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One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest.
As a painter, I stuggled…
On February 7, 2019, Jeff Bezos took to Medium to write about The National Enquirer’s publication of his text messages. In a paragraph about halfway through the post, Bezos paused to reflect on his ownership of The Washington Post, which he had acquired in 2013.
“My stewardship of The Post…
Sarah Perry | Ribbonfarm | 4th February 2016 | U
Sarah Perry is a contributing editor of Ribbonfarm.
To: Human Subjects Review Board
Re: Universal Basic Income StudyWe propose to give people money for five years. We will have them fill out some surveys.
Recently, Y Combinator announced plans
Sam Bleckley | 22nd November 2011 | U
Sometimes I am startled to realize, in the middle of a discussion, that I have offended or hurt some of the people I’m talking with.
First, know and accept this: I have a friend who is a wizard. He is an ancient…
Kate Wagner | Late Review | 28th January 2026 | U
This essay was written for wehwalt.net, my website about the Ring cycle, but because I realized I haven’t sent out a newsletter this month, I figured I’d send it out here as well.
There is a…
Garrett Bucks | White Pages | 3rd February 2026 | U
Over the past few weeks, I’ve fielded the same question dozens of times, always well-meaning, always anxious. “You’re in contact with activists in Minneapolis. What should we do now in…
Turner Brooks | Paris Review | 4th February 2026 | U
Drawing by Turner Brooks.
I first became aware of the New Haven, Connecticut, coke plant when, one evening, I looked out from the roof of the Yale architecture school and noticed a distant, enormous cloud of steam—so thick it…
From more than 60,000 entries submitted by photographers around the globe, the jurors of the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition had their work cut out for them. They selected 100 images that tell powerful stories and represent diverse regions and types of animals in a huge range of…
"Apollo 8 saved 1968. Artemis II may work similar magic today."
Jeffrey Kluger for TIME: https://time.com/7346146/artemis-ii-launch-nasa-astronauts-moon-mission/
#Longreads #Space #Moon #NASA #Astronaut #Lunar #OuterSpace #Artemis
ChatGPT is fielding 1 million prompts about local news every week, OpenAI said in a blog post that also announced the AI company wants to take “a different path” on local news than other tech companies.
When a historic winter storm dumped at least a foot of snow in 19…
Brazilian living in Japan, Marketing dude and Gaming History enthusiast.
Exploring every aspect of a human and natural cosmos that is not only stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine
A non-profit, peer-reviewed game studies journal that strives to connect the conversations between traditional academics and popular game critics.
Spreading knowledge and geekiness (not necessarily in that order)
Aesthetica is a worldwide destination for art and culture. In-depth features foreground today’s most innovative practitioners across art, design, photography, architecture, music and film.
Asymptote is a new international journal dedicated to literary translation and bringing together in one place the best in contemporary writing including: fiction, poetry, drama, visual poetry, criticism, essays, and interviews.
Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.
Exploring multimedia games and software of the 90s and beyond.
Aims to illuminate the benefits of traditional understanding and knowledge of foods developed over a long time while emphasizing original research that examines foods, gastronomy, and eating behaviors within specific geographical and ethnic contexts.
I am a 40 year old man from Denmark and I blog about various topics such as movies, tech, meta-blogging, jigsaw-puzzles and other stuff.
A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights
News, views and stories from the front lines of conservation
Robin James' website: writer, editor, philosopher, music scholar.
Welcome to Wyrd Britain, a place of stories of a stranger Britain.
An online magazine for today's home cook, reporting from the front lines of dinner.
It’s Nice That believes passionately that creative inspiration is for everyone
This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline
An online, multi-media, academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world.
Atavist Magazine publishes one incredible true story every month. We specialize in longform narratives, the kind you want to read to the very last word.
The Nieman Journalism Lab is an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.
A continuous stream of the latest articles published from Rest of World
Regularly reviewing the best magazines, interviewing people behind them, and sharing news from the industry.
A look at the world through the creative lens of The New Yorker's favorite photographers.
A blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts.
Data-driven stories on today's music industry trends from Chartmetric
Illuminating the bold ideas and voices that make up the MIT Press's expansive catalog.
Fix The News is the world's leading solutions journalism newsletter. We find hidden stories of progress and share them with more than 67,000 subscribers from 195 countries. Steven Pinker calls us "the best source for positive news on the internet."
Transforming public spaces to foster engagement, equity, environmental sustainability and economic development in our cities.
Bandcamp Daily is your guide to the artists, fans and labels on Bandcamp.
Reasons to be Cheerful is a nonprofit online magazine that is tonic for tumultuous times.
from JSTOR, nonprofit library for the intellectually curious
Zine collection focused on zines heavy with visual content, now more commonly referred to as Art-zines.
CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS
Public scholarship on architecture, landscape, and urbanism
Dispatches on regional Chinese food and vegetable-focused cooking.