A Project Honoring Victims of Police Violence Is Going Cross-Country
The new phase of the 1-800 Happy Birthday art initiative aims to raise national awareness about the "epidemic of state violence."
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New Research Questions the Existence of Early Christian “House Churches”
A new study challenges long-held beliefs about the physical spaces of Christian worship, proving that the emerging religion’s story is not immutable.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace & Gromit are returning for a feature-length film later this year — and so is Feathers McGraw, the scofflaw penguin that made off with the wrong trousers in, um, The Wrong Trousers . Here’s the premise of Vengeance Most Fowl : In this next installment, Gromit’s concern
Auriea Harvey’s pioneering site Entropy8 has been restored as part of a...
Auriea Harvey’s pioneering site Entropy8 has been restored as part of a retrospective of her work at the Museum of the Moving Image . Harvey’s work was a huge inspiration for me — like, you can do that on the web?! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
From Palestinian-American Mo Husseini, a list of 50 Completely True Things, including...
From Palestinian-American Mo Husseini, a list of 50 Completely True Things , including “You can advocate for Palestine without being a racist, antisemitic piece of shit” and “You can advocate for Israel without being a racist, anti-Arab piece of shit.”
The kids who were 1st graders when 20 of their classmates were...
The kids who were 1st graders when 20 of their classmates were murdered in Newtown, CT are graduating from high school . “There is a whole chunk of our class missing.” More than 4200 mass shootings in the US since then, several of them at schools. 💬 Join the discussion on
Seven Samurai’s 4K Restoration
A 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s epic Seven Samurai is heading to theaters this summer. The film screened at Cannes in May and screenings in the US start in July : Janus will open the restoration on Friday, July 5 in New York at Film Forum after which a Los Angeles
Shyama Golden’s Monstrous Alter-Ego Transfigures in a Surreal Mythological Narrative
In Sri Lankan folklore, yakkas are demonic tricksters, and in the paintings of Shyama Golden , they’re alter egos. The Los Angeles-based artist presents a new body of work this month at Harper’s Chelsea that uses these mythological creatures to shatter the false binary of good
Boston Should Rename Its Airport for Bill Russell. “He was Boston’s greatest...
Boston Should Rename Its Airport for Bill Russell . “He was Boston’s greatest sports champion, and as a brave and steadfast civil-rights leader across half a century, an even greater man.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories from David Pierce, C.J. Chivers, Paige Kaptuch, Michael Adno, and Jessica Winter.
Eulogy for silence
Tinnitus is like a constant scream inside my head, depriving me of what I formerly treasured: the moments of serene quiet - by Diego Ramírez Martín del Campo Read at Aeon
What’s Under London? Discover London’s Forbidden Underworld
When the words London and underground come together, the first thing that comes to most of our minds, naturally, is the London Underground. But though it may enjoy the honorable distinction of the world’s first railway to run below the streets, the stalwart Tube is hardly the
Boundaries and limits
They serve different purposes. The fence near the train tracks is a boundary. You can go near it without risk. The electrified third rail, on the other hand, is a limit. If you touch it, you’re done. Boundaries can give us room to innovate and thrive. Budgets, schedules and