We don’t know much about the French town of Le Havre, but these illustrations are charming, by Josephin Ritschel (known for her architectural work). The art’s for a new novel, Toujours la Meme Histoire by Jean Segue and Elodie Boyer, in three formats. / mevameva.de, It’s Nice
Here’s the official study. / link.springer.com Ron Swanson, aka Nick Offerman, has his own family woodshop, and he’ll sell you a handmade canoe and other things made of wood. Apparently you can also attend a meat-grilling, whiskey-drinking “Ladies Night” if you bring donuts. / offermanwoodshop.com
“The Waffle House Index... is an indicator of how complex and long supply chains are—for food, for fuel, for power—and of what it takes to plan around infrastructure that can be fragile in unexpected ways.” The Waffle House Index tells us much more than just how badly an
Marines used a private Facebook group, Marines United, to share hundreds, possibly thousands, of naked photographs of female service members and veterans. / revealnews.org A new edition of the Best Countries survey ranks Switzerland as No. 1, from a survey of more than 21,000 people from 36 countries. / U.
Among the more aerodynamic hairstyles we’ve seen, here’s a 1923 photograph of a Rwandan man wearing the “amasunzu.” / AnotherMag As France prepares for its presidential election—a country, it should be said, that’s been invaded three times by Germany since 1870; is currently in its fifth republic;
Gambian Ali Sonko, an immigrant in Denmark, just became a partner at Noma, one of the world’s best restaurants, after washing dishes there for 13 years. / b.dk, Eater “There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer.” Jeff Sessions’s spokesperson is apparently lying even now about the fact
It would appear that the latest body art trend is “freckling”—tiny ink freckles of a semi-permanent nature. / Bored Panda A survey of over 200 local governments in 11 states of the Great Plains finds that county commissioners and mayors are concerned about climate change, but use phrases like
Marines prefer to read Playboy for what it doesn’t show / TMN See also: historian Amber Batura on how Playboy explains Vietnam; and novelist Jessica Francis Kane interviews her mother about working at Playboy when it started. / how playboy explains vietnam Court documents obtained by the Guardian suggest indigenous activist
IKEA has weird economics, wherein favorite pieces of design get better and cheaper. / FiveThirtyEight Related: If you enjoy the Billy Index, you’ll love the Economist’s Big Mac Index. / The Economist “The President ordered a well-done steak. An aged New York strip. He ate it with catsup as
Why most (ballet) dancers almost always turn clockwise and most athletes—figure skaters, aerial skiiers, divers—turn counterclockwise is unknown. But a personal investigation into the phenomenon makes for interesting reading. / Ballet Focus A rugby match is built on “rucks,” what happens when a player is tackled to the ground.
