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Scaling Laws and the Speed of Animals
A recent paper found that the time it takes for an animal to move the length of its own body is largely independent of mass. This appears to hold from...
Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianism, Timothy Snyder & Jason...
Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianism, Timothy Snyder & Jason Stanley, have recently moved from Yale to the University of Toronto. Stanley: âthe primary reason was the deteriorating...
For his 8th book, What the Dead Can Say, Philip Graham limited...
For his 8th book, What the Dead Can Say, Philip Graham limited it to a print run of 1000 and distribution was entirely through stashing them in Little Free Libraries...
Want to build your own synthesizer? The DIY Synths Database is a...
Want to build your own synthesizer? The DIY Synths Database is a âcurated collection of 68 DIY-friendly hardware synthesizers and related standalone musical equipmentâ. đŹ Join the discussion on kottke.org...
From 2017, Ron Rosenbaum on the newspaper that fought Hitler. âThe paper...
From 2017, Ron Rosenbaum on the newspaper that fought Hitler. âThe paper went down fighting a lie, fighting Nazi murderers, refusing to normalize the Hitler regime.â
Wired surveyed 730 coders and developers about how they use AI chatbots...
Wired surveyed 730 coders and developers about how they use AI chatbots & tools. âFreelance coders seem to like AI more than full-time coders.â đŹ Join the discussion on kottke.org...
Tavares Strachan
I like these collage-like artworks by Tavares Strachan. One of the figures depicted above in the third piece, just above the queen, is polar explorer Matthew Henson, who was the...
Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big...
Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation. âThe New York Department of Sanitation engaged Lynchâs services to imbue their anti-littering campaign with his...
Jess Piper on speaking to people in conservative areas of America about...
Jess Piper on speaking to people in conservative areas of America about Trumpism. âYou are going to have to tell them the truth. You know the truth. We have to...
What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?
The Hubble Space Telescope âhas observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthdayâ. Just enter your month and day of birth to find out...
Waldo Jaquith on why he works in the open (blogging, open sourcing...
Waldo Jaquith on why he works in the open (blogging, open sourcing software, etc.): âIâve long worked in the open, overwhelmingly for one reason: it increases enormously the surface area...
The Haunting of Verdant Valley is a photo book about Silicon Valley....
The Haunting of Verdant Valley is a photo book about Silicon Valley. âAnonymous office parks, pristine corporate campuses, and fading remnants of past industries tell the story of a region...
The Atlantic has shared the text messages sent by the Trump regimeâs...
The Atlantic has shared the text messages sent by the Trump regimeâs ânational securityâ personnel on Signal.
The Frick Collection is back open after a five-year closure for a...
The Frick Collection is back open after a five-year closure for a renovation. đŹ Join the discussion on kottke.org â
Russian hackers find ways to snoop on Ukrainian Signal accounts. (Hmm, 18...
Russian hackers find ways to snoop on Ukrainian Signal accounts. (Hmm, 18 people in the Yemen bombing chat, some w/ ties to the Kremlin â what are the odds Russia...
McSweeneyâs is documenting the âcruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimesâ of the 2nd...
McSweeneyâs is documenting the âcruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimesâ of the 2nd Trump administration. This is a great resource.
World Athletics, the international governing body for athletics (track & field, etc.),...
World Athletics, the international governing body for athletics (track & field, etc.), is introducing âmandatory testing for anyone entering female competitions to verify their biological sexâ.
The Harriet Tubman $20 Stamp
Frustrated that the US Treasury Department is walking back plans to replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, Dano Wall created a 3D-printed stamp...
A judge chastised vandals of a Paddington Bear statue: âHis famous label...
A judge chastised vandals of a Paddington Bear statue: âHis famous label attached to his duffle coat says âplease look after this bearâ. On the night of the 2nd of...
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down....
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down. A deep-dive into the Trump administrationâs gutting of Social Security (a long-time conservative goal).