Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes. Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different th…

Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis in winter conditions in Michigan.…

In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, possibly the first-ever online LGBT community.…

One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freed…

Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War. “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in sta…

A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You? “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the s…

Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up. “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell…

Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge cam…

“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And…

The world is an absolute mess right now and it feels like an indulgence to sit back and review the year that’s gone from such a self-centric view. But I also know that these annual reflecti…

This is a wild Bluesky thread (and bus ride). “they switched drivers at a rest stop and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong bus??” (Gotta be logged in…

Added to the film diary:Living in OblivionTom DiCillo, 1995, ★★★When Harry Met SallyRob Reiner, 1989, ★★★★FranticRoman Polanski, 1988, ★★½Added to the music library:BullheadMelvi…

William Lustig, 1982, ★★★½ That the majority of the soulless thugs prowling the streets in this film are in their 30s and 40s initially took me out of it a bit, but that notable em…

This is an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day. It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification”…

The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how it’s measured. Gravitationally lensed supernovas could solve the discrepancy; the lensing allows for the tracking of the…

The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’. “If Chalamet has found, in this role, an all-time character, it is surely in no small part because Reisman was an all-time character.…

How Russia’s Children Got So Violent. “There is no positive ideology for children in a country fighting a murderous war.” Ultranationalist & xenophobic violence is encouraged by Putin�…

This website is compiling a sourced list of ICE abuses in Minnesota. (Click on “List” for the full listing.)…

These photos by Chu Weimin show the mind-boggling scale of China’s green energy buildout. Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May…

Happy Friday, Design Folks. Here's issue #67 of Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🏄‍♂️ ORION is a short film about Orion Miller,…

Wikipedia turns 25 years old. (I can’t believe it’s only been around for 25 years…trying to imagine the web without it is impossible at this point.)…

At the Stone Skimming World Championships in Scotland (at an old slate quarry), it’s distance that counts, not the number of skips. “Anyone who is familiar with slate could instinctively…