Colossal
• Grace Ebert
For Chicago artist Isaiah Lee, a dollhouse becomes the site of uncanny imaginations.
Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Contradiction and the Unknown Permeate Isaiah Lee’s Imaginative Dollhouse Paintings appeared first on Colossal.
Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America. Totally pathetic and stupid. Maps are wayfinding tools and this toadying political change will help no one find their way.
Longreads
• Carolyn Wells
"She’s been winning races outright for nearly a decade. Why are we only now learning her name?"
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
For thousands of years, a massive bat colony has lived in a cave about 30 minutes from San Antonio, Texas. Ryan Huling, author of the Book "The Hidden Nations of Animals," tells us all about it.
If you want to hear about Ryan’s journey to visit other animal colonies, check out our episode titled: “The Animal Worlds We Rarely See."
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In today's livestream I talk all the reasons why I have to keep going with this channel.
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Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator.
Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards, featuring 10 sites that celebrate “the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web”. You have until Sept 25 to vote.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
@scientificamerican
Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with schizophrenia. “The bodies of people with schizophrenia, especially those on medication, simply regulate temperature very differently than others do.”
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
9to5mac.com/2026/08/28/apple-announces-price-increase-for-apple-tv-and-apple-one-subscriptions/
Chance Miller, 9to5Mac:
Here are the full details on the price increases:
- Apple TV (monthly): $14.99 (up from $12.99)
- Apple TV (annual): $119 (up from $99)
- Apple One Individual: $21.95 (up from $19.95)
Prices for other Apple One plans are unchanged. When Apple increased the price of Apple Music last month, it also raised the Apple One Family and Apple One Premier plans, but not the Individual plan.
The higher prices go into effect today for new subscribers. Apple says existing subscribers will be notified of the price increase about a month before they are charged the new price.
Seems poetic that Tim Cook’s last action as CEO is a goose to services revenue.
Link: 9to5mac.com/2026/08/28/apple-announces-price-increase-for…
