The Finnish Post Office tapped design firm Berry Creative to create this series of heat-reactive postage stamps that
Artemisia Gentileschi, Praised and Reappraised
For the New Yorker, Rebecca Mead writes about the 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, whose work has b
The United States of Letterpress
To celebrate the release of their latest limited edition memo books, Field Notes made a short documentary about The Un
Three Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
An appreciation of Flash games and how they shaped the gaming industry. Adobe is ending support for Flash Player at the
The President Is a White Supremacist. And So Are You if You Support Him.
Last night in a debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Donald Trump, the actual President of these Unit
Two Quick Links for Tuesday Afternoon
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning is an upcoming book in which Tom Vanderbilt teaches hi
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
In this experimental feature-length film that played at Cannes in 2012, director György Pálfi constructed a love story
Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change?
For Kurzgesagt’s latest video, they explore the challenges the world faces in attempting to get the rate of climate ch
Five Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
Tips for avoiding Covid-19 infections indoors: avoid unnecessary exposure, open windows, filter the air, and smartly in
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, a New Documentary Film
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life is a new documentary film by Ric Burns about famed author and neurologist Oliver Sacks.
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Artist “Logos” from Iconic Jazz Album Covers
Reagan Ray (previously) surveyed 100s of iconic covers of jazz albums (Blue Note, anyone?) and isolated the lettering
Vermont’s Autumnal Splendor
I don’t know whether it’s our dry weather, my increased appreciation for Vermont due to our relative sanity during the
My Octopus Teacher
I don’t want to give away too much about this movie but I’d recommend watching the trailer and then the movie (you can
The Origins of Policing in America
From Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Chenjerai Kumanyika, a quick tour of the history of policing in America and how that h
The Unsettling Normalcy of Societal Collapse
Indi Samarajiva lived through the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka that killed an estimated 80,000-100,000 people over
Two Quick Links for Monday Morning
The NY Times obtained two decades of Trump's tax returns and they show exactly what we already knew: chronic losses, hu
“I Feel Sorry for Americans”
Hannah Beech reports on how the United States1 is perceived by the outside world these days due to our poor response to
How Cities Can Make the Most of a Pandemic Winter
As winter approaches in North America and Europe, cities should be thinking about how to encourage and enable people to
RIP Robert Bechtle
Speaking of realism, while researching this post on Arinze Stanley, I noticed that American realist painter Robert Be
Four Quick Links for Friday Noonish
The Marshall Project and Vox take a close look at US crime statistics over the past several months. "Something to know
The Surreal Hyperrealism of Arinze Stanley
Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley uses hyperrealistic techniques to draw surreal portraits in stunning detail. From his
Two Quick Links for Thursday Evening
Tonight at 8pm ET: a livestreamed recording of Prince's New Year's Eve Benefit Concert from 1987 at Paisley Park. Princ
Clear Language on Slavery
I’ve posted before about how the language we’ve been conditioned to use about slavery and the Civil War obscures realit
Two Quick Links for Thursday Afternoon
Fig/wasp codependent evolution is fascinating. "There are more than seven hundred species of fig, and each one has its
The Approaching Crisis of the 2020 Election
This is an excellent piece in The Atlantic by Barton Gellman on The Election That Could Break America. Excellent and ha
Two Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
Remembering the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in photos. [theatlantic.com]
DIY Paper Ruth Bader Ginsburg Protest Collars.
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
That’s the flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lying in repose on the portico of The Supreme Court Build
Four Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
The World's Most Expensive Potato Chips Will Run You $15 Per Chip. The phrase "hand-picked" comes up more than once in
Behind the Scenes Footage of Mortal Kombat
Released on the heels of the success of Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat was one of the earliest games to make extensi
The Typography of Star Trek
In an extended excerpt from his book Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies (Amazon)
This Is Usually Where the Title Goes
Hey everybody stream of consciousness warning. I’m behind on most things in my life and this has been exacerbated recen
Two Quick Links for Tuesday Evening
Scenes from movies where characters are listening to music with headphones but they're listening to podcasts instead. T
The Delightful New “Universe in a Nutshell” App
The breadth of scale of measurable objects in the universe — our distance from the most distant objects we can observe
Friluftsliv, the Norwegian Concept of Outdoor Living
As winter weather approaches here in North America, those seeking relief from pandemic isolation might take inspiratio
Two Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, But for Evicting People. "Civvl aims to make it easy for landlords to hire process s
A Photographic Window into the Remote Siberian Territory of Yakutia
Alexey Vasilyev’s photos of the remote Russian territory of Yakutia (also known as Sakha, ultra-cold in the winter
Winners of the 2020 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest
The winning entries from the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 competition are here and t
Two Quick Links for Monday Afternoon
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman ever to lie in state at the US Capitol. [usatoday.com]
The Atlantic storm s
The Finalists for the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Each year, photographers entering the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards capture animals in various hilarious (and
A Conversation with Jason Kottke on the Kottke Ride Home Podcast
Hi folks. As you may have seen here recently, there is now an official kottke.org podcast: Kottke Ride Home (subscribe
Two Quick Links for Monday Noonish
Join me and the 1000 other backers in supporting The Brick House Cooperative, "a journalist-owned, wolf-proof home for
Who Knew You Could Play Music with a Boxing Speed Bag?!
Alan Kahn, aka the Speed Bag King and author of The Speed Bag Bible, can seemingly do anything with a boxing speed bag
Washington National Cathedral Bell Tolls for 200,000 Covid-19 Victims
In the next day or two, the official number of people who have died from Covid-19 in the United States will pass 200,0
FKA twigs on Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy is a painting made in the 1620s by Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting was presumed lost unt
Six Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
Back in early April, the USPS had a plan to send free face masks to every household in America. The White House blocked
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
A Promised Land is a forthcoming memoir from Barack Obama that he says is “an honest accounting of my presidency, the
The Song Exploder TV Series
Wow! Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder podcast is now a Netflix series! (For those who have never listened, Song Explo
Reprogramming a Game By Playing It: an Unbelievable Super Mario Bros 3 Speedrun
After a fellow named Zikubi beat the speedrun record for Super Mario Bros 3 by about 8 minutes with a time of just ove
In Search of a Flat Earth
In Search of a Flat Earth is a documentary essay by Folding Ideas’ Dan Olson that starts out talking about people who
Six Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
New survey: "Almost two-thirds of young American adults do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaus
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