The argument against light trucks and SUVs
A compelling argument to stare down SUVs (and be extra cautious at any crosswalks).
Ben Affleck's resignation, finding himself stuck in a parking spot.
We don't post a lot of celebrity-related content, sure, but there is something poignant about Ben Affleck's acts of resignation, finding himself trapped in a parking spot.
A new video shows planets circling a star light-years away.
A new video shows planets circling a star light-years away. Here's what you're looking at. The black circle in the center is the young 30-million-year-old star, around 1.5 times the mass and 4.9 times the brightness of the Sun. The
Alva Noto covers David Bowie's "Subterraneans" with Martin Gore on vocals and William Basinski.
Alva Noto covers David Bowie's contemplative, atmospheric "Subterraneans" with Martin Gore on vocals and William Basinski on saxophone.
Musician and cancer survivor Justin Wright created a music video entirely out of his CT scans.
Musician and cancer survivor Justin Wright created a music video entirely out of his CT scans: "I was really determined to make something beautiful out of this whole ordeal."
McKenzie Barney's cycling journey from Cairo to Cape Town
For your weekly wanderlust, another chapter in McKenzie Barney and partner's cycling journey from Cairo to Cape Town. Or, as she summarizes it, "11,000km, 10 countries, 5 months, 1 American, 1 Kiwi." See previously: Egypt, Sudan. Also some nice reportage and photographs.
1300 paintings to make a music video
Em Cooper's new video for the Beatles' song "I'm Only Sleeping" required her to make 1,300 separate oil paintings. From an interview with Cooper on It's Nice That: "The song itself evokes such a mesmerising, languid, dreamy state, in
Jim Henson's twisted coffee commercials with muppets and guns
Thanks to Open Culture, we now know Jim Henson made some pretty violent coffee commercials with puppets in the late 1950s. Up until that time, TV advertisers typically made a direct sales pitch. “We took a different approach,” said Henson in Christopher Finch’s Of Muppets and Men: The Making
Dolly Parton's Jolene covered by AI
In yet more AI weirdness—which, we guess, is something we'll all be saying for the rest of our lives—here's a cover of "Jolene" by artist Holly Herndon’s deepfake “twin” Holly+. From Pitchfork: Holly Herndon has released a new cover of Dolly
Skateboarders fall more often than not.
Skateboarders fall more often than not. From Najeeb Tarazi, "an ode to effort."