brainpickings.org

Observed 2026-07-12T09:22:46.552Z (20h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

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Runs onCloudflare

Email byGoogle Workspace

Registered withCloudflare, Inc.

Also usesGoogle Search ConsoleFacebook/Meta

IPv6 · tranco_40k

Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.

INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat brainpickings.org actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation

brainpickings.org

A / AAAA

172.67.186.199104.21.19.1512606:4700:3030::ac43:bac72606:4700:3035::6815:1397

Cloudflareserves the site

carla.ns.cloudflare.commaciej.ns.cloudflare.com

cloudflare.comanswers its DNS

aspmx3.googlemail.comaspmx.l.google.comalt2.aspmx.l.google.comaspmx2.googlemail.com+1 more

Google Workspacereceives its email

HTTPS probe

redirect Redirecting (3xx) 301 → https://www.themarginalian.org/

HTTP status301

Servercloudflare

TLS protocolHTTP/2

TLS issuernot observed

Behind Cloudflareyes

Response time142 ms

DNS resolutionNOERROR

Redirect chain

https://www.themarginalian.org/

Every field above is part of the same signed observation as the records below. Blank means not observed, never "none".

DNS Records

A 2

172.67.186.199
104.21.19.151

AAAA 2

2606:4700:3030::ac43:bac7
2606:4700:3035::6815:1397

MX 5

10aspmx3.googlemail.com
1aspmx.l.google.com
5alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10aspmx2.googlemail.com
5alt1.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 4

google-site-verification=e0PRUSqijUZefdQAeBErxwyYYzwma7G3o3US_X4hjJA
facebook-domain-verification=p426gr7iccj6pr5hu8pshy1v5l01ck
v=spf1 mx a include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:spf.braintreegateway.com include:servers.mcsv.net -all
v=DMARC1; p=none;

NS 2

carla.ns.cloudflare.com
maciej.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

carla.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (0)

None.

Subdomains (3)

The proof

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       width="300" height="64" alt="DomainDrift signed observations for brainpickings.org">
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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID: d47d631c-93bc-4887-ad5c-cab643f7b033
Output Hash: c4c31e8f05dcdfc75c711c823340540b3109736d7e5805443610f337f4c34d55
Signature: ed25519:c6071703130607dc8a00d1c17519ff60ee102dd922b0bb4384f5fbdb1f8df0c02f22cc93b499c551f3cf0042993feaec2975d67b96bd452cd780570ad2ce2208
Public Key: ed25519:d610d74ef18f683e5beb859d241d5e67dff0c122e8928b06bec1c2476f4ba27b
Parent: (genesis)
Plane: fast

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