Black people climb rocks too
A quick profile of the Brothers of Climbing. Related: 28 days of black designers. Unrelated: "Trump Believes All Black People Are Friends."
Internet fame can be achieved by drizzling salt off your elbow
In case you haven't met him yet, this is Salt Bae, aka Nusret Gokce, the Turkish butcher made famous by drizzling salt off his elbow (whereby Mr. Gokce coils his hand “like a cobra”) onto steaks. Even Pro Bowl players know what's up. And it would
A neural network weaned on Kanye writes a rap song
A neural network weaned on 6,000 lines by Kanye writes a rap song. You an addict of cheating but I took the charge Stop running up my money tall, height advantage Ohhhhh, ohhhh; ohhh you too much to handle in one package Not now but right now, you know.
A short voyage through Europe's snowy mountains
For your Thursday wanderlust, in case you haven't had too much snow already—or simply need it to be void of people, more mysterious, with castles and trains, and in the Alps—here's one of the more impressionistic "road trip" films we've
Actor Michael K Williams debates whether he is typecast
Michael K. Williams, known for Omar on The Wire, Freddy Knight on The Night Of, Chalky on Boardwalk Empire—and countless character roles in many shows and movies—asks himself, Am I typecast?
Arctic sounds will soothe your mind
Perhaps save this for tonight, if you struggle to sleep? Ten hours video of Arctic ambience with frozen ocean, ice cracking, snow falling, icebreaker idling, and distant howling wind sound. Natural white noise sounds generated by the wind and snow falling, combined with deep low frequencies with delta waves from
Trump may not support civil asset forfeiture so much as want to impress cops
The offer from President Trump to "destroy" the career of an unnamed state senator in Texas was prompted by a county sheriff's opposition to a bill of theirs that would prohibit civil asset forfeiture—which, as our stack shows, is a pretty normal position for a
Hawaii's lava fire hose returns
Hawaii's lava "fire hose" has been turned back on, just as mesmerizing as ever. From an exposed tube in a sea cliff of a volcano near the island of Hawaii, hundreds of millions of gallons of lava have been streaming into the Pacific. The lava continues
Filmmaker captures a very, very fast trip through Rome
For your Wednesday morning escapist travel, a very quick trip through Rome from filmmaker Alex Soloviev. "Capturing moments of everyday life of locals mixed with inevitable tourist's streams I was really amazed how much Roman people are friendly and peaceful."
Proud Boys have weird masturbation rules
Vice co-founder and general piece of trash Gavin McInnes's latest career move is to found a DC-based neo-Nazi group called "Proud Boys," the activities of which seem to mostly consist of trying to get into fights with antifascist protesters, punching each other, recording