“The Alamo announced Friday a whimsical and nostalgic new addition to its growing collection: the original, screen-used stunt bike from the beloved 1985 film Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.” Round of applause for everyone involved.
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Catherine Lacey’s The Möbius Book is both a memoir and a novel,...
Catherine Lacey’s The Möbius Book is both a memoir and a novel, does not have a beginning or an end, and is “readable from either side”.
Intricate Drawings by Shunshun
“Terrible night’s sleep? Here’s how to make it through the day…” Maybe...
A remake of The Thomas Crown Affair with Michael B. Jordan, Danai...
CBS cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after he...
CBS cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after he criticized the $16 bribe the network paid to Trump. Here’s why “Colbert’s cancellation is a dark warning”.
Fascism For First Time Founders. “Let’s have a little chat about why...
“The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive...
“The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident.”
Next year, “the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will...
Next year, “the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium” because of “the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits in the ACA markets”.
Contemplative Landscapes by Noah Kalina
Noah Kalina is uploading videos of the “long photograph” variety of peaceful & contemplative nature scenes to YouTube. 4K. No AI. “Press play and walk away.”
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Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles. “Collectivist...
From Beautiful Public Data, a look into the Internet Archive’s collection of...
From Beautiful Public Data, a look into the Internet Archive’s collection of 5000 images from the NASA Ames Research Center. “Browsing through this amazing archive gives you a unique view of decades’ worth of breakthrough research.”
How AI Wreaked Havoc on the Lo-Fi Beat Scene. “The music’s association...
The Surreality of Japanese Playgrounds at Night
Elderly Woman Keeps Mind Active Justifying Trump’s Actions. “I’m developing new neural...
Iceland’s 36-hour workweek has been a huge success. “On his free days,...
A comprehensive illustrated article on how screens work. This is the first...
The Design Museum’s Upcoming Wes Anderson Exhibition
The winners of Core77 Design Awards. Categories include apps, packaging, transportation, branding,...
Finding of a recent survey of 90,000+ trans Americans: “trans people who...
I haven’t watched the NBA in years and I only know about...
I haven’t watched the NBA in years and I only know about Joel Embiid by media osmosis, but for some reason I spent 45 minutes this morning reading this profile of him.
From Smithsonian Magazine, the story of how Reading Rainbow came about, in...
From Smithsonian Magazine, the story of how Reading Rainbow came about, in part as an effort to combat schoolchildren’s summer reading slumps.
A collection of photos from the 70s & 80s of kids jumping...
I had no idea Subaru actively courted lesbian car buyers with targeted...
I had no idea Subaru actively courted lesbian car buyers with targeted ad campaigns in the early 90s; here’s a 2016 Planet Money episode about it: When Subaru Came Out.
The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack. “The hawk appears to...
Photos Show the Vast Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects
Let Your Kid Climb That Tree. “Your fear that your kid will...
Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the...
Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White. “A blank...
A great look at how Baltimore’s investment in an “ecosystem of community–oriented...
A great look at how Baltimore’s investment in an “ecosystem of community–oriented interventions” has drastically reduced violent crime in the city by treating crime as a public health crisis.