The Notre Dame Fire and the Invisible Tragedy of the Everyday

In the aftermath of the fire that ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, two French billionaires stepped in to pledge &eur | Continue reading


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The Little Book of Fixers

Jan Chipchase's Studio D has recently released their latest booklet, The Little Book of Fixers.Fixers and guides are core to the | Continue reading


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Strange Stars and Strange Matter

Nuclear physicists hypothesize that when the cores of neutron stars are subject to enough pressure, the quarks that make up the | Continue reading


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Going Real Estate Shopping in a Climate Change-Threatened Miami

Sarah Miller went looking for real estate in Miami, a place where the sea level could rise between one and three feet in the next | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Beyoncé Drops “Homecoming”, a Live Album of Her Coachella Performance

With a tweet at 3:20am this morning, Beyoncé announced her latest album, a 40-track live album of her acclaimed 2018 Co | Continue reading


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The Rise of Selective Empathy

Over the past 20 years, the kind of empathy practiced by many Americans has shifted from a universal empathy -- putting yourself i | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The Music of Halt and Catch Fire

Volume 2 of the Halt and Catch Fire soundtrack recently came out and I've been listening to it on repeat ever since @mwichary flag | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The Devil and the Explicit Lyrics Sticker

In the first episode of season two of Earworm, Estelle Caswell explains where the "Explicit Lyrics" sticker found on m | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Helvetica Now

Monotype has introduced a new version of the Helvetica typeface called Helvetica Now.Helvetica Now is a new chapter in the sto | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The Last Avocado

If you had access to the last ripe avocado in the world, what would you do with it? | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Life-Sized Lego Electronics

Brix System is a collection of scaled-up Lego versions of computers, phones, and music machines made out of wood. This is super ne | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

How Leonardo Constructed a Satellite-View Map in 1502 Without Ever Leaving the Ground

Have you ever wondered how mapmakers made bird's-eye-view maps before the invention of satellites or even hot air balloons? I have | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The Historical Precedents for the Excessive Violence in Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones made its return to HBO last night and, surprise, someone died! According to this compilation video, over 174,000 p | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A Short History of Black Holes on Radio Telescopes

So, you've probably heard by now that we have our first ever photographs of a black hole and its event horizon. But it's not like | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A New Teaser Trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX

It is what it is, right? That infinite scroll of Lawrence of Arabia desert, only instead of knives and dynamite, the rebels have | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A Catalogue of Lost 16th-Century Books

Hernando Colón was the illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus. He was also one of the great book collectors of 16th century Eu | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

What Do We Do Now That Will Be Unthinkable in 50 Years?

Vox recently asked a group of writers, advocates, and thinkers about ideas & practices that we accept now that will be unthink | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Simon Being Taken to Sea for the First Time Since His Father Drowned

This photograph was taken by Chris Killip in 1983 in the British coastal village of Skinningrove. According to Killip, it shows | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

59 Ways to Cook Your Eggs

Eggs are an extremely versatile food. They taste great alone, make super sauces (including the much maligned mayonnaise, which I | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Too Much Will Cause Damage

Jenny Holzer, in the collection at MoMA. | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A Thousand Strokes of Color

I really like these portraits by artist, illustrator and conceptual designer Linsey Levendall.Like I said last week, I am a | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Greek Weird Wave

Perhaps you saw The Lobster (stunning and strange dystopian love story starring Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell) or my recent Osc | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Sally Rooney’s first two books are perfectly of the moment

Ignore the m-word and read Sally Rooney: How Should a Millennial Be?As a portrait of young people today, Rooney's books are rema | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Russian Doll has depth, and bodega scenes

In one of his recent media diet* posts, Jason mentioned Russian Doll. Russian Doll. Groundhog Day adjacent. Natasha Lyonne is me | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Black is Beautiful photography show and monograph

Photographer Kwame Brathwaite is best known for his images of black superstars in the 1970s (Muhammad Ali training for the Rumb | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Some thoughts on dressing for battle

Eva Hagberg Fisher's piece on the nuances of dressing for the public scrutiny of fighting sexual harassment has really stuck wit | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The first photo of a black hole

Ok, this is pretty cool. We have the first photo of a supermassive black hole, from imagery taken two years ago of the elliptica | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Nellie Bowles on how we live in the future

I'm such a fan of Nellie Bowles. She covers tech for the NY Times, but has essentially created a beat that is the perfect encapsul | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Taking the shame out of the Cone of Shame

Photographer Winnie Au spoke with Buzzfeed about her ongoing Cone of Shame project, which looks to dispel the shame of the cones | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

NXIVM co-founder admits guilt

Nancy Salzman, co-founder of "sex cult" NXIVM, plead guilty to charges of digitally monitoring members to prevent them f | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Mary(s) Seacole tells the powerful story of forgotten black women

I was lucky enough to see Marys Seacole last week at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater and immediately regretted not seeing it s | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Athens architecture map from Curbed

You likely know that the Greek islands are stunning and special, but you may not know that Athens is an incredible city for arch | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

One woman’s story of self-discovery through psychotropic withdrawl

In this week's New Yorker, Rachel Aviv looks at why it's so hard to go off psychiatric drugs, and why they may often be overprescr | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Revisiting Chernobyl

I've spent the last few years fascinated by the Chernobyl disaster. This fascination partly grew out of my interest in the Flint | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A Genealogy of Blue

Even colors have histories, and what vibrant histories they are. French historian Michel Pasteureau's Blue: The History of A Col | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The History of Italics In Type

I don't know the author or typographer behind The Temporary State. There's a contact address that reads "B. Tulskaya ul. 2- | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

The History of Italics In Type

I don't know the author or typographer behind The Temporary State. There's a contact address that reads "B. Tulskaya ul. 2- | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Rebecca Solnit on The West and climate change

This article reminded me of the powerful story Rebecca Solnit told at Pop-Up Magazine a couple years ago. She presented photos tak | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Today in female representation

Knock Down The House follows four grassroots female candidates through their mission-driven campaigns to unseat incumbents durin | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Luchita Hurtado finds her fame

I am blown away by the story of Luchita Hurtado, an artist whose work since the 40s has remained largely out of public view. She | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Resources for dealing with death

On the topic of death (a natural part of life we don't often talk about), the website Modern Loss has extensive resources for many | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Visionary architect, curator, and big wave surfer Francois Perrin

Architect, curator, surfer, knight of the French government, partner, father, son, brother, and dear friend to many, Francois Pe | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Cloud gazing in the Bristol Channel

I occasionally fantasize about ditching my iPhone and all related apps for a flip phone and fewer distractions. In this dream li | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

A trip to heal racial trauma

It was a long winter in New York, my first back east in years, so many of my posts this week will likely revolve around my (indoor | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

How All the Iconic Star Wars Sounds Were Made

Ben Burtt was the sound designer for the original Star Wars trilogy and was responsible for coming up with many of the movies' i | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Buster Keaton, Master Architect

Buster Keaton: Anarchitect is a lovely piece of analysis by Will Jennings about how the legendary silent film actor used archite | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Book Covers for the Mueller Report

The New Yorker asked five designers to design book covers for the Mueller Report in the event that it's eventually published. Here | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Impressions by Kai Samuels-Davis

Using found images as his starting point, Kai Samuels-Davis paints portraits & objects in an impressionistic way.I am | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago