Video tour of the world's largest collection of whale bones
Your Tuesday conversation starter: The world's largest collection of whale bones lives in the Smithsonian's museum support center, in Suitland, Maryland.
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June 12, 2017
Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933. / The New York Times To help navigate its diplomatic crisis, Qatar has hired John Ashcroft, who may recruit other former US officials. / CNN Though echoes of Watergate currently prevail, Nixon never had a parallel media reality
June 9, 2017
Why executive privilege doesn’t extend to Comey: He’s now a private citizen, and he didn’t reveal classified info. / The Washington Post A skincare line sold at Urban Outfitters is wreaking havoc on complexions—one side effect is “skin atrophy.” / Observer “Here are some things I’ve done
TORRES, "Skim"
As the video for "Skim," the wonderful new song by TORRES, depicts: Sometimes you just can't let go of a relationship. (Kind of NSFW. It's fleshy.)
June 8, 2017
Hoover also took memos on presidents: FDR wanted to find commies; Nixon wanted to find gays. / The Washington Post Today’s Usonians grapple with how well they can live up to Frank Lloyd Wright’s ideals—or if they should even try. / Curbed Fidget spinners are the new retail—their
June 7, 2017
Amid escalating airstrikes, the Trump White House doesn’t even pretend it cares about civilian casualties. / Pacific Standard A nearly-forgotten violation of the Third Amendment is baked into printer tech—and exposed the Intercept leaker. / Errata Security Multidisciplinary designer and artist Yuxi Liu has created “Poet on the Shore,
"Poet on the Shore" is an adorable autonomous robot
Multidisciplinary designer and artist Yuxi Liu has created "Poet on the Shore," an AI-empowered autonomous robot that roams the beach and occasionally writes poetry in the sand. The robot has a number of sensors that enable it to sense the world around it: the sea, the wind,
The Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week One
Gather round for our inaugural discussion in the Rooster Summer Reading Challenge, presented by Field Notes. We're halfway through the first book, A Separation, with this month's judge, Victor LaValle.
17 years later Terry Gilliam finishes shooting Don Quixote
To celebrate the news that, 17 years later, Terry Gilliam has finally finished shooting The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, here's a trailer for the 2002 documentary about some of the many times the film fell apart.
June 6, 2017
Housing a prisoner in California—about $75,000—now costs more per year than Harvard. / The Los Angeles Times “I hope others are inspired by Alex’s dedication to excellence and ability live without fear, and less by his willingness to accept risk.” Here’s climber Tommy Caldwell on Alex