content: 2026-06-21 capture run — 138 finds across 30 productive sources

daily-finds.log.md

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 Running record of every candidate surfaced by `/daily-finds`. The chosen pick of the day is prepended with `[chosen]`. Source attribution per candidate lets us track which sources produce winners over time.
 
+## 2026-06-21 — capture run (first run since 2026-05-06; ~6-week backlog)
+
+Sources scanned: ~50 active (9 skipped per sources.json `fetch: skip`). 138 finds written after dedup against the 468-find / 39-review baseline. Run executed as a fan-out: 8 scanner subagents (one per source cluster) → central dedup/bar pass → 9 writer subagents/inline writers for files + hero fetch.
+Productive sources: Web Curios (22), Recomendo (12), Wallpaper* Travel (9), icanhazdadjoke (9), AFAR (9), Wikiquote (8), Brett Terpstra (7), A.Word.A.Day (7), MoMA Design Store (6), Outlier (5), The Eclectic Light Company (4), Standard & Strange Journal (4), Kottke.org (4), Kikkerland (4), The Marginalian (3), MacStories (3), A Continuous Lean (3), Product Hunt (2), OSXDaily (2), Open Culture (2), Messy Nessy Chic (2), Hacker News — Show HN (2), Cool Tools (2), Uses This (1), Things Magazine (1), Six Colors (1), Quote Investigator (1), Daring Fireball — Linked List (1), Carryology (1), Boutique Homes (1).
+
+**Major fetch regression — all Reddit endpoints blocked.** r/macapps, r/shortcuts, and r/dadjokes all returned an HTML login/rate-limit wall (and 403 to WebFetch) for the `top/.json` endpoints this run, even with the Safari UA — zero Reddit-sourced finds. Reddit appears to have tightened bot detection since 2026-05-06; the curl+JSON path that worked every prior run is now dead. Needs an authenticated token or a different ingestion path before r/* sources are usable again. Dad-jokes fell back entirely to icanhazdadjoke; r/macapps and r/shortcuts produced nothing.
+
+Other blocked/broken this run:
+- **Cool Material** — now a full Cloudflare JS challenge on ALL URLs (homepage + both Black Book month pages). Previously curl-friendly; regressed. Candidate for `fetch: skip`.
+- **Werd.com** — HTTP 403 to both curl and WebFetch (was `webfetch` before). Regressed.
+- **Atlas Obscura** — full Cloudflare block (genuine challenge page, no content body — worse than the prior 5471-byte stub). `fetch: skip` long overdue.
+- **One Thing Well** — dormant: newest retrievable post is Jan 2023. Likely defunct.
+- **Tools and Toys** — no 2026 content; newest posts are 2024. On indefinite hiatus.
+- **This Is Why I'm Broke** — confirmed Angular SPA, empty template.
+- **Unusual Hotels of the World** — confirmed ~4KB SPA shell.
+- **Snow Peak** — product grid JS-rendered; no named SS26 apparel extractable.
+- **StyleForum** — readable via curl but no single convergent buyable pick surfaced.
+- **Kevin Kelly — thetechnium** — 2 posts, both meta-essays, no product candidates.
+- **Roadtrippers / The Outbound Collective** — generic/mass-tourism canon only.
+
+Workarounds that worked: **MoMA Design Store** and **Kikkerland** HTML collection pages are now Shopify SPAs (nav-only), but `/collections/new/products.json` returns the full grid — use the JSON endpoint going forward. **TidBITS** issue-level pages 403, but individual article URLs are fetchable via curl. **Brett Terpstra** Web Excursions (May 11, May 23) were the richest single vein — followed and parsed.
+
+Skipped (per sources.json): The Sweet Setup, Indie App Sunday (Mastodon), Gear Patrol, The Awesomer, Permanent Style, Heddels, Mr Porter Journal, Spotted by Locals, The Browser.
+
+Kikkerland Amazon policy applied: 4 new items verified present on Kikkerland's own Amazon storefront ("Visit the Kikkerland Store") and linked via `amazon.com/dp/<asin>` — Bee Float Island (B0GS67PGMJ), Cappy the Capybara Planter (B0GS67XJC6), Axolotl Punch Needle Kit (B0GR8N1C47), Dachshund Trinket Tray (B0GR94FPFW). Amazon `/s` search returned results cleanly this run (no CAPTCHA). Deduped out as existing finds: Cat Watering Can, Light Up Pen/Pencil, Woodpecker Garden Shears. Croissant Bath Rug stays dropped (prior no-Amazon-match decision).
+
+### Captured finds
+
+- akomolafe-obstacles-creativity — Bayo Akomolafe on Obstacles as Creative Hubs — source: The Marginalian
+- alvar-aalto-iridescent-vase-90th — Alvar Aalto Iridescent Glass Vase — 90th Anniversary NYC Edition — source: MoMA Design Store
+- anbernic-rg-rotate — Anbernic RG Rotate — source: MacStories
+- attenborough-at-100 — Attenborough at 100 — source: Kottke.org
+- bakunin-ninth-symphony — Mikhail Bakunin on Beethoven's Ninth — source: Wikiquote
+- bellow-memories-wolf-insignificance — Saul Bellow on Memory — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- beston-animals-other-nations — Henry Beston on Animals as Other Nations — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- black-sign-hakeme-check-engineers-shirt — Black Sign Hakeme Check Engineers Shirt — source: Standard & Strange Journal
+- breaks-pomodoro-timer — Breaks — source: Recomendo
+- camerons-world — Cameron's World — source: Recomendo
+- casa-ideale-arles — Casa Ideale — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- cori-hornbaek-hotel — Cori Hornbæk Hotel — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- corneille-manner-of-giving — Pierre Corneille on the Manner of Giving — source: Wikiquote
+- cosmos-visual-discovery — Cosmos — source: Recomendo
+- dali-false-memories-jewels — Salvador Dalí on False and True Memories — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- detailspro — DetailsPro — source: Daring Fireball — Linked List
+- disposable-memory-project — The Disposable Memory Project — source: Web Curios
+- diy-doodling-robot-kit — DIY Doodling Robot Kit — source: MoMA Design Store
+- doyle-world-better-for-presence — Arthur Conan Doyle on Making the World Better — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- earth-index — Earth Index — source: Web Curios
+- far-out-company — Far Out Company — source: Recomendo
+- feed-the-cat — Feed the Cat — source: Web Curios
+- firewood-splitting-simulator — Firewood Splitting Simulator — source: Web Curios
+- flower-lamp-yellow-tulip — Flower Lamp — Yellow Tulip — source: MoMA Design Store
+- folo — Folo — source: Brett Terpstra
+- forster-reason-idol-feeling — George Forster on Reason and Feeling — source: The Marginalian
+- four-seasons-cartagena — Four Seasons Hotel Cartagena — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- frank-beauty-that-remains — Anne Frank on Beauty Amid Misery — source: Wikiquote
+- garden-of-flowers-letterpress — Heikki's Garden of Flowers — source: Web Curios
+- gerrymandle — Gerrymandle — source: Web Curios
+- glider-browser-soaring — Glider — source: Web Curios
+- google-earth-flight-simulator — Google Earth Flight Simulator — source: OSXDaily
+- greatest-bird-names — The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time — source: Recomendo
+- grubber-twin — grubber-twin — source: Brett Terpstra
+- hacienda-botanica — Hacienda Botanica — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- hansberry-exceptional-lonely — Lorraine Hansberry on Exceptionalism and Loneliness — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- hardy-galileo-verse-inquisition — Thomas Hardy on Galileo and Verse — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- haskell-free-library-opera-house — Haskell Free Library & Opera House — source: Messy Nessy Chic
+- hayek-state-planning-individual — Friedrich Hayek on Planning and the Individual — source: Wikiquote
+- hendrix-park-hp-fatigues — Hendrix Park H.P. Fatigues — Japanese Gray HBT — source: Standard & Strange Journal
+- hotel-bella-vista-trafoi — Hotel Bella Vista — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- hotel-corazon-mallorca — Hotel Corazón — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- how-solar-panels-work — How the Heck Do Solar Panels Work? — source: Kottke.org
+- icare-dreamworld — Icare — source: Web Curios
+- imdb-theatrical-stream-list — Theatrical Releases You Can Stream — source: Recomendo
+- infinite-london — Infinite London — source: Web Curios
+- joe-colombo-kd28-stacking-table-lamp — Joe Colombo KD28 Stacking Table Lamp — source: MoMA Design Store
+- joke-de-brie-france — The Cheese Factory Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-dog-whistle-trick — The Dog Whistle Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-et-short-little-legs — The E.T. Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-keyboard-shifts — The Keyboard Factory Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-left-side-all-right — The Left Side Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-pumpkin-no-hands — The Pumpkin Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-seagull-bagel — The Seagull Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-sentence-driving-test — The Driving Test Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- joke-soft-drink-coke — The Soft Drink Joke — source: icanhazdadjoke
+- journiv — Journiv — source: Brett Terpstra
+- julius-sumner-miller-why-is-it-so — Julius Sumner Miller: Why Is It So? — source: Open Culture
+- kartell-componibili-2-tier-storage — Kartell Componibili 2-Tier Storage — source: MoMA Design Store
+- kent-wilderness-living-mirror — Rockwell Kent on Wilderness as a Living Mirror — source: The Marginalian
+- kikkerland-axolotl-punch-needle-kit — Axolotl Punch Needle Kit — source: Kikkerland
+- kikkerland-bee-float-island — Bee Float Island — source: Kikkerland
+- kikkerland-cappy-capybara-planter — Cappy the Capybara Planter — source: Kikkerland
+- kikkerland-dachshund-trinket-tray — Dachshund Trinket Tray — source: Kikkerland
+- learn-ai-layer-by-layer — Learn AI Layer by Layer — source: Recomendo
+- leonardotheka — Leonardotheka — source: Kottke.org
+- leros-greece — Leros, Greece — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- lettera — Lettera — source: MacStories
+- make-look-scanned — make-look-scanned — source: Hacker News — Show HN
+- mandai-rainforest-resort-singapore — Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree — source: AFAR
+- map-of-metal — The Map of Metal — source: Web Curios
+- map-of-physics — The Map of Physics — source: Open Culture
+- mechanical-pencil-teardowns — Mechanical Pencil — source: Recomendo
+- meditype — Meditype — source: Web Curios
+- metro-music-la — Metro Music LA — source: Web Curios
+- mints-macos-utility — Mints — source: The Eclectic Light Company
+- munenori-swordlessness — Yagyū Munenori on Swordlessness — source: Wikiquote
+- museum-of-the-human-web — Museum of the Human Web — source: Web Curios
+- niebuhr-complexity-rational-analysis — Reinhold Niebuhr on Complexity and Reason — source: Wikiquote
+- nightstick-rechargeable-floodlight — Nightstick Rechargeable Floodlight — source: Cool Tools
+- notchkin — Notchkin — source: Product Hunt
+- oioi — oioi — source: Product Hunt
+- outlier-air-jex-openseas — Outlier Air/jex Openseas — source: Outlier
+- outlier-cannabiscotton-littlebigs — Outlier Cannabiscotton Littlebigs — source: Outlier
+- outlier-injex-highdarts — Outlier Injex Highdarts — source: Outlier
+- outlier-light-dungarees — Outlier Light Dungarees — source: Outlier
+- outlier-ultrafine-merino-cut-one — Outlier Ultrafine Merino Cut One T-Shirt — source: Outlier
+- pilgrim-mindful-walking — Pilgrim — Mindful Walking — source: Cool Tools
+- pinebury-merino-wool-joggers — Pinebury Merino Wool Joggers — source: A Continuous Lean
+- play-it-by-trust — Play It By Trust — source: Web Curios
+- pocketbook-hudson — Pocketbook Hudson — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- porter-sin-against-life-beauty — Katherine Anne Porter on Beauty as Moral Duty — source: Wikiquote
+- quake-1-in-browser — Quake 1 in the Browser — source: OSXDaily
+- quercus-gay-georgia — Quercus — source: AFAR
+- rarefilmm — Rarefilmm — source: Web Curios
+- remarkable-paper-pure — reMarkable Paper Pure — source: MacStories
+- renyi-mathematician-coffee — Alfréd Rényi on Mathematics — source: Quote Investigator
+- ribbie — Ribbie — source: Kottke.org
+- ringconn-gen-3 — RingConn Gen 3 — source: Recomendo
+- rivay-linen-correspondent-jacket — Rivay Linen Correspondent Jacket — source: A Continuous Lean
+- river-snorkeling-blue-ridge-mountains — River Snorkeling in the Blue Ridge Mountains — source: AFAR
+- rsshub — RSSHub — source: Brett Terpstra
+- rushdie-religion-fearless-disrespect — Salman Rushdie on Religion and Criticism — source: A.Word.A.Day
+- saba-caribbean — Saba — source: AFAR
+- saddleback-leather-double-handle-purse — Saddleback Leather Double Handle Purse — source: Carryology
+- safecam-pro — SafeCam Pro — source: Brett Terpstra
+- secret-envelope-patterns — S.E.C.R.E.T. — source: Web Curios
+- silentknight-3 — SilentKnight 3 — source: The Eclectic Light Company
+- socotra-island — Socotra Island — source: AFAR
+- sortio — Sortio — source: Brett Terpstra
+- splash-canvas — Splash Canvas — source: Web Curios
+- stitch-your-travels-passport-cover — Stitch Your Travels Passport Cover DIY Kit — source: MoMA Design Store
+- storied-colors — Storied Colors — source: Recomendo
+- swf-rodeo — SWF Rodeo — source: Web Curios
+- tackle-quicklook-problems — Fixing Generic QuickLook Thumbnails on macOS — source: The Eclectic Light Company
+- tatter-blue-library — Tatter Blue Library — source: Messy Nessy Chic
+- tella-thera-crete — Tella Thera — source: AFAR
+- the-wedge-whistler — The Wedge — source: Boutique Homes
+- timecapsule-smb — TimeCapsuleSMB — source: Six Colors
+- tiny-world-builder — Tiny World Builder — source: Web Curios
+- tldraw — tldraw — source: Uses This
+- townsquare — TownSquare — source: Hacker News — Show HN
+- traversee-cevenole-cycling — Traversée Cévenole — source: AFAR
+- tuna-for-mac — Tuna — source: Brett Terpstra
+- underground-paris-map — Underground Paris Map — source: Things Magazine
+- utiutility — UTIutility — source: The Eclectic Light Company
+- viberg-garmsville-brogue-navvy-boot — Viberg x Garmsville Brogue Navvy Boot — source: A Continuous Lean
+- villa-argentina-dubrovnik — Villa Argentina — source: AFAR
+- villa-fayoum — Villa Fayoum — source: AFAR
+- virtual-os-museum — Virtual OS Museum — source: Web Curios
+- weather-rothkos — Weather Rothkos — source: Web Curios
+- wonder-looper-foxfibre-tsuriami-crewneck — Wonder Looper Foxfibre Tsuriami Crewneck T-Shirt — source: Standard & Strange Journal
+- wonder-looper-super-looper-french-terry — Wonder Looper Super Looper French Terry Crewneck — source: Standard & Strange Journal
+- works-in-progress — Works in Progress — source: Recomendo
+- writer-deck-resource-list — Writer Deck Resource List — source: Recomendo
+- yarlington-lodge-the-newt — Yarlington Lodge at The Newt — source: Wallpaper* Travel
+- your-internet-radio-dial — Your Internet Radio Dial — source: Web Curios
+- yourcenar-madness-destiny — Marguerite Yourcenar on Madness and Destiny — source: Wikiquote
+
+### Hero coverage
+
+- Heroes saved: 68 of 138. The remaining 70 are mostly intentionally text-only (16 of 19 quotes + all 9 dad-jokes) plus general-delight web toys / SPA app pages with no usable og:image (feed-the-cat, rarefilmm, map-of-metal, weather-rothkos, meditype, museum-of-the-human-web, garden-of-flowers-letterpress, play-it-by-trust, swf-rodeo, your-internet-radio-dial, tiny-world-builder, etc.) and several Brett Terpstra picks (his blog has no og:image cards).
+- Notable hero patterns: MoMA/Kikkerland Shopify `cdn.shopify.com/.../files/*.jpg` came down clean (2040² and 750² respectively). Wallpaper `cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net` and AFAR `afar.brightspotcdn.com` reliable. Map of Physics fell back to YouTube `hqdefault.jpg` (maxres was the 120×90 placeholder). socotra-island recovered via the AFAR article og:image; villa-fayoum recovered via the bare Wix static URL (the `/v1/fit/...avif` transform endpoint returns text/plain).
+- Hero failures (no image): silentknight-3 (only a 1400×122 banner in the post), mandai-rainforest-resort-singapore (Banyan Tree exposes no og:image / 403), nightstick (Amazon image-fetch blocked), cosmos-visual-discovery / learn-ai-layer-by-layer / imdb-theatrical-stream-list / writer-deck-resource-list / ringconn-gen-3 / far-out-company (JS-rendered or logo-only og:image).
+
+### Source-field fix
+
+The travel writer batch initially wrote the display domain (wallpaper.com, afar.com, boutique-homes.com, egyptbeyond.com) into the `source:` field instead of the sources.json name; corrected post-write to "Wallpaper* Travel", "AFAR", and "Boutique Homes" (villa-fayoum, surfaced via an AFAR article, attributed to AFAR). All 138 `source:` values now match a sources.json `name` exactly.
+
+### New source nominees
+
+11 this run (see candidate-sources.md): crossplay.news, Thought Asylum, Klipy, Bird History (Substack), Deepculture, nicoledonut.com, Herb Lester Associates, Neal.fun, Pippin Barr, Soph Warnes, Jack Weiss.
+
 ## 2026-05-06 — review: felo-ergonic-screwdriver-set
 
 Graduated from find captured 2026-05-03, source: Tools and Toys. Reused the find's `hero.jpg` (the six-piece set, two-tone soft handles fanned beside the chrome shafts). New category `tools` introduced — `kit` is reserved for preparedness/glovebox objects (valchoose-barf-bags), `kitchen` is too narrow for a workshop tool, and none of the software-leaning categories fit a hand-tool. `tools` is now the natural home for future workshop/hand-tool graduates. Tags merge the find's set with `workshop` and `household`. Registered in `src/lib/hero.ts` per build-review Step 6.