Diversity News Report (October 13, 2026)

https://www.amerika.org/politics/diversity-news-report-october-13-2026/

50 legendary websites that feel like the internet's hidden toolbox

1. unpaywall.org — Free research papers

2. openlibrary.org — Borrow books online

3. doaj.org — Free academic journals

4. gutenberg.org — 70K+ free books

5. openstax.org — Free textbooks

6. openculture.com — Free online courses

7. wolframalpha.com — Solve complex problems

8. elicit.org — AI research assistant

9. consensus.app — Research-backed AI answers

10. connectedpapers.com — Find research connections

11. semanticscholar.org — Academic search engine

12. scispace.com — Understand research papers easily

13. photopea.com — Free Photoshop alternative

14. squoosh.app — Compress & optimize images

15. remove.bg — Remove image backgrounds

16. cleanup.pictures — Remove objects from photos

17. unscreen.com — Remove video backgrounds

18. carbon.now.sh — Beautiful code images

19. ray.so — Share elegant code screenshots

20. phind.com — AI search engine for developers

21. regex101.com — Test and debug regex

22. codebeautify.org — Format & clean code

23. jsonformatter.org — Format & validate JSON

24. explainshell.com — Understand terminal commands

25. shots.so — Stunning product mockups

26. mediamodifier.com — Powerful online mockup generator

27. alternativeto.net — Find alternatives to any app

28. haveibeenpwned.com — Check data breaches

29. virustotal.com — Scan files & URLs for malware

30. privnote.com — Self-destructing text notes

31. temp-mail.org — Disposable temporary email

32. 10minutemail.com — 10-minute temporary email

33. file.io — Temporary & secure file sharing

34. radio.garden — Explore global live radio

35. music-map.com — Discover similar music & artists

36. tunefind.com — Find songs from movies & shows

37. musicforprogramming.net — Focus music for coding

38. mynoise.net — Custom background sounds

39. coffitivity.com — Ambient café sounds for productivity

40. justwatch.com — Find where to stream movies

41. archive.org — The internet's digital library

42. archive.ph — Create a personal copy of any webpage

43. similarsites.com — Find related websites

44. summarize.tech — AI YouTube video summaries

45. raindrop.io — Ultimate smart bookmark manager

46. downdetector.com — Check real-time service outages

47. tineye.com — Smart reverse image search

48. fast.com — Quick internet speed test

49. smallpdf.com — All-in-one PDF tools

50. ilovepdf.com — Merge, split & convert PDFs

Diversity News Report (October 11, 2026)

https://www.amerika.org/politics/diversity-news-report-october-11-2026/

Diversity News Report (October 10, 2026)

https://www.amerika.org/politics/diversity-news-report-october-10-2026/

Learn to code like in the 1980s
https://code198x.com/

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust, plus six other famous Adobe apps with the original interface style.

https://getartcraft.com/apps

1. ArtCraft

ArtCraft is an intentional crafting engine for artists, designers, and filmmakers

https://github.com/storytold/artcraft

2. PhotoCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/photocraft

3. FilmCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere Pro built in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft

4. LightCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft

5. VectorCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Illustrator, built in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft

6. CADCraft

CADCraft: computer-aided design and drafting — an open-source, clean-room AutoCAD-style app in pure Rust

https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft

7. WordCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust

https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft

8. GridCraft

GridCraft: an open-source, clean-room spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel-style) in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/gridcraft

9. SoundCraft

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/soundcraft

10. DeckCraft

Presentations and slide shows: an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft PowerPoint in pure Rust.

https://github.com/storytold/deckcraft

First of all, the Dodo-Bird Effect is probably like the Flynn Effect: a statistical creation, not a reality, and definitely a "wet streets cause rain" causal inversion. Having therapy of any form is more likely to draw attention to problems, which is why "talk to somebody" and not "talk to a licensed psychotherapist" is said frequently on our streets.

QuotePost-hoc modeling showed the moderation was driven by faster rates-of-change for the mindfulness intervention relative to the others. In sum, we found that while psychotherapy modalities are similarly effective overall, some modalities are faster-acting than others.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10879-025-09712-7

The DBE itself has odd literary origins:

QuoteHe referenced the Dodo bird's quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, "Everybody has won, and all must have prizes," and his assertion that different therapies have equivalent outcomes became known as the Dodo bird verdict.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/news/dodo-bird-verdict

Books of note:
https://www.deathmetal.org/lifestyle/some-favorite-books-for-pushing-the-edge/

Diversity News Report (October 5):
https://www.amerika.org/politics/diversity-news-report-october-5-2026/

New feature: America's Hesh Kitchen

https://www.deathmetal.org/lifestyle/americas-hesh-kitchen-cheese-pimiento-spread/