Everything Is Becoming a Bank . “Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
On view at SVA Chelsea Gallery through December 6, the exhibition demonstrates the breadth and variety of the school’s diverse alumni network.
Ever wanted to customize text into a needlework pattern? 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 From the Creator of Typeknitting, ‘Knit Hello’ Is a Font
“ The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year , marking a turning point for the global power system.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the Senate to argue against cutting federal funding for public broadcasting. During his testimony , Rogers recited a song from his show, What Do You Do with the Mad That You Feel? In this short video , Jon Lefkovitz accompanies Mister
"This exhibition is a celebration and an act of preservation," says artist and curator Ruben Natal-San Miguel. 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 ‘We
Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino . “Qualcomm said Arduino ‘will retain its independent brand, tools and mission.’” I wonder how long that independence will last… 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
I missed that NIN’s Tron:Ares soundtrack came out a couple of weeks ago. Listening this morning to catch up! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Upcoming exhibition from the MFA in Boston: “ ‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.
How do some countries manage to channel foreign capital into economic development while others are just exploited by it? - by Guilherme Klein Martins Read on Aeon
It doesn’t happen all at once. And it doesn’t work suddenly. A home pressure cooker doesn’t use more electricity than a hot pot. And it isn’t as fast as a microwave. Instead, it builds up over time, producing results with a surprisingly small amount of effort. We’re impatient,
Albert Einstein is the rare figure who’s universally known, but almost entirely for his professional achievements. Few of us who can explain the theory of relativity can also say much about the personal life of the man who came up with it, though that doesn’t owe to a lack of
If you happen to be a high school student in Florida who’s eager to read A Clockwork Orange, that urge may turn out to be harder to satisfy than you imagine. Anthony Burgess’ harrowing, linguistically inventive novel of a grim near future has come out on top in PEN America’s
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment . “Mainstream media has become so terrified of appearing biased that they’ve abandoned their basic responsibility to clearly communicate truth to the public.”
In the artist’s studio, we played her 1995 Puppet Motel on a blue iBook G3 and talked about technology, cyberspace, and abstraction.
The Taco Bell 50k Ultramarathon was run in Denver over the weekend. Competitors must eat at 9 out of 10 Taco Bells along the route. “By the 4th stop, all entrants must have consumed at least one (1) Chalupa Supreme or one Crunchwrap Supreme…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The in-ground artworks in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which referenced Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol, had suffered from weather-related deterioration, officials said.
Nine employees were laid off as a result of the department’s dissolution, attributed to a “challenging financial period.”
An installation of the artist’s never-before-seen photographs accumulates meaning through association rather than argument.
I missed this from a couple of months ago: Inside the World of “The Great British Bake Off” . “No show does so much to hide its true nature: namely, that it is a competition people desperately want to win.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Sickert didn’t go in for glamour or flattery and the subjects of many of his best works are things seen off to the side, a bit inconsequential.
Organized by Colours of Redbridge in collaboration with the local community, the artful van celebrates multicultural expression. 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
In a 2014 preface for his 1978 book The Ohlone Way , a description of how the indigenous peoples of California’s Bay Area lived before Europeans arrived, Malcolm Margolin shared a list of what he thought constituted a healthy society: Sustainable relationship with the
The museum is among the federally funded organizations affected by the impasse as Democrats and Republicans spar over healthcare.