How “Heated Rivalry” Sparked Thirst, Hope, and Memes
A Canadian TV show about gay hockey romance unexpectedly became a moment of tender (but sexy) relief in an increasingly unfair world.
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Old Windows 3.x Games on the Internet Archive
Yesterday I linked to a Windows 3.x NYT crossword puzzle app from 1992 that you can play directly on the Internet Archive. I was a Windows user back in the day (my conversion to Apple didn’t happen until the early 00s) and so of course I had to see what other Win3.x games they
Bad Bunny Scolded for Touching Ancient Art at Mexican Museum
The singer and rapper posted a photo of himself with his hand on a carved stone stele at the National Museum of Anthropology.
A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical...
A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical face of a mountainside” in the Italian Alps dating back 200M years. “This is now really one of the most important places for Triassic dinosaur footprints.” 💬 Join the discussion on
Cecilia Giménez, Whose Botched Restoration Became an Icon, Dies at 94
The Spanish artist delighted the world with her intervention on a church fresco lovingly dubbed “Beast Jesus.”
Cecilia Giménez, Patron Saint of Bad Restorations, Dies at 94
The Spanish artist and conservator delighted the world and gained a cult following thanks to her intervention on a church fresco lovingly dubbed “Beast Jesus.”
Black Mountain College Prize Awarded to Rosana Paulino
Each year, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center awards a $20,000 grant to an artist based anywhere in the world working in the spirit of BMC.
Listen to the Cassandras
Toby Buckle for the New Republic: The Americans Who Saw All This Coming — But Were Ignored and Maligned . This is not that far from the position many ordinary Americans found themselves in at the start of the Trump era. They weren’t time travelers but saw what was coming
January 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Stay warm and keep applying! Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article January 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists appeared
We’ve Been at the Tapestry Studio Since the 90s
This exhibition at Salt explores the Tapestry Studio’s approach to art education and production.
Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups...
Oh this is devilish… a game where you have make to 45 groups of 45 items each by matching two at a time . Must take hours? (Where’s the multiplayer option when you need it?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene From Wake Up Dead Man
Along with Sinners and One Battle After Another, 1 Wake Up Dead Man is one of my favorite films of the year. So I enjoyed director Rian Johnson breaking down the investigative scene in the bar in this Vanity Fair video . This is, for me, even a little more personal than the
ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database. “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help...
ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database . “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025. (It’s not new, but...
From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025 . (It’s not new, but I just started listening to Milkman by Anna Burns and it’s really good so far.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025, incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program...
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 , incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program functions like an audio magazine”) and Our Ancestors Were Messy (“this delightful show recounts stories from the pre-civil-rights era in the vein of social pages & gossip columns”). 💬 Join the discussion
Clementine Keith-Roach and Christopher Page Reimagine a Gallery as an Atmospheric Art Bar
At Villa Lontana in Rome, 'Bar Far' is a functional bar and an art installation in one. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Clementine Keith-Roach and
The Stories That Carried Me Through 2025
Today, in the spirit of what lies ahead, I want to look back at the work that propelled me forward.
Two Nights Playing With Fire At Patrick Mahomes And Travis Kelce’s Steakhouse
"The main trouble with 1587 Prime isn’t its child-like idea of luxury. It’s that it’s a steakhouse that doesn’t nail the steaks."
Love, Lichen, and the Art of Trusting Time: The Best of The Marginalian 2025
Bless hindsight for how it clarifies the confusions of time, for how precisely it plots the true highs and lows on the terrain map of life once the quakes of the moment have died down, for how dispassionately it reveals what was a fleeting enthusiasm and what a lifelong gift.
Library fatigue
Perhaps this has happened to you: You’re at the reference desk of the library, with the answer to any question available–and you can’t think of anything to ask. And there’s the vegetable blindness that occurs at a really good farmer’s market. After a few stalls, it’s hard to
J. R. R. Tolkien Admitted to Disliking Dune “With Some Intensity” (1966)
One can easily imagine a reader enjoying both The Lord of the Rings and Dune. Both of those works of epic fantasy were published in the form of a series of long novels beginning in the mid-twentieth century; both create elaborate worlds of their own, right down to details of
Brian Eno’s Book & Music Recommendations
If you’re a regular listener, you know that Ezra Klein wraps up his podcast interviews with a familiar question: what three books would you recommend to the audience? When Klein interviewed Brian Eno in October, the producer had these three books to offer. First up was Printing