In the Distance
An animated short depicting life above the clouds, where civilization can't touch you, until it does.
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The turnout is never too damn high.
It’s election day in the United States. A quick guide to your voting rights in case you’re turned away at the polls. 1/23 “Accountability” and “the will of the majority” are things that elections can't do. Vote anyway. 2/23 Bad weather will greet many
More like a brain dump.
On Thursday, Trump directed troops deployed to the US-Mexico border to shoot if someone throws rocks at them, which former military officers confirmed is "an unlawful order." 1/18 Here’s what Trump originally said: “They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back.
Just keep swimming.
Made from more than 600 parts, this soothing kinetic sculpture by Derek Hugger mimics a sea turtle's swimming movements. via Colossal
I survived Cultlandia.
The US will allow eight countries, including several Asian partners, to keep buying oil from Iran after it reimposes sanctions. 1/16 The national security adviser says he looks forward to watching the governments fail in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. 2/16 One of the Koch brothers joins "a
A cold war in London.
A fun short film on turf battles between British ice cream vendors. From an interview with the director: The genesis of the project came when he was shooting a music video at a friend’s workshop in an industrial estate on the outskirts of London. “We started chatting about the
The world's biggest cephalopod gathering.
Scientists recently found the world's largest-ever octopus gathering deep in the seas of California's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The octopuses were found brooding, which is not to say that they were petulant. Rather, most of the creatures had their eight tentacles inverted to protect
"Get over it."
Google employees around the world are staging a walkout today, protesting the company's handling of executives accused of sexual misconduct. See photos from the walkouts. 1/21 The White House claims ISIS has been defeated, but an intelligence service in Iraq says the terror group has launched dozens
Even More Covers
The third edition of animated vintage book graphics. See the first two: Covers and More Covers.
Ghosting the machine.
Thousands of Venezuelans make for Peru, fleeing their crashing nation, with hopes of acquiring residency before a deadline. 1/24 How the president's “birthright” idea went from the fringes of conservative thinking to the Oval Office. 2/24 A company seemingly run by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist