Timothy Ryback on Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs. “By seeking to ‘liberate’ Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.” Hmm, sounds familiar…
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Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So. “Put simply: It is...
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So. “Put simply: It is that bad. Liberal democracy is in danger. Fascism is a reasonable term for what we’re fighting.”
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From...
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back.”
How I’d Fix Atlanta. “In each of these essays, a citizen of...
How I’d Fix Atlanta. “In each of these essays, a citizen of Georgia’s capital argues for one way we could make our city better.”
4x3 is a Connections-like game invented by Hank Green where you sort...
4x3 is a Connections-like game invented by Hank Green where you sort 9 words into 4 categories. Crucially, “one special word belongs to all 4 categories”.
Ryan Coogler’s next project is an X-Files reboot. “We’re going to try...
Ryan Coogler’s next project is an X-Files reboot. “We’re going to try to make something really great, bro, and make something for the real ‘X-Files’ fans and maybe find some new ones.”
Oscilloscope Music — What You See Is What You Hear!
This is a visualization created on the screen of an oscilloscope by a musical piece:
Primer is an introduction to oscilloscope music, a genre and art form where vector visuals are formed by the music itself. The image is produced by using the left audio channel to control the beam on the X axis, and the right audio channel to control the beam on the Y axis.
Once I wrapped my brain around what was happening here, I found this to be quite an impressive achievement: creating beautiful & coherent visuals from non-discordant music. (via waxy)
Tool libraries offer community members access to “power washers, hammers, drills, cameras,...
Tool libraries offer community members access to “power washers, hammers, drills, cameras, lawn mowers, pet carriers, grills” and such to help with project. “There are no tariffs on sharing. The more we share, the more we have.”
Say the Words: American Concentration Camp. “What is happening now is not...
Say the Words: American Concentration Camp. “What is happening now is not a deviation. It is an expansion. The tools were always there. The tools were always sharpened on Black bodies. They are merely being used more broadly now, and with less pretense.”
Out today from chef, humanitarian, and activist José Andrés: Change the Recipe:...
Out today from chef, humanitarian, and activist José Andrés: Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs.
Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I’m Going to Teach...
Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I’m Going to Teach It Anyway. “This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism and fear.”
On Misdiagnosing Trump
Sherrilyn Ifill on those who got it wrong about Trump and the Republicans:
If you have a public platform & spent years calming everyone down, telling us Trump was not a danger, was not racist, & arguing that the best way to deal w/Trump was to laugh at him, berated...
Trump Pretends He’s a Dictator — and the Credulous Media Too Often...
Trump Pretends He’s a Dictator — and the Credulous Media Too Often Nods Along. “It’s the media’s responsibility not to leave the public with a false impression.”
Clint Smith visits the National Museum of African American History and Culture...
Clint Smith visits the National Museum of African American History and Culture after Trump’s EO concerning “improper ideology” at the Smithsonian museums. “The real story of America includes the story of slavery.”
“Chrysalis is a literary magazine by trans youth, for trans youth (created...
“Chrysalis is a literary magazine by trans youth, for trans youth (created with a little help from trans adults).”
Your Mum Does the Washing
The world’s political and economic systems can all unite over one central tenet: your mum does the washing.
Libertarianism:
Your mum does the washing.
You believe you did the washing.
Egalitarianism:
That one time you did the washing
is proof it’s all equal and
no one needs feminism any more.
Americanism:
Your mum does the washing.
It’s in the Constitution.
END OF DISCUSSION.
(thx, chris)
“This debate is entirely obsolete. To what extent is the constitutional order...
“This debate is entirely obsolete. To what extent is the constitutional order still in effect? If we must ask, we are fully in a crisis situation; once we don’t have to ask anymore, the constitutional order will have already been overthrown.”
“None of Us Knows What the Future Will Deliver”
On Friday, Heather Cox Richardson spoke at an event marking the 250th anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns at Boston’s Old North Church. The lantern lighting — “one if by land, two if by seas” — was part of years-long effort by some American colonists to resist what t...
Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf. “We need to talk to the...
Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf. “We need to talk to the other side — even if it has invaded and annexed other countries and committed unspeakable crimes against humanity.”
Anxiety by Doechii (Official Video)
After an old, unreleased song (and accompanying video) called Anxiety went viral on TikTok a couple of months back, Doechii released it as a single last month. And now it’s got a shiny new music video.
While I prefer the charming homemade quality of the original that she made in her small NYC apartment at age 21, this version is pretty great too. It’s going to be super interesting to see what Doechii does next — looking forward to it!
A collection of movie mistakes, including a recently solved one from Star...
A collection of movie mistakes, including a recently solved one from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. “Movies are handmade, and just like any other art form, sometimes the seams that hold movies together become visible to the audience.”
A depth comparison of shipwrecks around the world, from the Mary Rose...
A depth comparison of shipwrecks around the world, from the Mary Rose (~40 feet deep) to the WWII warship USS Johnston (~21,200 feet) and everything in-between (Andrea Doria, German u-boats, Lusitania, Titanic (12.5K ft)).
Johnny Cash Covers Personal Jesus
While not nearly as popular as his amazing rendition of NIN’s Hurt, Johnny Cash’s stripped-down cover of Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus is fantastic. Both songs are from Cash’s sixty-seventh studio album, American IV: The Man Comes Around (Spotify, Apple Music), which was the last one to be released before his death.
In case you want to listen to Johnny Cash all morning, here’s that version of Hurt and Bridge over Troubled Water (with Fiona Apple):
Oh, and his cover of The Beatles’ In My Life:
Tags: Depeche Mode · Johnny Cash · music · remix · video
In the wake of Alex Ovechkin surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record,...
In the wake of Alex Ovechkin surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record, here are a selection of other seemingly unbreakable sports records, from LeBron’s career points to Flo-Jo’s 100 meters mark.
Wonderful photos of Broadway legends reprising their most memorable roles, including Idina...
Wonderful photos of Broadway legends reprising their most memorable roles, including Idina Menzel (Rent), Matthew Broderick (Brighton Beach Memoirs), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl), and Dick Van Dyke (Bye Bye Birdie).
The Goalkeeper Who Got Lost in the Fog
This is a fun story about Sam Bartram, a goalkeeper who was accidentally left on the field when a 1937 game was called off during the second half due to heavy fog.
On Christmas Day 1937, Bartram was in the papers once more after a bizarre incident in a match against Chelse...
Stephen King used to “grant permission to students and aspiring filmmakers to...
Stephen King used to “grant permission to students and aspiring filmmakers to adapt one of his short stories for $1”. He called them his Dollar Babies. Frank Darabont made one of these $1 films and later directed The Shawshank Redemption.
Don’t Let the Days Go By…
This is a lovely cover of Bush’s Glycerine by Allison Lorenzen and Midwife, set to a poignant series of very short videos of everyday life. Give this 20 seconds of your complete attention and you’ll watch the whole thing, I promise. (via @mariabustillos.com)
Tags: Allison Lorenzen · Bush · Midwife · music · remix · video
300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to...
300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to move books to a local bookstore’s new location from its old one. The move took ~2 hours and “the brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order.”
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A...
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers. “I have had some truly wild conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea”.