VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital . “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.”
At the beginning of a clip from this podcast episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend with Matt Groening, Conan talks about one of his favorite things they did on The Simpsons: It’s a phenomenon that the Simpsons did so beautifully, which is — and we did this with Homer a lot —
“ Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of multi-chromatic and variable display typefaces…” This is bonkers…letters made from Battleship pieces, Connect Four boards, playing cards, wooden railroad tracks, etc.
Bring Blockbuster Video back to your town/city by setting up a little free library of VHS tapes & DVDs . “Take a movie, leave a movie.” Love this.
Gloria Steinem’s final essay , posthumously published by the New Yorker. “When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come.”
TIL that my iPhone has a tiny bit of water in i t (for cooling).
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and others share stories from the day of the attack and the vicious campaign of Islamophobia, racism, and surveillance in its wake.
Teaser trailer for Musk , a 3h45m-long documentary film on fascist businessman Elon Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. “He’s chaotic, random, capricious. He is manifestly cruel and selfish. In a science fiction novel, he would not be a hero.”
The New Museum's new board members, Alison Rossiter works acquired by The Met, a record-breaking David Hockney show, and more in Art Movements.
"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
Michael Richards’s 1997 sculpture “Free F’All” commemorates the historic African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the discrimination they experienced during service.
“I Want Your Sex” is a caricature of the art world more than an actually incisive critique, but it’s funner that way.
Self said the figure is “not an idol to venerate or a historical figure to commemorate,” but rather “an everyday woman like the many who occupy the square daily.”
For Anna Ortiz, the jaguar is a fitting metaphor for entering into a mythic borderland. 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 Anna Ortiz Traverses the
This past summer, the United States of America celebrated 250 years of independence. But for a great many Americana-lovers around the world, this year also brings another, even more resonant date: the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Route 66. In the months leading up
"Skennen'kó:wa ken? (Do You Carry Great Peace?)" is on until November 15, 2026.
Contributors Damien Davis and Alicia Inez Guzmán are among the eight arts writers who received the award.
The Knot is coming. On sale today, a limited-edition pennant made by hand in Buffalo… The five-pack from Porchlight (with bonus Spindex) is still available as well. The launch event on September 21 is fully sold out. Spotify chose The Knot as an editor’s pick this month, and
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Th artist taps the small, colorful rubber bands as an accessible material for an inventive application. 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 Hannah
"A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers."
"After years of relative quiet, the public is meeting 'Andre 2.0' — a pickleball booster, an open book and a guy eager to build a less tortured relationship with competition."
Can we test for AI consciousness when we don’t understand our own? Getting into John Searle’s ‘Chinese room’ experiment - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
A recent history of “disco balls” and its precursors; plus, Ed Simon on why we should be alarmed about Lonnie Bunch’s resignation.
Saffron and ostrich liver were prescribed but so were exercise, gardens, animals, socialising, and music - by Katherine Harvey Read on Aeon
We know that the act of measuring changes what is measured. Might it change us measurers, too?
The Rabkin Foundation celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s art writers, with eight unrestricted awards of $50,000 each.
Lazy isn’t a moral failing. It’s an economic consideration. We have limited time, limited energy and limited resources. Allocating that effort is often done in response to what’s at stake and what’s on offer. The clean room at a silicon fab or operating theater is clean because
It’s an ungainly word for English speakers, which is maybe why we do not hear it often: Gleichschaltung. Yet the concept remains central for a clear view of what happened to Germany in the 1930s. In 1933, the nation completely transformed, seemingly overnight, through “a