“This is a very weak president in danger of complete failed presidency.” Mister Trump has yet another terrible week. 1/15 In case you missed it: Mattis, Mnuchin, and Tillerson have a "suicide pact" in case Trump tries to remove one of them. 2/15 Here are all
A short documentary on Thailand's bird-singing competitions. From Clive Bell's Wire article on the subject: Many of us probably feel that natural birdsong, encountered in the wild, is a particularly beautiful form of sound, and needs protecting, rather than improving via human intervention. But there
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). 1/20 “I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis and Chief of Staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos.” Getting in his dings on his way out the door, Tennessee Senator Corker
For when you're eating lunch at your desk today: a brief movie about professional ski mountaineer Caroline Gleich. Gleich is a celebrity in the outdoors industry. With over 100,000 followers on Instagram, she's virtually the face of Utah skiing—and is also harrassed online (never
Kazuo Ishiguro, master of memory, is your Nobel Laureate for Literature for 2017. 1/12 Fascinating stuff: How Kazuo Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day, with a little help from Tom Waits, in four weeks of extreme seclusion. 2/12 Without offering any specifics, Trump says his administration will
One of the finest early Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers televised performances, this 1978 version of "American Girl" on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test shows just how tight the band had already become, having formed just two years prior. You may already know and love
The girlfriend of the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting was met last night by authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. 1/20 After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Democrats occupied the House floor for a full day. After Vegas, with midterm elections coming up, they're setting
Keir Beck is an award-winning stunt rigger, a career he discovered by early forays in arboriculture ("the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants") and mountain climbing. “Stunt riggers have a broad range of climbing skills—everything from trees to
Thanks to Paul Giamatti's punchy refusal in this clip from 2004's Sideways, merlot's sales tanked, pinot noir's popularity shot up, and California wine growers yanked up about 10,000 acres of merlot grapes. In the industry it became known as "the
Equifax's former CEO heads to congressional hearings as news emerges that an additional 2.5 million Americans were included in its data breach. 1/21 The other side of gun control: Amid slumping gun sales under Trump, the White House may loosen gun export laws, and gun-maker
