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Beautiful Public Data posts about the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during...
Beautiful Public Data posts about the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII using historical documents from the Library of Congress & National Archives, including photos by Ansel Adams and...
What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban...
What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl. “Somewhere along the line, the American Dream became to live alone, surrounded by all of this, rather...
A History Professor Answers Questions About Dictators
In this video for Wired, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who studies fascism & authoritarianism, answers questions from the internet about dictators. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to...
The Sticker Box and the Woodstock Message Tree. “What makes this sticker-covered...
The Sticker Box and the Woodstock Message Tree. “What makes this sticker-covered electrical box even more interesting is its location. It sits right across the road from the former site...
“Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably...
“Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won’t magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important.”
We might get to see Coyote vs. Acme after all…Warner Bros. is...
We might get to see Coyote vs. Acme after all…Warner Bros. is in the process of selling it. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
On Edward Gorey’s Great Simple Theory About Art “Anything that is art…is...
On Edward Gorey’s Great Simple Theory About Art “Anything that is art…is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one...
A UN World Meteorological Organization report “lists 151 unprecedented extreme weather events...
A UN World Meteorological Organization report “lists 151 unprecedented extreme weather events in 2024, meaning they were worse than any ever recorded in the region.” Heat, floods, storms — all...
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional. “[Anti-Constitutionalism] rejects the premise that...
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional. “[Anti-Constitutionalism] rejects the premise that sovereignty lies with the people, that ours is a government of limited and enumerated powers and that the...
Editorial from Nature magazine: Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them. “We...
Editorial from Nature magazine: Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them. “We urge policymakers to help boost people’s confidence in vaccines, and not to undermine scientific and medical institutions or...
Don’t Be a Sucker!
In 1945, the US Department of War (the precursor to the Dept of Defense) produced this educational film on the “destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice” and the use...
What Are the Physical Limits of Humanity?
A new video from Kurzgesagt explores the limits of human exploration in the Universe. How far can we venture? Are there limits? Turns out the answer is very much “yes”…with...
A 6‑Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports. “The tonal...
A 6‑Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports. “The tonal field is the same, but now the notes are no attack, all decay.” 💬 Join the discussion on...
UbuWeb, a pirate library of avant-garde artifacts, closed in 2024. But last...
UbuWeb, a pirate library of avant-garde artifacts, closed in 2024. But last month, they started the site back up again. “Archiving reemerges as a strong form of resistance, a way...
Bad at Goodbyes is a podcast highlighting a different critically endangered plant...
Bad at Goodbyes is a podcast highlighting a different critically endangered plant or animal on each episode. Recently featured: Vancouver Island Marmot, Dama Gazelle, Koyama’s Spruce, Cuban Crocodile, and Pariette...
Fooling a Self-Driving Tesla Is Dangerously Easy
In his latest video, Mark Rober shows how easy it is to fool Tesla’s self-driving capability (they use cheaper video cameras) when compared with other self-driving cars (which use lidar)....
From The Climate Mental Health Network, a downloadable free zine for youth...
From The Climate Mental Health Network, a downloadable free zine for youth that “offers a collection of perspectives and tools to support other climate-concerned youth around the emotional impacts of...
The Women Who Wanted to Leave Their Husbands Over Politics. “This fall,...
The Women Who Wanted to Leave Their Husbands Over Politics. “This fall, I followed three women who had been thinking about divorce. What happened when Donald Trump won again?” Really...
Freedom of the Press Foundation: “[Wired] is going to stop paywalling articles...
Freedom of the Press Foundation: “[Wired] is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.”
You may have already seen it, but I finally got around to...
You may have already seen it, but I finally got around to reading this piece: One Word Describes Trump. “Patrimonialism is distinguished by running the state as if it were...