How Disney mismanaged the Star Wars universe and how The Mandalorian can restore the true power of George Lucas's galax
The Alt Tour, a Self-Supported Tour de France
Professional road racing cyclist Lachlan Morton is attempting to complete the Tour de France this year. Except: He’s do
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David Marchese interviews LaVar Burton. "That which is mine, no one can take away. That which is not meant for me, no a
Great Art Explained: Michelangelo’s David
Great Art Explained is one of my favorite newish YouTube channels and I’ve been slowly working my way through their ba
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An interesting thread detailing many of the engineering tricks Disney uses in building their theme parks, e.g. using sm
American Gothic + 1 and Other Restored Masterpieces
Last week I posted about the digital “restoration” of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch with the help of an AI program.
Usin
Sheep Herding Patterns from Above
Drone photographer Lior Patel has spent the last several months capturing the movements of a flock of sheep in Israel
Developing 120-Year-Old Photos Found in a Time Capsule
In a family house, Mathieu Stern found a box of treasures hidden away by a little girl some 120 years ago. Inside was
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Women Are Having Fewer Babies Because They Have More Choices. "Thanks to feminist cultural shifts, and better access to
Where Did SARS-CoV-2 Come From?
Over the past several months, I’ve read several pieces about the possible origins of SARS-CoV-2 and have been frustrate
Goodnight Moon Filmstrip (1984)
This is a filmstrip version of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon produced in 1984. Not sure what a filmstrip is? Bo
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Scientists Announce Successful Experiment To Bankrupt Mouse That Can't Afford Cancer Drug. [theonion.com]
How I Saved E
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Wow, this story! "On the morning after Juliane Diller fell to earth, she awoke in the deep jungle of the Peruvian rainf
A Rembrandt Masterpiece Uncropped by AI
In 1715, a significant chunk of Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night Watch, including a 2-foot-wide swath from the left s
See 1540 Paintings by Claude Monet in Two Hours
In just over two hours, this video presents 1540 paintings by impressionist master Claude Monet, a significant portion
Three Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
Delta variant on the rise in Missouri: "Intensive care beds are filling up with surprisingly young, unvaccinated patien
Bold & Colorful Minimalistic Portraits
Check out these striking portraits by Brazilian artist Luciano Cian from his Magna and Kuhle projects. Find more on
New USPS Stamps Celebrate the Sun
The US Postal Service has released a set of Sun Science stamps that use images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observator
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"The trends of vaccine hesitancy and refusal in the U.S. are a sign of extreme privilege." [npr.org]
"Critical Race The
Dark Fish
Sometimes you run across an aspect of reality and it just completely blows your mind. You’ve heard of dark matter, righ
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is having an off-the-charts year. "Earth is 93M miles from the sun, and Jacob deGrom's ERA in
The Inner Universe of Tropical Fruit
This stop motion animation takes us on a journey through various tropical fruits, as if we’re seeing animated MRI slic
The Freedom to Be: Black Surfers in the Rockaways
This short documentary takes a look at the Black surfing community in the Rockaways. These surfers are members of the
Summer of Soul
Stevie Wonder. Mahalia Jackson. Nina Simone. Gladys Knight & the Pips. B.B. King. Sly and the Family Stone. Over s
100 Visions of Fatherhood
Just as they did last month in capturing motherhood, The Luupe has curated a collection of photos taken by women and
Three Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
The Largest Free Kitchen in the World: Discover India’s Golden Temple Which Serves 100,000 Free Meals Per Day. [opencul
EVs Won’t Save Us from Our Car Culture’s Ill Effects
From Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us by Coby Lefkowitz:
This isn’t a story about Elon Musk, or Tesla, or a contrarian
Believe
The second season of Ted Lasso starts on July 23rd and this new trailer has me all fired up. The first season was a ve
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Is America finally rethinking its disastrous, racist, ineffectual, and deadly War on Drugs? "Drugs should be handled by
Three Quick Links for Monday Afternoon
"We may be about to see the emergence of 'two Americas' of COVID: One with high rates of vaccination where the Delta va
100 3D Artists Interpret the Same Scene of a Walking Person
Clinton Jones challenged his community of 3D artists to interpret a simple animation of a person walking with a heavy
Unexpected Minor Planet to Visit the Inner Solar System Soon
Well, this is cool: a recently discovered minor planet estimated to be between 62 and 230 miles across is currently jou
What It’s Like to Be a Transgender Dad
In a TEDx Talk from 2017, LB Hannahs talks about their experience as a transgender dad, comfort vs authenticity, and t
Guest Vocalist Dave Chappelle Sings Creep at Foo Fighters’ MSG Show
Well this is peak…something: last night surprise guest Dave Chappelle led fans in a singalong of Radiohead’s Creep at
Six Quick Links for Thursday Afternoon
Feels: a Where's Waldo-type find-it game but with emoji. [gamesforcrows.itch.io]
A career waiter explains why restauran
The Best Commercial About a Rock Quarry You’ll See Today
This advertisement from Vermont granite company Rock of Ages, featuring views of their majestic quarry accompanied by
Five Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
The secret weapon of many top European football teams is their grounds-management team. The pitch affects how fast team
Sourcing Design Objects Used in Star Trek
Production designers working on science fiction movies and TV shows are part-time magicians because they routinely have
Great White Sharks Closely Observed from Above
Carlos Gauna has been recording great white sharks and other sea life with a drone off the coast of California, captur
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Trailer for season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. [youtube.com]
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have a new band: The Smile. [co
Some Fun Typefaces for 2021
Adobe recently announced the winners of their 36 Days of Type contest and Khyati Trehan’s effort (pictured above) was
There’s No Such Thing as a Tree
Obviously, there are trees. But speaking phylogenetically, trees aren’t a thing. Some things that are trees evolved fro
Patrick Stewart Does Hamlet on Sesame Street
Patrick Stewart, displaying the Shakespearian acting chops that landed him the role of Captain Picard on Star Trek: Th
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Gerrymander Jewelry, pendant necklaces in the shape of oddly shaped Congressional districts. They take custom orders bu
Dragon’s Blood Trees
This is a dragon’s blood tree from the island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea. You can see the ma
Two Quick Links for Tuesday Evening
"Virtually all hospitalized Covid patients [in the US] have one thing in common: They're unvaccinated." [nbcnews.com]
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Because of difficulties early in the Juno probe's now-extended mission, researchers "get to watch changes in and around
The Rashomon Effect
In Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon, the story of the murder of a samurai is told from several different viewpoints
Three Transgender Kids Share Their Stories
Over at A Cup of Jo, Joanna Goddard interviewed three kids who are transgender about their experiences. Here’s Violet,
Three Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
Meanwhile, MacKenzie Scott announces she gave away another $2.74 billion to "286 Teams Empowering Voices the World Need
A Minute by Minute Account of the Day the Dinosaurs Died
Perhaps the most consequential day in the Earth’s recent history was when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 mill
Surprising Shared Word Origins
Using publicly available datasets of English words, their etymologies, and their semantic distances, software engineer
Embroidered Forests
I am enjoying these embroidered forest landscapes by Katrin Vates. The stitching provides a lovely & subtle varia
The Information Visualization Revolution
For the New Yorker, Hannah Fry wrote a brief history of information visualization, a quiet innovation that has changed
Three Quick Links for Monday Noonish
A video history of the Sony MiniDisc, "The (Not) Forgotten Audio Format That (Never) Failed". [youtube.com]
The 25 grea
Bone Music: Forbidden Soviet Records Made From Used X-Ray Films
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union controlled the music recording industry and even restricted the types of music
pOrtal, a Seamless Sci-fi Video Link Between Cities
pOrtal is a project that allows for people in two different locations to interact via circular video screens. Right n
Six Quick Links for Friday Afternoon
"Here's an important and (as far as I can yet tell) unaddressed question for Mare of Easttown criticism: when, exactly,
Soothing Shutter Sounds of 18 Cameras
Photographer Sails Chong recorded something we don’t hear much of these days: the sounds of camera shutters. Accompani
Four Quick Links for Friday Noonish
I love a good errand hang. "The errand hang dances in the sweet vulnerability that comes from the everyday." [annikahan
Yo-Yo Ma Answers Questions About the Cello
As part of the Tech Support series, Wired had Yo-Yo Ma answer some questions about the cello and music sent in by Twit
Give Yourself Permission to be Creative
At TED2020, Ethan Hawke gave a remote talk about the benefits of being creative. As someone who often struggles to fin
For the First Time Since Early 2020…
For many of us in the US and other parts of the world, with Covid-19 on the decline because of vaccinations, the last m
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