Genetics determines most of how tall children will grow as adults, but environmental factors affect it too. As the wea
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From a panel of critics and filmmakers comes The New Black Film Canon, the 75 greatest movies by made Black directors.
The Mauritshuis Museum Is Showing Remixes of Girl With a Pearl Earring in Her Absence
The Mauritshuis museum has loaned out Girl With a Pearl Earring to the Rijksmuseum for its blockbuster, once-in-a-
The Little Games We Play
There are all these simple little games that people play using their surroundings: don’t step on the cracks, balance be
American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces
The American car has gotten bigger in the past few decades but parking spot size has not kept pace.
Regardless of the
The Last 55 Years of Best Cinematography Oscar Winners
The Oscar voters haven’t always gotten their top picks right, but there’s no denying that this visual showcase of Best
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This is a pretty cool design for a portfolio website. [lucy-ives.com]
In a recent interview, Succession creator Jesse A
Ask Me Anything
So, it’s been a few months since I’ve been back to work here and perhaps some of you have noticed that I haven’t really
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The Anti-Defamation League: "All the extremist-related murders in 2022 were committed by right-wing extremists of vario
Why Do People Say “Axe” or “Aks” Instead of “Ask”?
Shetland Islanders, descendents of Jamaican immigrants living in London, and African Americans all tend to say “axe” o
20 Mechanical Principles Combined in a Useless Lego Machine
ASMR videos don’t really do anything for me, but I could watch videos of gears and mechanisms doing their thing all da
2023 Oscars Visual Effects Nominees Showcase
A rule of thumb for me in evaluating what movies to watch with my limited free time these days: I will often go for so
Typographic Portraits of People Rendered in Their Own Words
Phil Vance creates these wonderful typographic portraits of notable people like Audrey Hepburn, Albert Einstein, and
The Greatest Unexpected NBA Performances
Ok this video from The Pudding is cool for two different reasons. First, you learn about which NBA player had the most
Six Quick Links for Wednesday Afternoon
Whoa! A24 is auctioning off props from Everything Everywhere All at Once, including the fanny pack, Raccacoonie, the ho
Unprecedented Infrared Photos of Nearby Galaxies
I don’t know how kottke.org isn’t going to turn into a JWST-only blog — it seems like there’s some never-before-seen
The Most Iconic Song in Cartoon History
You’ve probably never heard of Raymond Scott’s Powerhouse, even though it’s one of the most well-known songs of the 20t
Watch Unreleased Footage of the First Glimpse of the Titanic Wreck
In 1986, a team led by Bob Ballard went down in a submersible to explore the wreck of the Titanic, marking the first t
Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History
Now showing on American Experience on PBS: Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History.
For generations, Monopoly has been Am
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Weather Machine, a comprehensive new API for weather data with data & forecasts from "The Weather Company, AccuWeat
New Synthetic Antibiotic “Cures Superbugs Without Bacterial Resistance”
Well, this is potentially a huge deal:
In a potential game changer for the treatment of superbugs, a new class of anti
Ford Motor Company’s “Utopian Turtletop”
In 1955, the Ford Motor Company hired poet Marianne Moore to come up with some names for their revolutionary new car.
How to Win at Monopoly and Piss Off Your Friends
If you’re forced into playing Monopoly by friends, you can employ this simple strategy to ensure they will never ever
Making a Very Tiny Watch Screw
This is pretty amazing: a guy making a 0.6mm screw for a watch using a very precise watchmaker’s lathe. It’s so small!
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A massive collection of travel tips from the vibrant Cup of Jo community. "Always pack a swimsuit." [cupofjo.com]
An In
8-Bit Martial Arts Choreography
Watch as Polish dance troupe Fair Play Crew brings the twitchy movements from old school martial arts video games into
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"American drivers have a blinding headlight problem." Increasingly prevalent trucks and SUVs are so tall that their lig
They’re Making a Tetris Movie. And It’s a Thriller?
Well, I was not expecting the next video game to be turned into an edgy drama (an 80s Cold War techno-thriller, no les
Four Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
A collection of emulated calculators from The Internet Archive. Alas, they do not have the trusty Casio fx-300H that I
All the Beauty in the World
After leaving a job at The New Yorker in the wake of his older brother’s death, Patrick Bringley spent 10 years workin
Supermassive Black Holes: A Possible Source of Dark Energy
A group of astronomers say they have evidence that links supermassive black holes at galactic centers with dark energy,
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Blue Origin says they can make solar cells and wire from simulated lunar regolith (the rocks and dust on the Moon's sur
An Oral History of Raccacoonie
In the midst of the zaniness of Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the funniest things I have seen in a movie
Proteins and Life: How Do Dead Things Become Alive?
DNA and RNA get all of the headlines, but it’s not difficult to argue that much of the glorious complexity and possibi
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The European Parliament has "formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the E
Why Everything You Buy Is Worse Now
Riffing on a recent piece by Izzie Ramirez, Vo’x Kim Mas educates us on why the quality of consumer goods has dropped
How Vinyl Records Are Made
So, here’s how they make vinyl records at Third Man Records in Detroit. As you might expect, the process is a bit less
Justina Miles’ Electrifying ASL Performance of Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
This will probably get taken down soon, but in the meantime… This is the ASL performance of Rihanna’s Super Bowl halft
Prince’s Legendary Concert at First Avenue in 1983
I have never seen this before so maybe you haven’t either: a full-length video recording of Prince and the Revolution
Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Yesterday, Fox aired a very short, very good Rihanna concert, preceded and succeeded by a football game — you can watc
Homemade Soccer Balls
Photographer Jessica Hilltout has documented the game of soccer/football/futbol around the world, from the secondhand f
Treasure Trove of Over 1700 Mechanical Animations
Whenever I watch videos of how things are made, I marvel at the cleverness of the manufacturing machines. Retired engin
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English football club Bristol City has not been awarded a penalty kick for 65 straight matches. "Amateur statisticians
New Massive Image of the Milky Way with 3.32 Billion Individual Objects
Thanks to a planet-wide collaboration, scientists have released an image of the Milky Way that contains 3.32 billion
How The Parthenon Marbles Ended Up In The British Museum
The Greek government and activists have long been calling for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Mus
Rainbow Connection: A Benoit Blanc Mystery
From comments made by Knives Out and Glass Onion director Rian Johnson, it doesn’t seem likely that a Benoit Blanc mys
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The always-thoughtful Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record. "LeBron makes me l
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A flowchart of when it's acceptable to turn the heat on in New England. "Chrissakes, just put on a sweater! If you're s
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John Cleese is doing a Fawlty Towers reboot. [nytimes.com]
The Scots translation of Harry Potter is wild to listen to.
Hatching a Teeny Tiny Zebra Finch
Leave it to The Kid Should See This for finding this gem of a video, featuring the hatching and early life of a tiny z
Four Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
Billy Mitchell and the telltale joystick. The entertaining saga of the disgraced Donkey Kong champion rolls on; this ti
Where the Elements Came From
From Wikipedia contributor Cmglee and Astronomy Picture of the Day, a color-coded periodic table that displays which c
James Cameron Scientifically Tests if Jack Could Have Fit on the Door at the End of Titanic
James Cameron is not one for half-measures. When making Titanic, he used every image and description of the ship he co
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Fodor's No List for 2023, a list of places you probably shouldn't travel (because people are ruining them), e.g. Lake T
The Kottke.org T-shirt, a Fine Hypertext Product
For much of the nearly 25-year lifespan of kottke.org, the site’s tagline has been “home of fine hypertext products”. I
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