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Award-winning photographer Stephen Voss is making a book...
Award-winning photographer Stephen Voss is making a book about the world’s largest data-center hub in Northern Virginia . “Forests have disappeared. Empty fields have become enormous buildings.”
Only Known Manuscript of MLK's "I Have a Dream" Could Fetch $10M at Auction
The public will be able to view the handwritten final draft of the iconic speech at Christie's New York before it goes under the hammer in January.
Carl Sagan on How to Live with the Unknown
“We are bathing in mystery and confusion… That will always be our destiny. The universe will always be much richer than our ability to understand it.”
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity...
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made . “The phone in your pocket is several orders of magnitude more sophisticated than the computers used for the Apollo mission. One AirPod could easily calculate a path to the moon.”
A YouTuber discovered that most videos contain inaudible...
A YouTuber discovered that most videos contain inaudible background audio that can be geolocated by using airplane flight data . Incredible. I wonder how long the NSA has known about this though…
Andy Warhol's Habibi Phase in Kuwait
Raed Yassin's exhibition “Warhol of Arabia” reimagines the pop artist's 1977 visit to the Gulf country and a bygone era in the Middle East.
Winners of the 2026 Photomicrography Competition
Ok, I’m gonna use the word gobsmacking here because I think it’s completely appropriate. This image of an inkjet printer laying down ink on a piece of paper is gobsmacking. Like what?! You can check out photographer Ole Bielfeldt’s behind-the-scenes process on Instagram ; he
Dark Forestry. “What defense against this onslaught of...
Dark Forestry . “What defense against this onslaught of talking machines? Craft, and ‘the nobility of a day’s work’, once-proud heraldry against inconsiderate design and careless release cycles, are threadbare banners in winter winds.”
When Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. The Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking.
"From childbirth to miscarriages, women’s health care in the state has become increasingly dangerous."
A trip to upside-down world
Goats everywhere! Three-hour handstands! Magical doorknobs! Discover a whole new way of looking at a Cubist masterpiece - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The People Against the Arch
Protesters in DC roast the Arc de Trump, plus the Whitney Museum announces the next curators of its blockbuster biennial.
Equality talk
In the summer of 1646, the idea of equality gained new and profound depths. We are still catching up with the consequences - by Teresa M Bejan Read on Aeon
Restrictive design
Design of any kind requires empathy. If you’re making it for yourself, it’s a hobby. Everything else is for someone else. Great designers know who it’s for. And the design is for them, not for the designer. Annie Jean-Baptiste teaches us about restrictive design. This is what
Explore the Reading List for Harvard’s Humanities 10: The “Brutal” Humanities Class That’s Suddenly in High Demand
There are plenty of good reasons a student might want to go to Harvard. One is its long history, at least by American standards; another is the formidable accomplishments of the professors hired to teach there. But on some level, a teenager looking to come up in the world — or,
“Don’t Try”: Charles Bukowski’s Concise Philosophy of Art and Life
In 1994, Charles Bukowski was buried in a Los Angeles cemetery, beneath a simple gravestone. The stone memorializes the poet’s name. It recites his dates of birth and death, but adds the symbol of a boxer between the two, suggesting his life was a struggle. And it adds the very
The Divorce Tapes (gift link). “The only music she...
The Divorce Tapes (gift link). “The only music she listens to is heavy metal from 1986. It’s the year she still lives in. She wanted me to tell this story.” This is a tough read. (CW: rape, family trauma)