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Mushroom Color Atlas: A Rainbow of Dye Colors

The Mushroom Color Atlas is a resource and reference for everyone curious about mushrooms and the beautiful and subtle colors derived from dyeing with mushrooms. But it is also the start of a journey and a point of departure, introducing you to the kaleidoscopic fungi kingdom and our connection to it. I love stuff like the Mushroom Color Atlas. There’s a book version coming out soon — you can pre-order at Amazon, Bookshop.org, or Chronicle Books. (via @presentandcorrect) Tags: color · mushrooms 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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The Oldest World Map in the World

Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum and an expert in cuneiform, takes a look at a 2900-year-old Mesopotamian tablet that contains a map of the world as it was known at the time. The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Writt...

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Saturday Night

Saturday Night is a forthcoming movie directed by Jason Reitman about the premiere of Saturday Night Live. At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television — and culture — forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written b...

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Tim Walz Fixed Your Bicycle

Immediately after Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’s VP pick, the memes started. Most zeroed in on Walz’s potent Midwestern dad energy; he’s the kind of guy who would help a neighbor fix a car, pick you up from the airport, or bring you some soup when you’re sick. For...

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The Undisguised Extremism of the Republican Party

Michelle Goldberg writes about a new book, a fascist manifesto, written by antisemite and white nationalist Jack Posobiec (and his ghostwriter) called Unhumans. The word “fascist” gets thrown around a lot in politics, but it’s hard to find a more apt one for “Unhumans,” whi...

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The World’s First Medieval Electronic Instrument

product photo of the EP–1320 Medieval

The EP–1320 Medieval is, amazingly, a real gadget being sold by Teenage Engineering — it’s a “beat machine” (or “instrumentalis electronicum”) loaded with a bunch of musical phrases and instruments from the Dark Ages.

Hurdy gurdys, lutes, Gregorian chants, thundering drums and punishing percussive Foley FX. The EP-1320 is the first of its kind: featuring a large library of phrases, play ready instruments and one-shot samples from an age where darkness reigned supreme, the instrumentalis electronicum is the ultimate, and only, medieval beat machine.

This is ludicrous and I love it.

Tags: music · Teenage Engineering

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55 Things to Know About Tim Walz

Over at Politico, Anusha Mathur compiled 55 facts about Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Here are some of my favorites: 3. Walz credits his rural upbringing for his values: “A town that small had services like that and had a public school with a g...