A summer camp lake monster for Generation Z.
A summer camp lake monster for Generation Z: Aram Bartholl's "Obsolete Presence."
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Listen to your plants make music
The MIDI Sprout enables you "to listen to your plants play harmonious sounds" based on changes in conductivity on their leaves. From the company's background story: The richness of this data inspired me to give plants full control over every note played as well as control
A new talk show in which Tig Notaro struggles to identify famous people.
Tig Notaro, who apparently struggles to identify famous people by face or name, has a new talk show where she attempts to figure out who her guests are.
The 1980s club kids are the 2019 club kids.
It's only a promo video for a fashion show—Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, in Brexit-era London—but still it's beguiling to watch ‘80s club kids conjured up for today.
A time-lapse of a year in the life of Earth, as seen by an orbiting satellite.
A time-lapse of a year in the life of Earth, as seen from the view of an orbiting satellite.
The greatest human power, according to Darwin, is sympathy.
Darwin's "survival of the fittest" is often thought to suggest a brutal existence of fights and conquest. What he really meant was that we should be sympathetic to one another.
Video of a Los Angeles commute in 1988.
A typical commute in Los Angeles from 1988, driving the 405 north at cruising speed at 6:15 p.m. on a Friday, with great radio, surrounded by great cars.
A supercut of tedious interviews Debbie Harry has endured.
A supercut of tedious interviews Debbie Harry has endured.
The Dude says you should be afraid when you're not afraid.
A recent conversation with John Mulaney and Bill Hader that gets good when they start taking questions from the audience. Try 32:45 for Bill Hader's advice on managing anxiety with exercise, medication, or a tip from Jeff Bridges. Hat tip, the always excellent Laura Olin.
Deeper knowledge of ourselves through gonzo cycling.
In case your lunch break today needs a slightly surreal movie about cycling, "latent fun," how to acquire self-knowledge, and the Dirty Kanza 200, a very difficult bicycle race. Related, from the gonzo surf world: the trailer for Free Jazz Vein.