Pathfinder: find and explore the relationships between two concepts....
Pathfinder: find and explore the relationships between two concepts.
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Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a sequel to The Social Network....
Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a sequel to The Social Network. “The new film isn’t a ‘January 6’ movie and will focus not just on the 2020 election but also Facebook’s effect on teens, preteens, violence and countries outside the U.S.”
What Was Jim Crow?
This is an excellent video explanation from Jamelle Bouie of what Jim Crow was, how it developed, and how it continues to reverberate in American society and politics today.
If you are an American watching this, and you had a standard social studies or history class in h...
A blog about sci-fi interfaces in movies and TV shows with lots...
A blog about sci-fi interfaces in movies and TV shows with lots of screenshotted examples.
How Christoph Niemann Uses AI in His Work
This is a thoughtful piece from artist & illustrator Christoph Niemann about how he’s come to use AI (tactically, sparingly) in his work: Sketched Out: An Illustrator Confronts His Fears About A.I. Art.
Creating art is a nonlinear process. I start with a rough goal. B...
In case you need, like I do, some reminders on How to...
In case you need, like I do, some reminders on How to Weather the Storm. “You have opportunity after opportunity to create something lovely for yourself or others.”
The Joy and Pain of Learning New Things as an Older Human
From an excerpt of his new book, It’s Only Drowning (Amazon), David Litt writes about the frustrating and humiliating experience of learning how to surf at the age of 35.
Yet I didn’t quit. I returned to the dog beach twice more the week of my first solo session, and four m...
A recent trend in book cover design: “It tends to lay blaringly...
A recent trend in book cover design: “It tends to lay blaringly bright type in a sans-serif font atop a painting, usually a few centuries old but not always.” See My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh.
Noah Kalina on the observer’s paradox: “I’ve come to the unfortunate realization...
Noah Kalina on the observer’s paradox: “I’ve come to the unfortunate realization that I can’t experience anything anymore without thinking about how I’ll document it.” 🎯🎯🎯
Chris Ware Creates Stamps For USPS
Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style.
The pane of 20 interconnected stamps show a bird’s-eye view of a mail carrier’s route through a bustling town. Laid out in 4 rows of 5, the stamps depict the story through the 4 seasons from top-left to bottom-right. The artwork also contains numerous icons representing the Postal Service.
The stamps will be available in July but you can pre-order them now from the USPS Store. (thx, caroline)
Tags: Chris Ware · design · stamps · USPS
From Scientific American, a set of charts of vaccination recommendations for children...
From Scientific American, a set of charts of vaccination recommendations for children and adults backed by science. (Since our “government” won’t do it…so fun to live in the DIY public health era.)
Star Wars Lofi, chill music from a galaxy far, far away to...
Star Wars Lofi, chill music from a galaxy far, far away to work & study to. Available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and vinyl.
Koyaanisqatsi Trailer Recreated Using Stock Footage
Koyannistocksi is a shot-by-shot remake of the trailer for Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi using only stock footage.
A testament to Reggio’s influence on contemporary motion photography, and the appropriation of his aesthetic by others for commercial means.
(via @waxpancake)
[This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2016.]
Tags: Godfrey Reggio · Koyaanisqatsi · movies · remix · timeless posts · trailers · video
Stop Making New Oreos. Not sure what the best part of this...
Stop Making New Oreos. Not sure what the best part of this video is — maybe the Bluetooth Oreos? (My friend the other day: “Look, PB&J Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.” Clerk: “They taste awful.”)
Copaganda and Me. “The police are the good guys, or so I...
Copaganda and Me. “The police are the good guys, or so I thought as a kid growing up in the suburbs in the 1980s and 1990s when just about everything I knew about policing came from what I watched on television.”
An Interview With Andor’s Creator, Tony Gilroy
Like many others, I became a little obsessed with Andor over the past few months. I was lukewarm on the first season when it came out, but a pre-s02 rewatch completely changed my tune — I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen on television. Season 2 was almost as ...
The Public Domain Cinematic Universe. Beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, Winnie-the-Pooh, and...
The Public Domain Cinematic Universe. Beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Popeye have entered the public domain. So far, the adaptations have been awful.
On not being an asshole. “There’s real societal value to self censorship....
On not being an asshole. “There’s real societal value to self censorship. Watching your words and how they might affect people around you is a pro-social exercise that should be encouraged in every facet of modern life.”
Super Mario Clouds for 10 Minutes. Marc Weidenbaum got Cory Arcangel’s just-the-clouds...
Super Mario Clouds for 10 Minutes. Marc Weidenbaum got Cory Arcangel’s just-the-clouds version of Super Mario Bros. (featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial) to run on a modern portable gaming device. Looks great!
Diego Luna Guest-Hosts Kimmel, Talks Immigration
Diego Luna is guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live this week and for his first monologue, the Mexico native spoke about immigration and what he’s experienced and observed in the US and LA during his time here.
Diego steps in as our first guest host of the summer and talks abou...
A provocative piece about using AI coding agents: My AI Skeptic Friends...
A provocative piece about using AI coding agents: My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts. “Something real is happening. My smartest friends are blowing it off.”
From Heather Cox Richardson, a video series called Ten Steps to Revolution,...
From Heather Cox Richardson, a video series called Ten Steps to Revolution, which “explains how the king’s American subjects came to oppose monarchy and, over the course of only thirteen years, to embrace the right to govern themselves.”
Death of a Fantastic Machine
Death of a Fantastic Machine (aka the camera) is a short documentary on “what happens when humanity’s infatuation with itself and an untethered free market meet 45 billion cameras”…and now AI. It’s about how — since nearly the invention of the camera — photos, films, and v...
“The web platform makes no demands because it offers nothing beyond the...
“The web platform makes no demands because it offers nothing beyond the opportunity to do good work. Certainly it offers no attention — that, you have to find on your own. Here is your printing press.”
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny (American Masters, PBS)
Premiering this Friday June 27 on the PBS, an episode of the series American Masters on Hannah Arendt, historian, philosopher, and one of the 20th century’s most influential political thinkers.
Hannah Arendt came of age in Germany as Hitler rose to power, before escaping...
“Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were...
“Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were U.S. citizens” and detained or arrested many more. “ICE has not implemented a reliable system to track and correct its mistakes.” (Or: the purpose of a system is what it does.)
The New Vera C. Rubin Observatory Is a Firehose of Astronomical Imagery & Data
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is operational and will soon embark on its primary mission: to take a detailed image of the sky every night for the next ten years.
A powerful new observatory has unveiled its first images to the public, showing off what it can do...
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver on AI slop. “Do you hear us,...
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver on AI slop. “Do you hear us, cabbage Hulk? Stay the hell away from John’s cabbage wife.” ??!?
The Classic Web account on Bluesky is currently going through kottke.org’s blogroll...
The Classic Web account on Bluesky is currently going through kottke.org’s blogroll list from 2004 and displaying screenshots of those sites as they appeared then. Look at all those varied designs!
Jaws turns 50 years old this summer. Here’s an interview with marine...
Jaws turns 50 years old this summer. Here’s an interview with marine biologist & shark conservationist David Schiffman about the huge impact Jaws had on society’s perception of sharks. People were scared to go to swimming pools!