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A new challenge every week. No expertise required. Try something, report back, and consider yourself briefly educated.

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Now enrolling · Week 26

This Week’s Challenge

Skill
Self-Direction
Illustrated Week 26 Midyear Remix challenge with a three-way signpost for catching up, running it back, or going wild

Midyear Remix

Become Briefly Self-Directed.

Choose your own assignment: catch up on a challenge you missed, run back a favorite, or invent a small Wild Card challenge of your own.

  1. 01Catch up on one
  2. 02Run back a favorite
  3. 03Play your Wild Card

There is no wrong place to jump back in, and one challenge is enough. Late submissions are always welcome.

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Dispatches from the student body

Fresh from the Academy

Recent experiments, discoveries, and extremely unofficial qualifications.

Lily’s espresso cortado beside the new brewing setup
Week 25

Lily

Steamed soy milk and espresso from a newly gifted Nespresso maker—a new brewing method.
An intentionally decorated home-office setup
Week 24

Anonymous

An intentionally decorated home-office setup.
Week 18

Anonymous

Learned the song for the Dutch March during the World Cup.
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By the Numbers

26challenges Issued

44community Submissions

24participants

42graduations

26subjects Explored