News from Around the Web
- The 52 Best Shows on Netflix, WIRED's Picks (January 2026)by Matt Kamen, WIRED Staff on January 24, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, Stranger Things, and His & Hers are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
- The 52 Best Movies on Netflix, WIRED’s Picks (January 2026)by Matt Kamen, WIRED Staff on January 24, 2026 at 12:00 pm
The Rip, Frankenstein, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
- Lit Hub Weekly: January 19 – 23, 2026by Lit Hub Daily on January 24, 2026 at 11:30 am
Love our annual list of the year’s best book covers? Then you’ll go wild over the best book covers of the decade. | Lit Hub Design How the Universal Friend, America’s first nonbinary minister, preached equality and salvation for all.
- This week’s news in Venn diagrams.by James Folta on January 23, 2026 at 8:21 pm
Over here at Lit Hub, we’re so in awe of the strike today in Minneapolis, and all the organizations, communities, and individuals who are mobilizing collectively to oppose state occupation and violence. If you’re looking to support the fight against
- Here’s what’s making us happy this week.by Brittany Allen on January 23, 2026 at 6:06 pm
Given: it’s another tough one out there, people. In the Northeast, there’s talk of a world-historical blizzard. Meanwhile actual ICE is hunting our neighbors—or they will be, very soon. I still think it’s crucial to lift up the light in
- Twin Cities bookstores are ready for today’s march against ICE.by Brittany Allen on January 23, 2026 at 5:15 pm
Reports from the Twin Cities indicate that citizens are helping neighbors every way they can. Today has been dubbed a Day of Truth and Freedom, in light of ICE’s craven siege on the area’s residents. Stores are closed, and people
- Age Verification Is Reaching a Global Tipping Point. Is TikTok’s Strategy a Good Compromise?by Jason Parham on January 23, 2026 at 4:11 pm
TikTok’s new age-detection tech seems like a better solution than automatically banning youth accounts. But experts say it still requires social platforms to surveil users more closely.
- The Poet Who Writes About Vietnam in Hebrewby H.M.A. Leow on January 23, 2026 at 2:22 pm
Vaan Nguyen’s poetry examines exile and memory through the lens of her family’s journey from Vietnam to Israel. The post The Poet Who Writes About Vietnam in Hebrew appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- American Psycho: How Donald Trump Brought the “Bateman Doctrine” to the Worldby Aron Solomon on January 23, 2026 at 1:52 pm
There is a moment in American Psycho when Patrick Bateman realizes that the rules do not apply to him. Not because he has outsmarted the system, and not because the system has collapsed, but because it never truly existed for
- Lit Hub Daily: January 23, 2026by Lit Hub Daily on January 23, 2026 at 11:30 am
“The SGG doesn’t fail because she’s bad at her con, but because her success would require a culture that is willing to let women want openly, take what they want, and keep what they take.” Lior Torenberg explains what sets
- “Stick Together and We’ll Win.” How to Get Inspired For the Minneapolis General Strikeby James Folta on January 23, 2026 at 10:57 am
Tomorrow is ICE Out of Minnesota, a mass protest against ICE and their murder, violence, and oppression of innocent people. The day of collective protest has gotten the backing of unions and politicians, and is a “statewide day of non-violent
- Alia Hanna Habib Offers a Guide to Finding an Agentby Alia Hanna Habib on January 23, 2026 at 9:59 am
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Go to a bookstore. No, we are not usually lurking in the aisles (though we might be), but we are reliably found in the acknowledgments section at the back of
- What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Weekby Book Marks on January 23, 2026 at 9:59 am
Julian Barnes’s Departure(s), Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s The Flower Bearers, and Brenda Navarro’s Eating Ashes all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. Departure(s) by Julian Barnes (Knopf) 7 Rave
- Why Regency Romances Are the Best Type of Romance Novelsby Sarah E. Ladd on January 23, 2026 at 9:59 am
“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable—that one false step involves in her endless ruin—that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful—and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behavior towards the undeserving
- Sorry MAGA, Turns Out People Still Like ‘Woke’ Artby Manisha Krishnan on January 23, 2026 at 12:09 am
From Black vampires gobbling up Oscar nominations to gay pro hockey players dominating the culture, diverse stories broke through in an environment that’s increasingly hostile to them.
- The 28 Best Movies on Apple TV, WIRED’s Picks (January 2026)by Angela Watercutter on January 22, 2026 at 8:00 pm
F1: The Movie, CODA, and Highest 2 Lowest are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV this month.
- Tarring and Feathering, American Styleby Matthew Wills on January 22, 2026 at 2:26 pm
What began as a European folk practice became a distinctly American ritual of public punishment. The post Tarring and Feathering, American Style appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese Centuryby Sandra Upson, Zeyi Yang, Will Knight on January 22, 2026 at 10:35 am
Watch our livestream on China’s dominance, influence, and how it is rewriting the future.
- Memory’s Role in Chile’s Democratic Rebirthby Sara Ivry on January 21, 2026 at 2:35 pm
In post-Pinochet Chile, public memory became a pathway to accountability. The post Memory’s Role in Chile’s Democratic Rebirth appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- About Time: January 2026 mixtapeby Austin Kleon on January 21, 2026 at 10:00 am
Here’s the first mixtape of 2026! Made from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents. I taped over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I taped over the music and then I taped over the artwork. This one gave me a little trouble. Back in December I texted a friend, “I’ve been building















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