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Zadie Smith: “In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind...

The Hummingbird Bike

New issue of Laura Olin’s newsletter, full of good stuff. “I had...

Two Slice is a bitmappy font that’s only two pixels tall and...

Fantastic essay by Roxane Gay: Civility Is a Fantasy. “Calling for civility...

Steamed Hams but It’s a Critically Acclaimed Feature Film. The classic Simpsons...

Generative Design

Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades? Why not two? Or five?...

Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time. “An emotional research team became...

Hybrid ASCII Art

Historian Thomas Zimmer has left academia, Substack, and the US; now he’s...

Using Cesium-137 testing to find counterfeit wine. “Cesium-137 did not exist on...

Is the New York Times finally getting real about Trump? “In the...

Everyone Was Wrong About Maximum Siphon Height

In Jimmy Kimmel’s words: What the late-night host said upon his return...

McSweeney’s didn’t even need to lampoon Trump’s comments about vaccines, autism, &...

An excerpt from Patricia Lockwood’s new book Will There Ever Be Another...

Wild Cats, Bored Cats, Sleepy Cats

A tantalizing peek into the massive 90,000-item archive left behind by David...

Carbon Dating: Cold War Nukes & Art Forgeries

Conservative White Christians Will Worship Anyone But Jesus. “Seeing White Evangelicals build...

Didn’t think I was interested in a profile of Dwayne “The Rock”...

I’m Heading to Japan. What Should I Do?

The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years, including Extra...

Little, Big, and Far

This morning’s music selection while working: this 1h23m mix by German DJ/producer...

Some advice: “finishing creative projects is a skill in and of itself....

The Trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu

Super Mario Bros. Remastered

Lāhainā Noon (aka zero shadow day) occurs twice a year in the...

Call Me Maybe Mashed Up With NIN’s Head Like a Hole

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. “It’s fall, fuckfaces. You’re either ready to...