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2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bundles</category><category>daily-finds</category><category>travel-and-places</category><category>design-and-art</category></item><item><title>Be standing in the right place</title><link>https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-08-29-be-standing-in-the-right-place/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-08-29-be-standing-in-the-right-place/</guid><description>Five things that only exist from one position or at one moment: a mural that animates at 40 mph, office glass that ripples from outside and not from inside, a wall that surfaces at the lowest tides, a golden corona, and a quasicrystal you have to walk around.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bundles</category><category>daily-finds</category><category>design-and-art</category><category>outdoors-and-nature</category></item><item><title>Made out of what was already 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