outcast who may be strangled to death."


On this Day in History


Pun of the Day

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
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Artwork of the Day

Ewer in Shape of Tibetan Monkโ€™s Cap

Unknown Artist, mid-18th century

Ewer in Shape of Tibetan Monkโ€™s Cap

Medium: Porcelain painted with copper red under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture: China
Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Trivia Question of the Day

A 2010 study by dating Web site Badoo.com found which of these nation's women to be most flirtatious online?

Limerick Attempt of the Day

Theme: toothsome tune

Limerick Illustration
A chap with a 'toothsome' new tune, Played notes that made listeners swoon. They started to chew The sweet air, it is true, And gnaw at the light of the moon.

Fortune Cookie of the Day

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"Enjoy a little nonsense now and then."
Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 18, 30, 38, 48
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Bucket List Idea of the Day

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Complete a 30-day 'Contentment Challenge.'

Dream of the Day

Mood: whimsical | Archetype: Creator
Elements: utter boy work

Dream Illustration

I was in this vast, shimmering workshop, not quite solid, more like spun moonlight and morning dew. Everything hummed with a quiet, expectant energy, and the air smelled of pure possibility. There, across a workbench made of woven starlight, was the utter boy. His name felt like a tiny chime, perhaps "Flicker." He wasn't made of flesh, but of soft, glowing motes of thought, perpetually shifting and reforming. We were 'working' on something โ€“ not a physical object, but a nascent idea, a melody waiting to be born into the world.

Flicker, with hands that were more suggestion than substance, began to gently gather wisps of silence and threads of nascent joy. He'd hum a low, resonant note, and the silence would shimmer, taking on color. My role was to weave in the stories, the unspoken emotions, shaping the form the melody would eventually take. We weren't just composing; we were *birthing* a new way for sound to exist, a song that could paint itself into being. It was pure, unadulterated creation, a joyful pushing against the boundaries of what 'music' could even be.

As we finished, a miniature, vibrant aurora unfurled itself from our efforts, not just heard but seen and felt. It sang of forgotten dreams and new beginnings, pulsing with light and warmth, and then drifted out of the workshop like a grateful whisper, off to inspire someone, somewhere. The feeling left behind was an expansive calm, a deep satisfaction of having coaxed something utterly new and beautiful into existence, together.


Classic Literature Recommendation

The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Blithedale Romance transports readers to a 19th-century utopian community, observed through the complex lens of its most detached member, Miles Coverdale. As Coverdale narrates the idealistic experiment and the entangled lives within, Hawthorne masterfully explores the clash between individual ideals and communal living, the perils of social reform, and the ambiguous line between sincere aspiration and self-delusion.

Fiction โ€ข Communal living โ€ข Farm life


Articles of the Day

Live Science

'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half

A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip travel time to under a year. This accidental discovery could revolutionize future voyages to the Red Planet.

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Space.com

NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars โ€” and it just passed its 1st test

NASA has successfully tested a groundbreaking new ion engine designed to propel astronauts to Mars, operating at unprecedented power levels. This achievement marks a significant step towards faster, more efficient deep-space travel.

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The Ringer

One of the Deadliest Cancers in America May Have Met Its Match

Pancreatic cancer, long considered one of medicineโ€™s most ruthless killers, may finally be yielding to new scientific advancements. This breakthrough brings renewed hope in the fight against a challenging disease.

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