July 31, 2026

Here are this weekend’s stories ✨🗞

Sustainable Summer

Cape Cod Resorts Turn Oyster Shells and Farm Waste Into Environmental Wins

These environmentally minded hotels are working hard to preserve the classic New England summer experience for future generations through innovative recycling and farming programs.

Food & Wine ↗️

Sweet Shortcuts

Transform Your Grocery Store Ice Cream Into Showstopping Summer Desserts

With just a few extra ingredients, store-bought ice cream becomes the foundation for impressive party-ready treats like affogato, ice cream sandwiches, and chocolate cake.

Serious Eats ↗️

Academic Arsenal

The Gadgets and Apps That Will Actually Help You Focus This School Year

Your smartphone and laptop are both essential for school and major sources of distraction, but the right tech can help you stay on track.

Gizmodo ↗️

Scottish Spirits

A Tour Through Edinburgh's Most Historic and Character-Filled Watering Holes

From whisky-soaked taverns to neighborhood locals, these bars offer a taste of the authentic community life that defines Scotland's capital city.

Saveur ↗️

Eternal Alternative

Rome's Graffiti-Covered San Lorenzo Neighborhood Offers an Antidote to Tourist Chaos

This overlooked quarter trades the grandeur of central Rome for street art, cheap eats, and a working-class vibe that feels refreshingly authentic.

The Guardian ↗️

Creative Origins

Art Created Humanity, Not the Other Way Around

A provocative philosophical exploration challenges our assumptions about who invented whom in the relationship between humans and artistic expression.

Aeon ↗️

Cinema City

The Must-See Films Playing in New York Theaters and Outdoor Screenings This August

From art house premieres to rooftop movies under the stars, here's what to catch on the big screen this month.

Gothamist ↗️

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee Teams Up With BAM for New Festival Celebrating Brooklyn Culture

The iconic filmmaker and Brooklyn Academy of Music are launching a festival dedicated to the borough's artistic legacy and contemporary creative scene.

Time Out ↗️

Kitchen Confidential

This Anthony Bourdain Origin Story Captures His Spirit by Skipping the Legend

The new film Tony revisits the chef-writer's wayward youth with the kind of sharp, self-aware honesty that Bourdain himself would have appreciated.

A.V. Club ↗️

Historical Contraband

TSA Discovers Stolen Civil War Cannonballs Hidden in Traveler's Luggage

Security screeners at an Alabama airport made an unusual discovery when they found Civil War-era artillery shells packed away in a passenger's suitcase.

AP News ↗️

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