New Banksy: Blinded by Nationalism
The artist Banksy has installed (without a permit, one assumes) a new statue in London that depicts a man in a suit marching off off a ledge, blinded by a flag. The artwork has been dubbed Blind Patri
How to Get More From AI by Using Fewer Tools
Donât fall for the tool sprawl trap
Natureâs Overlooked Role in National Security
A conversation with an ecologist and a national security expert about the underappreciated risks posed by ecological disruption The post Natureâs Overlooked Role in National Security appeared first o
Designer Jenny Volvovski's collection of...
Designer Jenny Volvovskiâs collection of unsolicited book cover designs. âI really wanted to design book covers but didnât have any book cover work. So I hired myself to redesign my personal library.â
Manufactured Stone Is Killing Stonecutters
Silicosis is a lethal workplace illness that killed thousands each year up through the 1960s. In recent decades, thanks to union workplace safety fights, it became much rarer. Annual deaths dropped to
Our Human Ancestors Dined on Takeout
Why early hominins opted for the to-go option The post Our Human Ancestors Dined on Takeout appeared first on Nautilus.
I'm not a fan of the first part of this music...
Iâm not a fan of the first part of this music video (reminds me too much of dipshits I had to endure at school), but the single-take choreography from ~4:18 is great.
The American anxiety about alcohol as pleasure and punishment
Jeannette Cooperman at The Common Reader: Why do I drink? âI like the tasteâ is a wan excuse, but I do. With my birthday filet mignon and dark chocolate cake, I want a velvety cabernet sauvignon, not
According to this peer-reviewed paper, the...
According to this peer-reviewed paper, the âscreeching sound of peeling tapeâ is caused by tiny sonic booms. The speeds at work here are in the range of Mach 0.7â1.8. Supersonic crafts!
Coffee Break: Abundance Bro Seth London & Lis Smithâs Caper Typifies State of the Art Dem Dark Money Schemes
Venture capitalist and Abundance bro Seth London's ambitious dark money scheme employing powerful consultant Lis Smith is best of its loathsome class, but far from alone in backing centrist candidates
Longevity Science Is Overhyped, But This Research Really Could Change Humanity
Susan Dominus at the New York Times: Why are babies born young? The most natural phenomenon on earth is actually hard to explain â at least on a cellular level. Consider this problem: The components o
NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the...
NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the recent Artemis II mission; here are some of the best shots.
Monday links: ignoring geopolitical turmoil
Charts of the Day: Tesla
Tesla is a trillionâdollar stock priced like a worldâeating tech platform at the exact moment all the bad, boring carâcompany things have finally caught up with it. The chip shortage lottery win...
The Contiguous 41 States
Nowhere on XKCDâs map of The Contiguous 41 States does it say that you need to find the missing seven states, but thatâs immediately where my mind went. And it was a little more challenging than I ant
One of the NY Timesâs â30 Greatest Living American Songwritersâ: Jay-Z talks about his craft
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A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities .
A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities.
The S&P 500 Dividend Yield Just Hit An All-Time Low
The S&P 500 dividend yield just hit an all-time low of 1.08%, the lowest since the 1800s. The prior low was 1.1% in 2000. Did you know there are âdividendâ mutual funds with negative yields (their exp
When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled
Daniel Goodman at Plough: The year was 1845. At the time, the country of Denmark was experiencing a cultural renaissance of sorts. This âgolden ageâ swelled with nationalistic fervor, artistic innovat
âTheir Greatest Effort Everâ: The British General Strike at 100
The was âthe greatest effort the British workers had ever made,â wrote the historian and economist G. D. H. Cole. One hundred years ago on May 4, 1926, a million British workers walked off their jobs
Goodmaxxing
A letter to Gen Alpha
The Etruscans, The Ancient Worldâs Greatest Untold Story
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"They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us":...
âThey Would Never Use the Death Star on Usâ: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System. âThe Senate was ineffective, and the liberal
The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells
The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without sustaining damage from dangerously intense rays. The post The Hidde
The Visual Comedy of Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs
Iâm gonna call it: Every Frame a Painting, my all-time favorite YouTube channel, is back. Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos stopped producing their fantastic video essays back in 2017 and while they have pop
The growing AI backlash
Nobody should be surprised
Thereâs A Dwarf Galaxy Hidden Inside the Milky Way
Meet Loki The post Thereâs A Dwarf Galaxy Hidden Inside the Milky Way appeared first on Nautilus.
Why Puerto Rico Remains a Colony in All but Name
In December 1939, just a few months after the outbreak of World War II, the reporter E. John Long caught a flight to Puerto Rico. As the Clipper seaplane buzzed over the islandâs turquoise waters and
Beyond a Theory of Irresistible Desire
Aaron Bornstein interviews Hanna Pickard at the LARB: I remember you used to give an intentionally provocative talk. One slide listed all the âpositive things that drugs do for us,â and then you said
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With...
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With a Radical Recut, Cutting It From 3½ Hours to 93 Minutes. âThe solution that ended up saving the movie wasnât much less drastic, producing a 93-
HHSâ Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals on Notice About Patientsâ Meals
HHS arouses ire via messaging and a gimmick to try to get hospitals to serve less gawd-awful meals.
Adviser links: a foolâs errand
Mondays are all about financial adviser-related links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs links including a look at...
Unsolicited
Jenny Volvovoski writes, âIn 2012, I really wanted to design book covers but didnât have any book cover work. So I hired myself to redesign my personal library.â Now she designs book covers (among oth
Private Credit: The Marketâs Quiet Stabilizer
The prevailing narrative in financial markets has painted nonbank lenders as procyclical actors who amplify credit booms, then retreat faster than traditional banks when conditions deteriorate.
View of Notre Dame
Hal Foster at the Paris Review: As we approach this painting, we have little idea of what it depicts, or whether it depicts anything at all. A washy blue covers the entire surface unevenly, and its sp
I Thought I Was Going to Study Literature at Columbia. I Was Wrong.
English departments teach ideology rather than literature
The Making of Londonâs General Strike
On the first day of the general strike, the response in East London was strong. Almost all workers at the docks along the River Thames were on strike, as well as hundreds of thousands more in various
Japan's Big Equity Bet
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