Yet another front in the Boomer v. Gen X cultural hackles: whether Connery or Moore was the better Bond. / The New York Times From the attic: “The Lesser Bonds,” including Alan Cumming, who decided 007 plays the viola. / The Morning News The American Society for Microbiology’s third annual Agar
With summer camping season around the corner, here's a tutorial on how to start a fire with a water bottle. See also: "How to Teach Your Children to Poop Outdoors."
Ultrarunner Kilian Jornet climbs Everest without oxygen or fixed ropes in a record 26 hours. / Outside Magazine ISIS claims responsibility for last night’s Manchester attack that killed at least 22 at an Ariana Grande concert. / Washington Post “It is disturbing to feel you are walking over your fellow human
Begin your Tuesday a bit more cosmically: a beautiful video for "Start Running," off the recent Death To The Planet EP—a recent favorite around here—by London's The Comet Is Coming. In case anyone told you jazz is boring.
She's better. Missy Elliott profiled by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah: Missy Elliott has written more than 500 songs, produced music for Ciara, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Whitney Houston, and taken just three vacations in her entire lifetime. She has written gospel songs that seem ready to break all
Twin Peaks without people (or doppelgangers, for that matter).
With its algorithm change, Amazon platforms third-party booksellers who pay publishers and authors nothing. / Vox Facebook’s guidelines for content moderation, which allow threats of hate crimes, have baffling priorities. / The Guardian Austin treasures its famous murals—except within historically black neighborhoods in developers’ crosshairs. / Texas Monthly Twin Peaks
“In my lab we have found that 4-year-olds recognize that their own past beliefs might have been wrong. Mr. Trump contradicts himself without hesitation and doesn’t seem to recognize any conflict between his past and present beliefs.” Psychologist and children’s learning expert Alison Gopnik says that
For your casual weekend desk chair travel: a very speedy tour through Venice.
“Coke Habit” tells the true story of a 16-year-old who finds himself with a crippling addiction to… Coca-Cola. See also: "What we do and don’t know about dietary science."
