Yesterday, Ollie and I hiked up to Delta Lake (via Lupine Meadows Access) in Grand Teton National Park. It was perhaps a bit aggressive given my current lack of fitness, my non-acclimation to the altitude (we topped out at 9000’), and the rock scrambling we had to do near the
'Lost Landing' features Alexis Mata's glitched landscapes in which familiar terrain appears otherworldly. 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 Cacti and
TIL about variant sudoku puzzles , “sudoku with strange rules like thermometers, ratio dots, cages, and other things that you’re probably already confused by”.
The excellent Scene on Radio podcast is back with a new season on The News . “Just about everyone is mad at the media, and Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared facts.”
Élise Vigneron of Théâtre de L'entrouvert and Satchie Noro of Companie Furankaï join forces for performances all summer long. 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 neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound—and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion."
"On May 22, a 7-year-old reached the summit of El Capitan. Why are so many climbers upset about it?"
Italian art workers announce a nationwide strike, New York’s Penn Station to feature Trump’s name, and have you heard about the “Obamalisk”?
Yes, we’re in a world of our own: for the autistic mind, it’s a place of intense curiosity, deep focus and sensory delight - by Sarah Hendrickx Read on Aeon
Five stories that explore the risks and rewards of life's little hurdles.
Steinbeck points out that the stars shine in the sky, regardless of the drama here on Earth. Perspective fools us into believing that our point of view is primary, but it’s not difficult to imagine a more distant (or closer) one that would change everything. The service at
Though seldom heard these days, the term “desktop publishing” once opened a great many eyes to the promise of the personal computer. It meant that one could create a publication without owning a press or contracting with an outfit that did. Indeed, the whole process of writing,
Coverage of the refugee crisis peaked in 2015. By the end of the year, note researchers at the University of Bergen, “this was one of the hottest topics, not only for politicians, but for participants in the public debate,” including far-right xenophobes given megaphones.
With works by Idris Khan, Maya Lin, and more, the $850M campus will be a public art destination for Chicago’s South Side, if it can live up to its community.
With works by Idris Khan, Maya Lin, and more, the $850M campus will be a public art destination for Chicago’s South Side, if it can live up to its community.
Renderings of the station redesign show the president’s name carved into a wall, raising questions and concerns.
“For the first time, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas worldwide in April 2026 .”
A month after a historic Venice Biennale strike, groups say they will withhold their labor this Friday, June 12, in a call for better working conditions and in solidarity with Palestine.
A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and wedding . “A green card wedding was the story I was selling…but it became clear I’d wanted to get married for all the typical risky reasons most of us do: love, understanding, hope.”
"I believe the purpose of an artist is to move the crowd," writer Marvin Wade says. 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 Poetic Short Film Animates
"Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive."
As a dyke, I particularly cherished this portrait of queer entanglement characterized by duration and valences beyond the sexual or romantic.
From the New Yorker, a long and difficult-to-read report by Heidi Blake about how the truly disgusting and evil Tate brothers built a sexual slavery empire .
He emphasizes the temporality of looking, as well as underscores that one’s experience of time is subjective.
The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate . “The Roberts Court has replaced the Fifteenth Amendment’s ban on racial discrimination in voting with a right to engage in racial discrimination in voting.”
Nominations are open for this year’s Tiny Awards . “The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotlight on the sorts of personal web projects that tend to get overlooked.”
"What I’m trying to achieve is to transport the viewer into another world," Xie says. 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 Phantasmic Figures Grapple