According to this analysis of excess deaths by The Economist, roughly 3 million people globally per year are still dyin
Five Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
"A beluga whale long believed to be a Russian spy..." Excuse me, what?!
Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer. Teju Col
Wonderful Animated Soccer Vignettes
Richard Swarbrick makes these great impressionist animations of sports events, mostly soccer but also cricket and baske
Fighting Fascism in America
In a Memorial Day reflection, historian Heather Cox Richardson highlights a pamphlet distributed by the US War Departme
The Sun, as Seen by the World's Largest Solar Telescope
The Inouye Solar Telescope is the largest and most powerful solar telescope in the world. The telescope is still in
Two Quick Links for Sunday Afternoon
I like the Tom Wambsgans triple play theory of how Succession is going to end. (And remember, the first episode of the
Four Quick Links for Friday Noonish
The Tesla Model Y is now the best-selling car in the world, beating out the Toyota Corolla. The over-reliance on cars i
Building a Scale Model of Time
The length of a human life is around 80 years. You might get 100 if you're lucky. The universe is about 13.7 billion y
Three Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
"American cheese is not a quality product. In fact, its lack of quality is often the point, a grand embrace of the lowb
It's Just Business
Whenever I hear someone say "it's just business" in order to magically justify some decision to ignore the humanity of
Hand Talk
Hand Talk sign language has been used by indigenous communities for thousands of years as a lingua franca between grou
Three Quick Links for Wednesday Afternoon
Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. "With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model." Simply the best.
We
Six Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
A subway-style map of the routes of European sleeper train routes. Someday... (via @marcprecipice)
Quantifying the huma
The 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time
Relying on the choices of 177 book experts from 56 different countries, BBC Culture recently chose the 100 greatest ch
Russian Family Isolated From Other People for 40 Years
Crazy article from the Smithsonian about a Russian family that disappeared into the Siberian wilderness in 1936 and had
Six Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
An important opinion piece written by an SUV: Outdoor Dining Must Not Interfere With NYC's Historic Parking Spots. "Who
Going to High School in an Old Department Store
A high school here in Vermont is located (temporarily) in an abandoned Macy's department store. A crew from the BBC rec
Six Quick Links for Monday Noonish
This is totally silly and I can't look away: a treadmill race between Mario Kart cars and Pixar's Cars cars. See also S
A Brief History of the Concept Album
Polyphonic's videos on music are always worth a watch and in this latest one, they explore the history of the concept
Is Ozempic an Anti-Addiction Drug?
Writing for The Atlantic, Sarah Zhang details how some people taking Ozempic for weight loss are reporting that the dru
The Four Republican "Freedoms"
For the NY Times, Jamelle Bouie takes a look at the legislation that Republicans around the country are pushing and, in
Ice Merchants
This is just beautiful. This short animated film by João Gonzalez starts off slow but really pays off in the end. Ice
Three Quick Links for Friday Noonish
The Movement to Stop Dollar Stores From Suffocating Black Communities. "They're like an invasive species. They overpowe
Abstract Wood Block Sculptures of Notable Paintings
Using colorful wooden blocks cut at different angles, Timur Zagirov makes pixel-log 1 representations of famous artwo
Three Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
Birder Peter Kaestner has recorded seeing 9,856 different species of birds on his life list in the eBird app, a world r
Unboxing a 400-Year-Old Copy of Shakespeare's First Folio
The First Folio is a collection of 36 plays by William Shakespeare that was published in 1623. One of the most influen
Watch the Trailer for Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon
I've been waiting patiently on this one: the teaser trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorses
Why Did Kids Stop Walking to School?
Right now in the US, the majority of children are driven to school, even though many of them live within walking or cy
Tiny Electronic Desktop Sculptures
Hardware engineer Mohit Bhoite designs functional little desktop bots like this thermometer and this internet-connected
How to Design an (Unofficial) Transit Map
In this short video, Norwegian creative director Torger Jansen explains how he designed an unofficial transit map that
How Precise Metal Machining Is Done
I've always wondered about the process for making pieces of metal that appear to fit together perfectly, so perfectly
Japan's Evaporated People
In Japan, people who disappear from their lives are called "evaporated people". People choose to drop out of their liv
Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s
Artist Amy Goodchild recently published an engaging article about the earliest computer art from the 50s and 60s.
M
Curve-Fitting Methods and the Messages They Send
From XKCD, Curve-Fitting Methods and the Messages They Send. Ahhhh, this takes me back to my research days in college,
How A24 Took Over Hollywood
If you're like me, sometime in the past 4-5 years you noticed that a lot of the films you liked (or, even if you didn'
A Trove of Video Profiles of Artists
On their YouTube channel, Art21 hosts a treasure trove of video profiles of artists like Amy Sherald, Olafur Eliasson,
The Future Pandemic Playbook: What the US Got Right
From The Atlantic, 23 Pandemic Decisions That Actually Went Right, the result of interviews with more than a dozen pand
How Big Are the Biggest Black Holes?
This short animation from NASA shows the sizes of some of the supermassive black holes that feature at the center of g
Three Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps. "Your brain can't regenerate the neurons it's lost. Use 'em or lose 'em. Y
The Whimsical Fellowship, Wes Anderson's Lord of the Rings
I know, I know. Too much Wes Anderson. Too much AI. But there is something in my brain, a chemical imbalance perhaps,
Great Wave Off Kanagawa, In All Its 1-Bit Pixelized Glory
As part of a project to reproduce all 36 of Hokusai's views of Mount Fuji as 1-bit black & white pixel art, James W
Rest in Peace, Heather
Hey folks, I have some sad news to share. Heather Hamilton (aka Heather Armstrong), who wrote the popular and influenti
Four Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
J. R. Moehringer on his experiences ghostwriting memoirs with Andre Agassi, Phil Knight, and Prince Harry. "For the tho
Tour the Bridges of All of Star Trek's Starships Enterprise
Drawing from the materials of The Roddenberry Archive, this video takes us on a virtual tour of the 3D rendered bridge
SineRider: A Game About Love & Graphing
Remember Line Rider? It's a simple video game / physics toy where you draw slopes and curves for a person on a sled to
Oh, the Places You'll Go (to Read This)
Hey, I just wanted to pop in with some reminders and a couple of new things. As I outlined in a post last month, 2023 h
Four Quick Links for Monday Noonish
Last week, a small sailboat in distress was rescued by a massive 18th-century sailing ship. "This moment was very stran
Oppenheimer
Finally: a full-length trailer for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, easily the movie I am most looking forward to seei
The Accidental Tetris World Champion
Last month I posted a link to a story about a woman who discovered she was one of the world's top Candy Crush players.
Two Quick Links for Saturday Noonish
Clarence Thomas Promises To Adopt Code Of Ethics For The Right Price. "I admit to seeing the wisdom in developing some
Four Quick Links for Friday Noonish
Your joyful dancing for the day: a group of kids from Kampala, Uganda dancing to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal.
Ins
Beautiful Timelapse of Singapore's Changing Cityscape
For eight years, Keith Loutit captured hundreds of thousands of images of Singapore, combining the pulsing energy, the
Eternal Spring, a Timelapse of Ice Melting
Eternal Spring is a short timelapse film by Christopher Dormoy featuring beautiful shots of melting snow and ice. Watc
Four Quick Links for Thursday Noonish
Lauren Groff's new book, The Vaster Wilds, is now available for preorder. I loved her previous novel Matrix.
On the dif
Microsoft Excel Esports?
Microsoft Excel is an extremely powerful, complex, and useful software program that millions of people know how to use,
Three Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish
Wealthy Couple Taking Real Vacation For First Time In Weeks. "She and her husband would have gone sooner, but they coul
Otherworldly Landscapes, Light Painted With Drones
The three images above were created by long-exposure photography of the flight paths of drones with onboard bright l
Four Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish
What All My Best Meals Have Had in Common. A pro food writer: "The most memorable meals of my life have unquestionably
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