*peeks hesitantly around the corner*
Hey everyone. Tomorrow, after almost 7 months of a sabbatical break, I’m resuming
"Robert Moses Is A Racist Whatever"
Christopher Robbins recently interviewed Robert Caro (author of The Power Broker, perhaps the best book ever written ab
The Vanity Fair Interview with Billie Eilish, Year Six
Every year since she was 15, Billie Eilish has sat down for a video interview with Vanity Fair to take stock of where
Two Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
"i trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries - so that i could engage in real-time dialogue with my 'inner
Two Quick Links for Monday Afternoon
The FDA has approved the sale of lab-grown meat in the US. "The process had a futuristic vibe but by the end of the tou
The Forger Who Saved 1000s of Jews From the Nazis
During the German occupation of France, teenager Adolfo Kaminsky forged thousands of documents for Jews about to be de
17-Year-Old LL Cool J Plays a Maine Gymnasium in 1985
In June 1985, 17-year-old LL Cool J and his DJ Cut Creator played a gymnasium at Colby College in Waterville, Maine wi
Four Quick Links for Monday Afternoon
The Qatar World Cup and the hypocritical West. "Qatar is not a pariah state – it exists in a global political system of
Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove
Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove is a 45-minute behind-the-scenes documentary about Stanley Kubrick’s kooky masterp
Racial Equality and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Actor and singer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons for 30 years on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, talks abo
A Farewell to the Model T
Writing for the New Yorker in 1936, E.B. White pens a farewell to the Model T, a gadget that defined the first quarter
The Sunshine Hotel
Two weeks ago, 99% Invisible broadcast an audio documentary from 1998 about one of the last remaining flophouses on The
Two Quick Links for Wednesday Morning
There are now 8 billion people in the world. [un.org]
As EVs gain wider adoption in the US, lack of infrastructure and
The Salmon Cannon
In order to reproduce, salmon swim from the ocean up rivers until they find the spot they were born. But sometimes peop
Hipster Star Wars
Available at Etsy, prints of Star Wars characters wearing designer clothes by John Woo (not the director). A stormtroop
Relax and Watch Someone Unslice a Tomato
It’s so soothing and satisfying watching this person unslicing tomatoes. (via digg)
Tags:food meditative
20 Rules for Making Money From P.T. Barnum
The American showman P.T. Barnum published a book of rules for making money called The Art of Money Getting. Here are t
The Web Was Invented In France, Not Switzerland
David Galbraith updated his post on where the web was invented (which includes an interview with Tim Berners-Lee) to in
Unlikely Simultaneous Historical Events
A poster on Reddit asks: What are two events that took place in the same time in history but don’t seem like they would
Maybe Daniel Is the Real Bully in The Karate Kid?
Everyone knows that The Karate Kid is the story of Daniel LaRusso, an undersized new-kid-in-school who, with the help o
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