Trump Re-Erects Monument of Enslaver Removed in 2020
The statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved at least 200 people, is now on display in DC's Freedom Plaza.
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My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon ....
My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon . “As I watched my son play Prodigy, it became clear there wasn’t much learning happening. In about 10 minutes of gameplay, he spent less than 30 seconds answering math questions.”
Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers
"The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm."
The In-Between Worlds of Larissa Borteh
In the artist's paintings, are we looking at plants in a state of beautiful decay, ghosts, deities, fairylands, or something from a dream?
The first-ever Enhanced Games (open to those using...
The first-ever Enhanced Games (open to those using performance-enhancing drugs) featured 42 athletes, three of whom were competing clean. All three won their respective events .
It's Art-World Summer in NYC
Celebrate with a visit to Betye Saar's doll collection and Roberto Lugo's ode to Puerto Rico.
Miami Graffiti Legend Eric Alan Hirt "Eson" Killed in Train Strike
The prolific tagger boldly transformed the city's street infrastructure for decades.
Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer's Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI
The trust said gallerist Peter Danziger's AI-altered editions, offered at an art fair, “exploited Ansel’s name, reputation, and his most iconic image."
Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical letter yesterday; it’s entitled Magnifica Humanitas Of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV On Safeguarding the Human Person In the Time of Artificial Intelligence . It is very long and I haven’t been able to read the whole thing; here’s a
The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler
Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.
Haegue Yang’s Constellations for a Divided Korea
The artist’s play on light and shadow transforms Venetian blinds into haunting reflections on exile, borders, and the longing for reunification.
250 to 250. We Are America.
The 250th birthday of the United States is coming up and I know many of us are having a tough time feeling celebratory because *waves hands around at everything* . To mark the occasion in a decidedly non-jingoistic manner, historian Heather Cox Richardson is producing a series
Tenderly Tracking My Husband . “Knowing when to...
Tenderly Tracking My Husband . “Knowing when to step in and tell a loved one with [Alzheimer’s] that they can no longer do something because it’s too risky is a game of chance we caregivers hate to play.” Lovely & heartbreaking.
Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise
"An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction."
Great title for a book: Fascist Yoga . “Ever...
Great title for a book: Fascist Yoga . “Ever since, the world of yoga has been full of grifters, occultists and white supremacists, all out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise.”
I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who’s the Robot Now?
"Cooking. Doing laundry. Tidying up. All your household tasks can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences."
Eight London Underground Restrooms Get Vibrant Refurbs with Illustrated Tiles
Hugh Broughton Architects incorporates designs by artist and illustrator James Lambert, who interprets the distinctive character of each location. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
Pinterest Has Become Unusable . “When I started...
Pinterest Has Become Unusable . “When I started painting again in January, I went back to Pinterest and found it overrun with AI slop. It’s continued to get worse and worse, and it’s now basically unusable.”
Stephen Colbert Hosts Only in Monroe
The day after ending his run on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert hosted a show called Only in Monroe on a Michigan public access channel . His musical director for the show was Jack White, nestled onstage between a boombox and a reel-to-reel recorder. His guests included Byron
An unusual new-to-me animal: the aardwolf . It’s a...
An unusual new-to-me animal: the aardwolf . It’s a hyena but it eats insects like an aardvark . The cubs are incredibly cute .
Ava Roth Collaborates with Insects to Create ‘Kintsu-Bee’ Ceramic Vessels
As bees build their hive, ceramics are mended in the spirit of a time-honored Japanese craft tradition. 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 Ava Roth
Essential summertime reading: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like...
Essential summertime reading: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning . “Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life.”
Building an AI Data Center in Pine Island, Minnesota
"I learned about the data center as soon as the scrappy sign was erected. I was thrilled to see something new; my drive hasn’t changed much in three years. I was less thrilled for Pine Island, which has, like many rural Midwestern towns, become an unlikely microcosm of the AI
Vibrant Miniature Dioramas by Shannon Taylor Burst from Vintage Compacts
Nature and magic come alive in tiny watercolor scenes. 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 Vibrant Miniature Dioramas by Shannon Taylor Burst from
Betye Saar’s Birthday Present
The assemblage artist donates her doll collection to the New York Historical, and we walk you through strong performance art at the Venice Biennale.
The embattled witnesses
The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses - by Alvina Hoffmann Read on Aeon
Getting Unstuck with Ramona Ausubel
On finding joy in the writing process, embracing friction, and developing your voice.
Hear Robert Johnson’s “Come On in My Kitchen” in Remarkably Restored Audio, Taken from a Rare Test Pressing
Robert Johnson died at just 27 years old, some say as a consequence of selling his soul to the devil at a crossroads. But before his time came, he managed to record 29 songs, a scant body of work that nevertheless secured his artistic immortality as one of the most influential
Predictions, prescriptions and systems change
Moore’s Law was stated 60 years ago, but it only became a law once its predictions came true. The reason that your laptop doesn’t cost as much as your house is that computer chips get relentlessly cheaper and more powerful. Just as Gordon Moore predicted. But perhaps it wasn’t
The Myth of Sisyphus Wonderfully Animated in an Oscar-Nominated Short Film (1974)
Even if you don’t know the myth by name, you know the story. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus, King of Corinth, was punished “for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this