I really like what Razaak Eniola has to say here about human difference. Before Prince was Prince, Prince was weird . And that goes the same for probably any of your favorite artists. Before Erykah Badu was Erykah Badu, Erykah Badu was weird. Before Marc Rebillet was Marc
"Some restaurants are leaning into handmade touches, as AI-generated food photos and flyers become commonplace."
Dumile Feni’s monumental drawing is part of the Museo Reina Sofía's new program "History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme."
Walmart is busy building out their fast EV charger network in the US …currently 73 locations in 17 states. Their eventual goal is install chargers at “thousands of its locations by 2030”.
Though they considered murder morally worse, survey participants deemed artists accused of sexual abuse more deserving of censure.
An exhibition posits that the sect happened upon the ideals of modern design, overlooking the contradictions and vitality of its culture.
This week, we honor an explorer of diasporic consciousness, a revolutionary assemblage artist, and the first Black dean of art in the US.
A terrarium iPhone case that houses actual growing plants and moss .
Precious Okoyomon’s new work transforms the concrete corner of the museum courtyard into a place of joy, exploration, and, dare I say, tranquility.
“ Zugunruhe is a German term describing the restless, twitching urge migratory birds feel when caged — and the same primal restlessness humans feel when trapped.”
Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one. This is a lovely short documentary about a project called Some Interesting Apples , which aims to find apples growing in unusual places (i.e. not commercial orchards but in
The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
Participants in a recently published study spoke 28% fewer words per day in 2019 than they did in 2005 . (People are spending more time alone and more time digitally communicating.)
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The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan? Ok, I’m in.
This is an extremely 2026 story (derogatory): because of the Trump regime’s assualt on scientific funding , a group of scientists who has been studying marmot populations in Colorado since 1962 turned to OnlyFans to fund their research this year . From The NY Times : In
"In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."
Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact . “The impact would have produced an immense cloud of dust that superheated the upper atmosphere, charbroiling living organisms unable to take shelter and igniting widespread wildfires.”
Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? “Musk’s virulent racism and vicious, disturbing views are no secret. He does not hide them. They sit in plain view, easily accessible on the social media website he owns…”
We are living in a golden age of pseudoscience. Here are three helpful tools for separating science from its imitator - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Paddy Johnson offers advice on navigating toxic people in the industry, and how Walter Benjamin warned us about AI.
In Jerusalem of the year 1229, there lived a Greek Orthodox monk named Johannes Myronas. Needing some parchment for a prayer book, he grabbed some already-used pages, erased their existing content, and over them wrote down “prayers for the dead, prayers for repentance,
We work so hard to have freedom and leverage and choice. And then, as soon as a social network, boss or cultural force instructs us to do something, we fold our tents and go along. Responsibility is scary. Sometimes it’s easier to find someone (or something) to blame. Just
Image via Wikimedia Commons It’s been a humanist truism for some time to say that Shakespeare speaks to every age, transcending his time and place through the sheer force of his universal genius. But any honest student first encountering the plays will tell you differently, as
"Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, / you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing."
On the experience of the long haul flight . “The meal cart appears two hours in. You can hear it banging into passengers’ knees before you see it, and the sound causes the entire cabin to sit up slightly, like meerkats detecting motion on the savanna.”
“ The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been announced… ” Among the authors nominated are Marlon James, M. John Harrison, Emma Cline, and Elizabeth Strout.