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The Delta Air Lines Seatback Chess Bot Will Destroy You

The chess program available on Delta Air Lines’ seatback screens is an ELO monster that can beat almost all opponents on easy mode. This guy used a series of increasingly powerful bots to see just how good the Delta chess bot is. Can it beat a grandmaster-level bot? (via clive

Degrees of Separation

"Israel’s new international college programs offer American students an escape from campus activism while training them as state cheerleaders."

Riding the Subway to Coney Island in 1987

This is a mindblowing time capsule of ordinary life: video of a group of friends taking the NYC subway to Coney Island in 1987. Because it was before mobile phones, they had to arrange to meet one of the group members in the first car of the train along the way. The film was

In Search of Banksy

"The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan—and uncovered much more than a name."

Izembek

What does true wilderness look like? A photographer captures a rare slice of it in this refuge threatened by development - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Aeon

The hollow orange

It’s tempting but useless. The skin is unblemished and the perfect color. It’s well displayed, promoted widely and on sale. But there’s nothing inside. It’s not worth eating and certainly not worth sharing. This is the streaming series with great lighting and talented actors,

The New New Museum

The Manhattan institution reopens this week! Plus, the sari in NYC, Gainsborough, Carol Bove, and a tiny haven for experimental art in Brooklyn.