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A mind-bending trip into the cosmos aboard a speculative (yet theoretically possible) spacecraft near the speed of light - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
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Jasper Johns Marks Time
John Yau takes on the art world giant, the man behind an archive of censored mass media, Wifredo Lam in New York, and more Epstein art world ties.
White-collar sweatshops
How did law firms and other professional workplaces become places of such crushing and soulless work? - by Dylan Gottlieb Read on Aeon
The Memory Maker
OpenAI's Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened.
Attention and effort
The door-to-door salesperson had no leverage. If he was at your door, he wasn’t at anyone else’s door. Every minute you spent with him was a minute he had to spend with you. While it was a tough gig, no one doubted that something was motivating this person enough to put at
Explore 1,000,000 Digitized Artworks from Across the UK: Paintings, Sculptures, Street Art & More
No art enthusiast’s visit to the United Kingdom would be complete without days at the British Museum, the Tate, the V&A and the National Gallery. The fact that all those respected institutions are in London constitutes a plausible excuse never to stray outside the capital. But
9 Things a Woman Couldn’t Do in 1971
More than a century after women’s suffrage in the United States, it’s not enough to bone up on the platforms of female primary candidates (though that’s an excellent start). A Twitter user and self-described Old Crone named Robyn urged her fellow Americans to take a good long
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself
Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves, continually stymied by all we mistake for a final destination — success, superhuman strength, the love of another. Along the way, we keep confusing experiment and exploration. An experiment
Sea of Nightmares: My Son Died Climbing. Now, I Wrestle With ‘What If.’
"The questions, hypotheticals, and past haunting me as the father of Balin Miller, who fell to his death in October."
Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S....
Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service . “…the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a ‘reorganization.’ An execution.”
A Day in the Life of an Enshittificator
From the Norwegian Consumer Council, a funny video that warns against the dangers of enshittification . It’s part of their Breaking Free initiative: Digital products and services are steadily becoming worse. Software becomes increasingly difficult and frustrating to use,
Jasper Johns Keeps Looking
He has never lost his love for art and artists, while recognizing that nothing stays in time.
One Last Chance to See Dürer's Monumental Print in NYC
The "Triumphal Arch," one of the largest prints ever produced, will go into storage at the New York Public Library in the fall.
What it’s like to take an 11-day filmmaking...
What it’s like to take an 11-day filmmaking workshop with Werner Herzog (in the Azores). “Take your camera, get the shot, forgo storyboards, don’t overdo it and, above all else, do the doable.” But also: “What will the local priest think?”
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize are releasing a...
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize are releasing a collaborative album called (maybe?) Nine Inch Noize . Available April 17.
The ecard virus
Three of my friends got hacked this week. You get an ecard and click. It asks you to log in to your email. Boom, done. It hacks your email account, steals all of your contacts and then sends itself to the whole address book. And while they’re at it, they could be scraping and
Dice Are 6,000 Years Older Than Previously Believed, Study Says
New research identifies more than 600 objects discovered in the United States as two-sided dice crafted by Native Americans.
Remembering Nathan Farb, Thomas Zipp, and Christine Ruiz-Picasso
This week, we honor an intrepid photographer, a punk German artist, and the founder of the Museo Picasso Málaga.
The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission . It...
The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission . It had little to do with science or celestial bodies; instead it was a moment shared by four curious, caring humans , united in purpose, far from home.
Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York
The 1927 work is the first painting by a Cuban artist to enter the Hispanic Society Museum and Library’s collection.
The Sunshine Recorder
I went into this video not knowing anything about how a mid-19th century sunshine recorder might work and was genuinely delighted by the reveal. If you’d like to be similarly surprised, stop reading now and just watch the video . … … The sunshine recorder was invented in
Saad Khan Archives the Detritus of Censored Culture
Since 2019, the New York-based archivist has cultivated a digital and physical menagerie of censored mass media spanning South Asia to the Maghreb known as Khajistan.
Oh, about that story you may have read about one guy...
Oh, about that story you may have read about one guy single-handedly building a “billion-dollar company” using AI: The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI . Oopsie!
Colossal Members Have Funded 100 Projects in K-12 Classrooms through DonorsChoose
Colossal Members have hit an amazing milestone! 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 Colossal Members Have Funded 100 Projects in K-12 Classrooms
The latest big exposé on the identity of Satoshi...
The latest big exposé on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the secretive inventor of Bitcoin, names cryptographer Adam Back as the likeliest suspect. John Carreyrou has won Pulitzers & helped expose the Theranos scam, but his evidence seems thin.
The Fantasy Baseball Ties That Bind
“How do fantasy sports leagues fit into the larger story of the male loneliness epidemic? You might be surprised.”
Stunning Artemis II Phone Wallpapers
NASA has made available more than a dozen mobile wallpapers of photos taken during the Artemis II mission for free download . Basic Apple Guy has made some wallpapers of his own (that are slightly larger than NASA’s and better for iPhones). I have also made a few of my own:
Trustees of Renowned West Coast Artist Residency Visited Epstein’s Island
Djerassi board members Michael Molesky and Alexander Maxwell Djerassi, nephew of Ghislaine Maxwell, visited the notorious private island in 2011.
She Fell for an AI — Then Held its Funeral
"It was the first ceremony of its kind in America. It's unlikely to be the last."
Artemis II Captures Spectacular Images of ‘Earthset’ from Deep Space
The Artemis II mission is currently underway and scheduled to last a total of 10 days. 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 Artemis II Captures
A New Jersey Teen Finds Treasure, and More, in Abandoned Storage Units
"Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life."
Unselfing into Oneness with the All: The Forgotten Visionary Margaret Fuller on Transcendence
"How is it that I seem to be this Margaret Fuller? What does it mean? What shall I do about it?"
“I have a feeling that everyone likes using AI...
“I have a feeling that everyone likes using AI tools to try doing someone else’s profession . They’re much less keen when someone else uses it for their profession.”
Kafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gifts
The most paradoxical thing about creative work is that it is both a way in and a way out, that it plunges you into the depths of your being and at the same time takes you out of yourself. Writing is the best instrument I have for metabolizing my experience and clarifying my own
Daniel Sackheim Traverses Los Angeles’ Noir Side in ‘The City Unseen’
The forthcoming book from Hat & Beard Press leans into the dualities of Los Angeles. 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 Daniel Sackheim Traverses Los
Resident Advisor: there are signs that Boards of Canada...
Resident Advisor: there are signs that Boards of Canada might release some new music soon . Please let this be true, we need this!