A McSweeney’s list that’s not that funny: How to Tell the Difference...
A McSweeney’s list that’s not that funny: How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left .
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause’....
Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause’ . “By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.”
Image Attesting to Horrors of Slavery Reportedly Ordered Removed by Trump
The famous 19th-century photograph of a formerly enslaved man is reproduced at the Fort Pulaski National Monument, a Civil War battle site in Georgia.
How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived. “‘The goal of...
How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived . “‘The goal of climate modeling is really to build a fake version of the Earth,’ a coarse-grained copy of the planet that’s stripped down to ‘the processes we think are relevant.’” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Hangama Amiri Stitches Memories of Migration into Vivid Textile Portraits
Through vivid textiles, Hangama Amiri captures a particular moment in time, highlighting a sense of familiarity and intimacy. 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.
Shape the Future of Art, Design, and Architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art
Up to 10 full-tuition fellowships and over 50 merit scholarships are available for prospective graduate students.
Incredibly Realistic 3D Models of the Moon’s Surface (From 1874!)
A gem of a find by The Public Domain Review of a collection from the Rijksmuseum: photographs of plaster models of the Moon’s surface that were made from observations of the Moon through a telescope . Peering through a self-made telescope, James Nasmyth sketched the moon’s
Photographer Upends His Whole Life to Chase Auroras Around the Arctic. “Prior...
Photographer Upends His Whole Life to Chase Auroras Around the Arctic . “Prior to moving to Lapland, I had never owned a camera and I almost never took photographs. However, just watching the aurora captured my attention…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
A Feat of Engineering Transports the World’s Best-Preserved Viking Ship to Its New Home
The 1,200-year-old Oseberg Viking Ship relocates within the newly expanded Museum of the Viking Age. 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 A Feat of
A 16-Hour Video Series on Everything that Happened in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s
From the Weird History YouTube channel, an epic undertaking: telling the (US-centric) cultural history of the 70s , 80s , 90s , and 00s in just (just!) 16 hours. This is like a mega ultra monster extended mix of We Didn’t Start the Fire. The videos are organized
Fun logic puzzle game called Clues by Sam. “Your goal is to...
Fun logic puzzle game called Clues by Sam . “Your goal is to figure out who is criminal and who is innocent.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Madness on a Mountain: For 15 Years, My Mom was Trapped in a Mutual Psychosis
"She fell mysteriously ill while living in a remote cabin with my stepdad, and I suspected it was a cry for help. Then came the unexpected diagnosis: folie à deux."
Inside the Very Expensive, Extremely Overwhelming, Engineered Fun of Theme Parks
"Roller coasters are bumping against the limits of physics and the human body to keep their riders entertained."
Map Room: A Radical Reading List on Cartographic Power, Perspective, and Possibility
Seven stories celebrating our fascination with maps.
In the glow of the candle
Joseph Wright of Derby put science at the centre of his art. Eclipsed in his lifetime, his work still burns with radical ideas - by Charlotte Mullins Read on Aeon
When Michelangelo Created Artistic Designs for Military Fortifications to Protect Florence (1529–1530)
Michelangelo was born in the Republic of Florence, with the talent of… well, Michelangelo. Given those beginnings, it would have been practically impossible for him to avoid entanglement with the House of Medici, the banking family and political dynasty that ruled over Florence
Before we learn a new skill
The pre-work involves important choices: Skip these steps and you might as well not bother to begin.
Albert Einstein Gives a Speech Praising Immigrants’ Contributions to America (1939)
There have been many times in American history when celebrations of the country’s multi-ethnic, ever-changing demography served as powerful counterweights to narrow, exclusionary, nationalisms. In 1855, for example, the publication of Brooklyn native Walt Whitman’s Song of
Ok, I think I have to move back to NYC (at least...
Ok, I think I have to move back to NYC (at least for Sept.) because this Big & Loud series sounds amaaaazing: films like Lawrence of Arabia, Close Encounters, 2001, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Matrix, Fury Road, etc. in 70mm + Dolby Atmos. Wow! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Evolution of How Rappers Construct Their Rhymes
In this video, Vox’s Estelle Caswell and Martin Conner break down how rappers construct their rhymes and how it’s changed and evolved since rap’s early days. As someone who doesn’t know a whole lot about music and even less about rapping but appreciates both, this was super
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date. “Over millennia, our...
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date . “Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.” (I actually wrote about this 26 years ago .) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Activists Face Hate Crime Charges for Anti-Israel Graffiti
The three defendants spray-painted the exterior of a Texas church that had expressed support for the Israeli military online.
Reviews of the best mp3 players you can buy in 2025. “MP3...
Reviews of the best mp3 players you can buy in 2025 . “MP3 players — or digital audio players, as they should more accurately be called — are seeing a small resurgence…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Listening to the Paintings of Serj Tankian
An exhibition of artworks by the System of a Down frontman at the Armenian Museum of America pairs his works with music he composed especially for them.
Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human...
Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human Story . “Narrating audiobooks today is the closest thing to that primal art form. One person, one voice, spinning a tale for another.”
A Bite-Sized Crossword Puzzle for Museum Lovers
The Surrealist who covered his museum in eggs, the Yoruba object that inspired a Smithsonian building, and more in this month’s mini.
The Past and Future of Boucher’s Four Seasons
Flora Yukhnovich translates the iconic series into a digital-age fantasia while pointing to the original abundance just outside the Frick Collection’s walls.
Fragments of the Chinese Diaspora Converge in Stephanie Shih’s Mosaic Sculptures
In exhibitions at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and SOCO Gallery, Stephanie Shih presents a new direction. 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