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- The Queens Public Library system is being held for ransom.by Olivia Rutigliano on November 6, 2026 at 7:52 pm
In a bizarre turn of events, on Wednesday November 4th, New York City’s Queens Public Library (QPL) system, which operates 66 branches, experienced an attack on its online networks by a hacker. The entire system is offline, and is being
- Take the n+1 bookmatch quiz and know thyself.by Brittany Allen on November 6, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Our friends at n+1 are back with their annual pre-yuletide gift. Bookmatch, the highly bespoke literary quiz, pairs readers with a custom-made syllabus based on their answers to a dozen or so quirky questions. Be warned: this is not Buzzfeed’s multiple
- How to Cite Sources on JSTORby The Editors on November 6, 2026 at 2:44 pm
Not sure how to format your references? Learn how to use JSTOR’s citation tool and avoid common mistakes. The post How to Cite Sources on JSTOR appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- Horny Grandmas Are Having a Momentby Jason Parham on November 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Creators in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have flooded adult platforms as the demand for mature content has skyrocketed, with some turning to online sex work as a retirement lifeline.
- Lit Hub Daily: November 6, 2026by Lit Hub Daily on November 6, 2026 at 11:30 am
Katherine Kelaidis on Sergey Davydov and why stories of ordinary life are essential in times of political upheaval: “Hatred and division, the business of political conflict, are not the organizing principles of his inner world. Love is.” | Lit Hub
- Science Friction: An Argument for More Sex in Sci-Fiby Adam Peterson on November 6, 2026 at 10:00 am
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. For centuries, sailors enduring months-long voyages would gaze out at sea mammals sunning themselves and think the thought as old as thought itself: “Would.” Even famously reliable Christopher
- Who Gets to Write About Ordinary Life?by Katherine Kelaidis on November 6, 2026 at 9:59 am
We keep asking Sergey Davydov for a news report, but what he really wants to tell us is a love story. It would be to our advantage if we do it his way. His sophomore foray outside of theatre, Мидвест
- How Neuroscience Can Give Paralyzed People The Chance to Speak Againby Anna Chambers on November 6, 2026 at 9:31 am
A young adult man with closely cropped dark brown hair sits in a wheelchair in a dimly lit room, facing a computer screen on which a simple phrase is typed out: “How are you today?” Underneath the question on the
- ”Arabic Music,” a Poem by Mahmoud Darwishby Mahmoud Darwish on November 6, 2026 at 9:30 am
“If only men were stones.” If only I were a stone… Whenever the eyes wander, Do these clouds, one by one, Put me to flight? When a sparrow scratches at the horizon Do I search for an idol? At each
- Priyanka Kumar on Incorporating Art Into Her Nature Writingby Priyanka Kumar on November 6, 2026 at 9:15 am
On a snowy winter afternoon, a coyote was slipping out of the microwild around my home as I tried, without success, to get a good photograph. (I created the concept of the microwild while writing the book The Light Between
- What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Weekby Book Marks on November 6, 2026 at 9:07 am
Judi Dench’s Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?, Ian Rankin’s The Heights, Louise Kennedy’s Stations, and Simon Garfield’s The Pen: A Human History all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home
- Damsby Lit Hub Excerpts on November 6, 2026 at 8:00 am
This is Ada noticing on her tongue the translucence of the word escriure and the word novel·la, to write and novel, respectively. The coffee tinting them, melting them, like ice cubes. Ada who is ex-plaining that now that she’s returned
- Area Man Feels Joy Online for First Time in Yearsby Manisha Krishnan on November 5, 2026 at 3:38 pm
A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.
- The Art and Science of Disney’s Fantasiaby Angelica Frey on November 5, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Before Disneyland, Fantasia brought imagineering to life through an ambitious experiment in animation. The post The Art and Science of Disney’s <em>Fantasia</em> appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- He Trolls AI Labs for a Living. Now They All Want to Work With Himby Isabella Ward on November 5, 2026 at 11:45 am
OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.
- The ‘Ocarina of Time’ Remake Is Finally Here, but Why Does Link Look so Yassified?by Kimberly Rooney on November 5, 2026 at 11:30 am
Nintendo has prepped its classic game for a rerelease with a slew of aesthetic upgrades—none more extreme than the protagonist’s curled-eyelash, glossed-lip glow-up.
- A New UK Porn Ban Sparks Fears of Unprecedented Sex Censorshipby Ej Dickson on November 5, 2026 at 7:00 am
Adult content creators and free speech advocates are sounding the alarm over a new law about to take effect in the United Kingdom banning simulated incest and some depictions of oral sex.
- ‘Blade Runner 2099’ Shows the ‘Silver Linings’ of a Replicant Takeoverby Angela Watercutter on November 4, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Showrunner Silka Luisa and star Hunter Schafer want their series, Blade Runner 2099, to show the benefits of a post-revolution world.
- How the Phone Book Taught America to Ask for Answersby Jonathan Aprea on November 4, 2026 at 2:44 pm
A collection of Texas directories from 1913 to 1959 shows how phone books—and the people who used them—helped invent “information” as we know it. The post How the Phone Book Taught America to Ask for Answers appeared first on JSTOR Daily.
- ‘Musk’ Director Alex Gibney Wants to Know if Democrats Can Now Hold Elon Musk Accountableby Kate Taylor on November 4, 2026 at 2:15 pm
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars means nothing to Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney says.




















