A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo to a sequoia.

If a paleontologist digs up my bones, what they will be able to know about my experience of the world is “stress.” Whatever else living in unprecedented times does to us, it leaves traces behind in our bodies, even if we never fell ill.

A year in the life of bruxism.

↩︎ The Paris Review

2d

"History keeps happening, though we might prefer it not to." The search for nothingness.

↩︎ The New York Times 2d

Facebook indefinitely banned Trump, but has sent the decision on whether to reinstate his account to its new oversight board.

↩︎ Columbia Journalism Review 2d

Paying tribute to the Black women whose voices propelled Phil Spector's career.

↩︎ NPR 2d

Iconic NYC artist Colette raised enough money to preserve *Living Environment*, her 50-year-old apartment installation.

↩︎ Observer 2d

"I don't think there's any need anymore for me to do this." Trump's Twitter reply guys face life after their favorite tweeter.

↩︎ OneZero 2d

A generator for "local legends and obscure curiosities from the days of yore."

↩︎ Loremen Simulator 2d

It is time that the stone took the trouble to bloom,
that unrest’s heart started to beat.
It’s time for it to be time.

It is time.

How Paul Celan, a Jewish Romanian, remade the German language on his way to becoming his country’s greatest 20th-century poet.

↩︎ Poetry Foundation

2d

Lava lamps in San Francisco, a pendulum in London, and a Geiger counter in Singapore keep the internet secure.

↩︎ OpenCulture 2d

Chicago's Willis Tower gets a dynamic "wave wall" by Olafur Eliasson.

↩︎ designboom 3d

In case you also find watch repair soothing: a Rolex gets repaired to a jazz score.

Also, scientists want to shorten the minute to 59 seconds (to better line us up with Earth's rotation).

Also, it looks like the new president is a watch collector.

3d

Gabor Nagy's photographs offer a celebration of snow and mountains.

↩︎ Moss and Fog 3d

In 2020, the US experienced its most violent year in decades with an unprecedented rise in homicides in major cities.

↩︎ Statista 3d

His children are exactly like him. His wife is exactly like him. I wish nothing but the very worst for them, for the rest of their days.

Roxane Gay says goodbye to the outgoing president.

↩︎ The Audacity

3d

“There’s a belief among a certain set of Democrats that taking an idea and cutting it in half makes it a better idea when it just makes it a worse idea.”

Ezra Klein: What Democrats need to do is simple: Just help people, and do it fast.

↩︎ The New York Times

3d

Biden should aim to make his signature policies "as stupidly straightforward as possible."

↩︎ The Atlantic 3d

In Japan, where more than one in three people live alone, the pandemic is driving up sales of single-serving cookware and meals.

↩︎ VICE 4d

With 242,000 acres, Bill and Melinda Gates are America's largest private farmland owners.

↩︎ The Land Report 4d

A complete list of Trump's Twitter insults, 2015-2021.

↩︎ The New York Times 4d

Of the 282 things Trump promised to accomplish as president, he did 31.

↩︎ The Washington Post 4d