Week of August 4, 2025

1. From The Atlantic, Weird, Wonderful Photos From the Archives. Plus, Teen-Agers in Their Bedrooms, Before the Age of Selfies.

2. Internet is beautiful: Cry Once a Week, click to feel something and Color Find, test your color perception skills.

3. As a Gen Xer who came of age at the height of the AIDs crisis, this is HUGE! The First 100% Effective HIV Prevention Drug is Approved and Going Global. Also, amazing: Google Develops AI Tool That Fills Missing Words in Roman Inscriptions and an interactive literature map.

4. The Story of the Chinese Farmer by Alan Watts.

5. From McSweeny’s, New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated The Constitution”