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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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02 / CATCH UP

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Show HN: A CC0 museum of retro 3D tricks you can paste into a page↗ 3d-retro.com · HN · 14 comments · 75 points · Sep 23, 2026
Negativland, Culture Jamming, and the Art of Making Something New↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 41 comments · 125 points · Sep 16, 2026
Damn fine tiny cafe↗ sandyuraz.com · HN · 63 comments · 397 points · Aug 28, 2026
Lucasart's Afterlife↗ togameforlife.wordpress.com · HN · 52 comments · 108 points · Sep 15, 2026
Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing↗ daringfireball.net · HN · 731 comments · 825 points · Aug 16, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

John Margolies' photographs of roadside America↗ publicdomainreview.org · HN · 44 comments · 135 points · Sep 04, 2026
Negativland, Culture Jamming, and the Art of Making Something New↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 41 comments · 125 points · Sep 16, 2026
The Computer Museum of America reclamation project↗ computer-museum.org · HN · 43 comments · 115 points · Aug 31, 2026
Lucasart's Afterlife↗ togameforlife.wordpress.com · HN · 52 comments · 108 points · Sep 15, 2026
Show HN: Art – draw one stroke, let symmetry complete it↗ mrdee.in · HN · 34 comments · 86 points · Sep 05, 2026
Show HN: A CC0 museum of retro 3D tricks you can paste into a page↗ 3d-retro.com · HN · 14 comments · 75 points · Sep 23, 2026
Accidental Aesthetics and Romance of Power Wires↗ governance.fyi · HN · 17 comments · 56 points · Aug 30, 2026
Deadpan Photography: Enjoying the Pretence↗ photoni.st · HN · 16 comments · 54 points · Sep 01, 2026
Herdr Studio↗ powerfooI.github.io · HN · 20 comments · 45 points · Sep 11, 2026
Community condemn Bedminster AI mural as 'insult' to artists↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 28 comments · 37 points · Sep 23, 2026

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