For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix in May 2026 . “Solar supplied a record 12.8% of US electricity, while coal fell to 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.”
Released a few days ago, this is the official video for Max Cooper’s Becoming , directed by Brandon Eversole . It’s mesmerizing, trippy, and a little bit glitchy. The video is also notable for being so wide that it breaks YouTube’s desktop layout — anything less than stretching
“It’s so dumb!” I quote this line from Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion like 10 times a day now. Feel free to add it to your repetoire.
Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever . 15 years ago, billionaires had $4.5 trillion. “Now, their combined wealth totals $20.1 trillion — an amount that is equivalent to nearly a fifth of the entire world’s total yearly output.”
"Decades after 'The Emporium' failed to open on Broadway in 1954, one man went on a quest to find it."
Yoko Ono’s painting invites us to step on it, challenging both galleries and audiences. Why is touch transgressive? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Plus, the largest survey of Arthur Jafa’s work is coming to New York.
The editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing series on curation, grief and levity, and the stories she hopes to read more of in the future.
Terrorists and tech bros alike view accelerationism as a revolutionary weapon. Nick Land glimpsed something much darker - by Vincent Lê Read on Aeon
When culture pushes us to measure things that don’t matter to us, our values are captured. Once the metrics turn a profit for corporations and those in power, they are amplified, and almost overnight, begin to matter to us, even if they run contrary to what we originally set
Ask around for what everyone knows about Istanbul (other than that it used to be called Constantinople), and you’ll find that the presence of Hagia Sophia there comes right to many a mind. Less likely to be mentioned is its proneness to earthquakes, though it tends to rank just
Admit it, your list of favorite Bowie songs is full of the big hits. Hell, maybe it’s all hits; there’s no shame in that. Digging deep into the crates will yield many an overlooked surprise, many a subtle sleeper, cut-up classic, and electronic experiment. But if all you’ve got
A hundred works by Indigenous artists tracing creative resilience over the course of a century will go on view at the institution in August.
The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base.”
Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. This one , which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration). This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America . “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”
At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she “accidentally stepped into abstraction.”
Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy . This is not a situation where one side is right and
"My mom and I lived together for five years—the breast cancer years—until she died from the disease."
Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower . “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.
The two-floor show will premiere new works alongside the artist’s iconic pieces, such as "Love is the Message, The Message is Death."
This week, we honor a champion of Southeast Asian art, the giant behind “Persepolis,” and a photographer dedicated to London’s East End.
Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played a 75-minute DJ set for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk ( full setlist ). The set is also available on Soundcloud . Bangalter also put