How to Clean Mold From Bath Toys. In case anyone is in...

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Alex Tomlinson’s Bird Art

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Running Pregnant

A comic from 2021. Tags: comics · pregnancy · running 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → from kottke.org https:

“I woke up one morning and realized that all I wanted to...

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Knitting Traditional Maine Mittens

Shortly after I learned to knit, a friend suggested I find the 1983 book Fox & Geese & Fences: A Collection of

Dolly Parton on “Jolene”: “…to have someone love a man so much...

Dolly Parton on “Jolene”: “…to have someone love a man so much that she would, rather than giving him up and being mad

Hello! And a Comic About a Bear

Hello, I’m Edith! I love this site, and I’m excited to be here. (Thanks, Jason!) I haven’t blogged like this for more t

Please Welcome Edith Zimmerman to the Site

Hello everyone. I’m going to be traveling for a few weeks and have invited my friend Edith Zimmerman to guest edit kott

Brickception: a Breakout-style game for desktop browsers in which a popup window...

Brickception: a Breakout-style game for desktop browsers in which a popup window acts as the paddle for the main window

Phil Plait on How to Buy Your First Telescope. “If you just...

Phil Plait on How to Buy Your First Telescope. “If you just want to see the moon, the bright planets and the occasional

The opposite of the straw man argument: the steel man technique. “Put...

The opposite of the straw man argument: the steel man technique. “Put simply, it’s building the best form of the other

Three Palestinian students were shot in Burlington, VT on Saturday evening. The...

Three Palestinian students were shot in Burlington, VT on Saturday evening. The alleged shooter was a middle-aged white

Whoa, the 2nd-gen Apple AirPods Pro are on sale at Amazon for...

Whoa, the 2nd-gen Apple AirPods Pro are on sale at Amazon for $190…that’s $60 off and $10 cheaper than I’ve ever seen t

A trailer for a documentary called A Disturbance in the Force: How...

A trailer for a documentary called A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened. 💬 Join the

A new version of Rasmus Andersson’s Inter typeface has been released. “Inter...

A new version of Rasmus Andersson’s Inter typeface has been released. “Inter is a free and open source font family. You

Patricia Lockwood Meets the Pope

This entire article is a delight from start to finish, full of laugh-out-loud moments. I couldn’t decide which part to

Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI. All but one of...

Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI. All but one of the old board members are gone (including both women). New board

Lego Sets of Famous Moments in Psychology

I love these depictions of famous moments in psychology and cognitive science via @tomerullman. From top to bottom:

Transanta is an online secret Santa program to “deliver gifts to trans...

Transanta is an online secret Santa program to “deliver gifts to trans youth in need, safely and anonymously”. 💬 Join

Why Aren’t More People Marrying? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. “It...

Why Aren’t More People Marrying? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. “It seems that by the time men begin dating, they are r

The staff of Lapham’s Quarterly has been “furloughed indefinitely” after the magazine...

The staff of Lapham’s Quarterly has been “furloughed indefinitely” after the magazine announced that it was temporarily

Monaspace is a mix-n-match “superfamily” of monospaced fonts designed by Github for...

Monaspace is a mix-n-match “superfamily” of monospaced fonts designed by Github for coding. 💬 Join the discussion on k

The Man Who Ran 365 Marathons in 365 Days

Wow, what a lovely, inspiring story this is: in 2022, Gary McKee ran a marathon every single day. On weekdays, he got

Meanwhile, 100s of OpenAI employees are threatening to quit and join Altman...

Meanwhile, 100s of OpenAI employees are threatening to quit and join Altman at Microsoft unless the remaining board mem

After OpenAI tried all weekend to hire former CEO Sam Altman back,...

After OpenAI tried all weekend to hire former CEO Sam Altman back, Microsoft hired him and fellow co-founder Greg Brock

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96. President Carter:...

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96. President Carter: “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything

The Washington Post has published crime scene photos from 11 mass shootings...

The Washington Post has published crime scene photos from 11 mass shootings from 2012 to 2023 that show just how destru

Remember Batkid? 10 years ago, the Make-A-Wish Foundation transformed San Francisco into...

Remember Batkid? 10 years ago, the Make-A-Wish Foundation transformed San Francisco into Gotham City so cancer patient

Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can...

Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars. “This isn’t even the fir

I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks

I love these busy, wordy, and brightly colored sweaters from Kendall Ross. From her about page: Kendall Ross, aka

How Would Interstellar Weaponry Work?

In their latest video, Kurzgesagt takes a break from their more serious topics to consider a scenario from the realm o

What I Read to My Son When the World Is on Fire....

What I Read to My Son When the World Is on Fire. “Children’s books, which present subtle truths in simple terms, offer

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft. “I suspect that...

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft. “I suspect that non-programmers who are skeptical by nature, and who ha

Philip Glass Solo

Philip Glass is coming out with a new album early next year called Philip Glass Solo. It was recorded during the early

“Data on police domestic violence…suggests that police officers in the United States...

“Data on police domestic violence…suggests that police officers in the United States perpetrate acts of domestic violen

Do You Say “Tennis Shoes”, “Gym Shoes”, or “Sneakers”?

This is a map of how people in different geographic regions of the US refer to athletic footwear, courtesy of Josh Katz

“Something Weird Happens When You Keep Squeezing”

This fascinating and well-produced video from Vox introduces us to what happens to materials that are put under vast a

Why Star Wars Was Dubbed Into the Navajo Language

About ten years ago, after a long campaign by Navajo Nation member Manny Wheeler, Disney/Lucasfilm released the first

I enjoyed reading David Marchese’s interview with literary agent Andrew Wylie and...

I enjoyed reading David Marchese’s interview with literary agent Andrew Wylie and found it worthwhile but Wylie himself

A 4.5 Billion Year Video Timeline of Earth in 60 Minutes

To mark the 10th anniversary of their YouTube channel, Kurzgesagt has released a video timeline of the Earth’s evoluti

After years of rumors, James Cameron has finally remastered The Abyss in...

After years of rumors, James Cameron has finally remastered The Abyss in 4K and is releasing it in theaters for one nig

Antidepressants or Tolkien? “Can you guess if the word is an antidepressants...

Antidepressants or Tolkien? “Can you guess if the word is an antidepressants drug or a Tolkien character?” These were p

TIL there’s a whole genus of South American spiders whose species are...

TIL there’s a whole genus of South American spiders whose species are named after people and things in the 1987 movie P

The teaser trailer for Netflix’s live-action series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. We...

The teaser trailer for Netflix’s live-action series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. We are big Avatar fans in this house (

Congrats to David Wertheimer on 25 years of blogging. “My blog is...

Congrats to David Wertheimer on 25 years of blogging. “My blog is still here, still publishing new content, at the same

Dan Cederholm teamed up with Wilco to make a typeface based on...

Dan Cederholm teamed up with Wilco to make a typeface based on a vintage sign in the band’s studio. “Hey, does Wilco ne

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have previously produced Band of Brothers and...

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have previously produced Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now comes the trailer for a t

10 Rules for Drawing From Christoph Niemann

Illustrator Christoph Niemann shares 10 Things I Remind Myself Before I Draw. I’m a strong advocate of his 10th rule:

Lessons from Star Wars and Barbie about revolutions. “‘Barbie’ and ‘Andor’ are...

Lessons from Star Wars and Barbie about revolutions. “‘Barbie’ and ‘Andor’ are useful for those who want to understand

Amazing 8K Video of the Annular Solar Eclipse

Using a custom hydrogen alpha solar telescope, Jason Kurth took a collection of high-resolution photographs of the rec

This is interesting: a new development in Phoenix is being built with...

This is interesting: a new development in Phoenix is being built with mixed-use, no room or roads for cars, and more de

The Whimsical Web: a hand-picked collection of websites that have some extra...

The Whimsical Web: a hand-picked collection of websites that have some extra personality, fun, and weirdness. (Psst, ha

The 10 Rules of Being Human

A few decades ago, Chérie Carter-Scott devised a list of 10 Rules for Being Human, which was published in her 1998 book

Just a short post of appreciation for The Kid Should See This....

Just a short post of appreciation for The Kid Should See This. I was just looking at their top nav and it reminded me o

HBO’s The Jinx – Part Two will cover the course of the...

HBO’s The Jinx – Part Two will cover the course of the investigation of the crimes of Robert Durst since the first awar

We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration. “A stunning...

We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration. “A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about

The Making of the Last Beatles Song: Now And Then

The four members of the Beatles, assisted by machine learning technology, come together one last time to record a song

A thought-provoking piece about how therapists are handling the climate crisis. “Human...

A thought-provoking piece about how therapists are handling the climate crisis. “Human well-being has historically been

Jazmine Hughes, an award-winning NY Times writer, agreed to resign after signing...

Jazmine Hughes, an award-winning NY Times writer, agreed to resign after signing a letter of support for Palestinians &

Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks Out Against Israel’s “Segregationist Apartheid Regime” After West Bank...

Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks Out Against Israel’s “Segregationist Apartheid Regime” After West Bank Visit. “There’s no way f

A Dangerous Conflation. “We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish...

A Dangerous Conflation. “We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish to disavow the widespread narrative tha

Liberal Arts 2.5

Once, Kottke.org’s tagline was “Liberal Arts 2.0.” It’s a terrific description of everything the blog covers and how J

“So often online, we interact in ways that are intimate enough to...

“So often online, we interact in ways that are intimate enough to feel significant, but so disconnected they’re essenti

Snarkmarket Turns 20

Today, November 3rd, is my 44th birthday. Tomorrow, the 4th, is my first wedding anniversary. But today is also an imp

Seeing the Present in Past Tense

It’s a pleasure to be here in Jason’s esteemed garden of links and digressions, celebrating 20 years since we created S

‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness. “If...

‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness. “If you work hard enough and you buy the r

Spent part of my lunch hour yesterday reading the screenplay for Arrival....

Spent part of my lunch hour yesterday reading the screenplay for Arrival. “A desire for more cows.” from kottke.org ht

This looks interesting: a cooperatively owned and operated newsletter featuring all sorts...

This looks interesting: a cooperatively owned and operated newsletter featuring all sorts of familiar names: Osita Nwan

Ian Bogost views AI as a Tool to Supercharge Your Imagination. “AI...

Ian Bogost views AI as a Tool to Supercharge Your Imagination. “AI images allow people to visualize a concept or an ide

Why Some of the Rainbow Is Missing

If you look closely at a rainbow made from sunlight (e.g. through a prism or an actual rainbow), you’ll notice that so

This map shows the 50 countries in the world where you can...

This map shows the 50 countries in the world where you can (mostly) drink the tap water. But: “Fewer than one billion p