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A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 16, 2026

Dolphins and Other Lovers

The Andoque of the Amazon know what we have forgotten: the forest's most beautiful creatures are also its most dangerous.

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By Eliran Arazi · Aeon

A boto, or Amazon river dolphin, the seductive, shape-shifting figure at the heart of Andoque folklore
A boto, or Amazon river dolphin, the seductive, shape-shifting figure at the heart of Andoque folklore
Design
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  3. A Shenzhen Fashion Showroom Bends Concrete Into Vaulted Corridors

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  4. A Former Heating Substation Finds New Warmth as a Restaurant in Gdańsk

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Arts & Culture

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  2. A First Look at Central Texas's Fall 2026 Museum Exhibitions

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  3. Inside Loriel Beltrán's Miami Studio, Where Paint Becomes Sculpture

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  4. Alla Bartoshchuk Paints Dreamlike Figures Caught Between Memory and Imagination

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Sound

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  2. The Womack Sisters Keep It in the Family

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  3. Resident Advisor's Best Albums, EPs, and Mixes of June and July

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  4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Brings a Decade of EARS to the Barbican, With an Orchestra

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Collecting

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  2. Five New Point-and-Click Adventures Worth Tracking Down in 2026

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Document

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  4. Nineteen of the World's Most Astonishing Catacombs, From Paris to Naples

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Film
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  2. Coyote vs. Acme Emerges From the Studio Graveyard With Wile E. Coyote Intact

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  4. In Coup de Torchon, Bertrand Tavernier Argues That All Crimes Are Collective

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