As part of their coursework, students at UC Berkeley are contributing edits to Wikipedia about “LGBTQ+ history, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color” . They’ve added 300,000+ edits and 3,000+ citations. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis . “As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The action unfolded during the $75 million film’s premiere, days before Trump announced the two-year closure of the performing arts center.
Autocratic backfire : when dictators construct echo chambers, overestimate their abilities, and dismiss their adversaries’ capabilities, leading to weakening or ruin. Examples: Mussolini, Putin, and now (hopefully) Trump. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Wilson, like Wright before him, wrestled with the psychic toll of racial violence on Black families in his paintings and lithographs
"Ninho Globo" evokes a nest or a giant seed pod tumbling through the landscape. 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 A Celestial Nest by Atelier Yokyok
Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series . Interesting use of “animated” to mean “AI-generated photorealism”. I watched the trailer…everything looks vaguely plastic. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Do you know about the original vampire ending for Marty Supreme ? (You heard me.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Tim Burton on Catherine O’Hara : “Catherine’s so good, maybe too good. She works on levels that people don’t even know. I think she scares people because she operates at such high levels.” Loved her. RIP. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Decades before photography, the British natural history illustrator chronicled global discoveries. 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 ‘Sarah Stone’s
"Our task at midlife is to be strong enough to relinquish the ego-urgencies of the first half and open ourselves to a greater wonder."
It was a rust bucket, sure, but this car delivered the most precious good to a group of friends in 1980s Poland: freedom - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Damien Davis on the day after the strike, a report on galleries and street vendors in Tribeca, and the real story of photographer Eugène Atget.
In Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, workers are being enslaved but the boundary between victim and perpetrator is blurred - by Ivan Franceschini & Ling Li Read on Aeon
Precision requires producing the same results each time. Repeatable, measurable, dependable. Accuracy means hitting the target. The only way to consistently be accurate is to be precise. But there are plenty of precision methods that don’t yield the most desired outcomes. Simon
Though his movies may have benefited greatly from foreign audiences and backers, David Lynch was one of the most thoroughly American of all filmmakers. “Born Missoula, MT,” declared his Twitter bio, yet one never really associates him with a particular place in the United
When the history books are written, we’ll remember the politicians, law firms, and CEOs who quickly bent the knee to Donald Trump. We’ll also remember the scant few American figures who refused to back down. Bruce Springsteen will be high on that short list. Touring in Europe
For all the enchantment the color blue has cast upon humanity, no animal has fallen under its spell more hopelessly than the bowerbird, whose very survival hinges on blue. In a small clearing on the forest floor, the male weaves twigs and branches into an elaborate bower, which
ProPublica : “The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Another brutal Melania pan : “First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda” and “the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like…Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet”. 💬 Join the discussion on
"You are this body, and you are these molecules, and you are these atoms, and you are these quantum entities, and you are the quantum foam, and you are the energetic field of space-time, and, ultimately, you are the fundamental awareness out of which all these emerge."