Stoic Simple
Unleash Your Inner Sage: 5 Powerful Mindsets Fostered by Stoicism
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A...
13 hours ago
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A person who overcame all of their personal defects to achieve a life of complete tranquility and goodness. The perfect Stoic, if you will. They referred to this person as the Stoic...
The Modern House
How two lifelong friends built a space-savvy home to share on an awkward site in Homerton
20 hours ago
Old Structures...
Odd Names and Missing Symmetry
The photo above is the high-modernist interior of a bank in 1955. It was the branch of the Chemical...
16 hours ago
The photo above is the high-modernist interior of a bank in 1955. It was the branch of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street; there’s still a branch of the successor-company bank (Chase) at the same location. It’s a decent interior, no-nonsense and...
Noahpinion
Real estate is China's economic Achilles heel
It's the country's biggest engine of growth an employment, financial asset, and source of government...
20 hours ago
It's the country's biggest engine of growth an employment, financial asset, and source of government revenue.
The Honest Broker
How I Disintermediated My Writing Career
It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
7 hours ago
It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
NeuroLogica Blog
Everything Will Evaporate
What will be the ultimate fate of our universe? There are a number of theories and possibilities,...
15 hours ago
What will be the ultimate fate of our universe? There are a number of theories and possibilities, but at present the most likely scenario seems to be that the universe will continue to expand, most mass will eventually find its way into a black hole, and those black holes will...
Andreessen Horowitz
How To Democratize Healthcare: AI Gives Everyone The Very Best Doctor
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in May 2018.
The greatest problem of health care...
12 hours ago
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in May 2018.
The greatest problem of health care in United States–the world leader in health inequality–isn’t actually about the quality of care. The greatest problem we have is access to …
The post How To Democratize...
Rest of World -...
The #1 rideshare app in Japan isn’t Uber, it’s a taxi app
Go summons taxis and the company behind it is Japan's newest unicorn.
17 hours ago
Go summons taxis and the company behind it is Japan's newest unicorn.
Seth's Blog
Consider the WordWindow
Computer adventure games were possible in the 1980s because of a bit of code called a ‘parser’. You...
19 hours ago
Computer adventure games were possible in the 1980s because of a bit of code called a ‘parser’. You could type, “pick up the axe” and the computer would understand the phrase and follow your commands. In italics, because it didn’t understand anything, it simple broke your...
Drew Ex Machina
Failure to Launch: The First Moon Race 1958-60
While it has been a few months since I have published a new post on the Drew Ex Machina website,...
10 hours ago
While it has been a few months since I have published a new post on the Drew Ex Machina website, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t […]
Flashbak
War in America: The Newark Riots of 1967
“Wounded by gunshot. Joe Bass Jr., 12, lies in a Newark Street” – Newark, New Jersey, July 1967 “To...
10 hours ago
“Wounded by gunshot. Joe Bass Jr., 12, lies in a Newark Street” – Newark, New Jersey, July 1967 “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage, almost all the time” – James Baldwin In July 1967 America was at war with itself. The … Continue...
Diaries of Note
Our worst fears are realized
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry...
12 hours ago
On 2nd June 1854, following a failed rescue attempt at the courthouse, huge numbers of angry protesters lined the streets of Boston as hundreds of federal soldiers led twenty-year-old Anthony Burns to the harbour where he was to be shipped to Virginia, back to the life of slavery...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
12 hours ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Practical Eschatology
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I wonder when the first cult run by a robot will...
14 hours ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I wonder when the first cult run by a robot will start up.
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The Marginalian
William James on the Most Vital Understanding for Successful Relationships
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
3 hours ago
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
4 hours ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Wuthering...
Books I Read in May 2023
I had a good time.
GREEK PHILOSOPHY
The Nicomachean Ethics (4th C. BCE), Aristotle - a post,...
yesterday
I had a good time.
GREEK PHILOSOPHY
The Nicomachean Ethics (4th C. BCE), Aristotle - a post, however shallow, should appear soon.
FICTION
Joseph in Egypt (1936), Thomas Mann
The Long Valley (1938)
&
The Grapes of Wrath (1939), John Steinbeck - I last read this probably...
Platformer
Apple prepares for a platform shift
Will the Reality Pro be the metaverse’s iPhone moment?
yesterday
Will the Reality Pro be the metaverse’s iPhone moment?
Rozado’s Visual...
Pessimism in News Media Headlines
In previous work, I documented the growing emotional negativity (anger, fear, sadness, etc) of...
2 days ago
In previous work, I documented the growing emotional negativity (anger, fear, sadness, etc) of American news media headlines between the years 2000 and 2019. Here, I extend that work by examining the attitudinal tone (pessimism, optimism or neutrality
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Watch Transitions in Slow Motion in Chrome’s DevTools
For those of you about to do view transitions, I salute you!
And I pass on this super useful...
2 days ago
For those of you about to do view transitions, I salute you!
And I pass on this super useful (perhaps obvious) piece of information I received from Bramus: watch your animations play out in slow motion using Chrome’s devtools.
I’ve been working on view transitions on my icon...
The Pragmatic...
An educational side project
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
2 days ago
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand out when looking for a new job? Analysis of an Uber simulation app, built from scratch.
nanoscale views
What is a spin glass?
As mentioned previously, structural glasses are materials in which there is no periodic lattice (no...
2 days ago
As mentioned previously, structural glasses are materials in which there is no periodic lattice (no long-range spatial order) and the building blocks get "stuck" in some configuration, kinetically unable to get to the true energetic minimum state which would almost certainly be a...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
2 days ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Left To Write
What I Learned In 1 Year of Writing A Newsletter
Hey Friends, A year ago — in June 2022 — I started this newsletter. I had so many ideas of what I...
2 days ago
Hey Friends, A year ago — in June 2022 — I started this newsletter. I had so many ideas of what I wanted this newsletter to be: copywriting and creativity, behavioural science, business, or personal essays. But after a year of writing Left to Write,
Quanta Magazine
How Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering
New tools make it possible to detect hidden manipulation of maps.
The post How Math Has...
2 days ago
New tools make it possible to detect hidden manipulation of maps.
The post How Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Spoon & Tamago
Post-Apocalyptic Illustrations of Tokyo in Ruins
Shinjuku Station – the road has collapsed on the South side of the station, revealing pools of blue...
2 days ago
Shinjuku Station – the road has collapsed on the South side of the station, revealing pools of blue water that have formed on the train tracks Stories about the collapse of civilization and order—apocalyptic stories—endlessly seduce us. As terrifying as the real thing would...
Common Edge
Is AI Really the Next Big Thing in Architecture?
There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
2 days ago
There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
Mark Manson
Why Your Favorite Self-Help Book Sucks
https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA
Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed...
2 days ago
https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA
Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed your life.
Hell, maybe that was even my book.
And don't get me wrong, self-help books can help, but I think people mistake what they're actually doing.
Let me break this down for...
macwright.com
Recently
Listening
My friend Dave Infante has been busy – he launched his own
beer-centric podcast, Taplines,...
2 days ago
Listening
My friend Dave Infante has been busy – he launched his own
beer-centric podcast, Taplines, and guest-starred on the enormous
Chapo Trap House podcast.
Reading
It’s been a slow few weeks for books, but since I skipped
Recently in May, I can still talk about Achieving...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Nick Morley (with giveaway!)
Nick Morley, aka Linocutboy, is an artist, illustrator, author and educator specialising in linocut....
3 days ago
Nick Morley, aka Linocutboy, is an artist, illustrator, author and educator specialising in linocut. His prints have been bought by people all over the world and his illustrations have appeared on book covers and in magazines. Nick teaches regular linocut workshops at Hello Print...
Computer Things
Collecting and curating material is good and we should do it more
GOTO Chicago is over! My talk, “Is software engineering really engineering”, went over pretty well,...
3 days ago
GOTO Chicago is over! My talk, “Is software engineering really engineering”, went over pretty well, and I’m happy with how it turned out. I’m going to try submitting it to other conferences. Beyond that, I have a TLA+ workshop I’m teaching on June 12th and after that my next...
somethingaboutmaps
Leopard Map Disassembly
Friends, it’s been a long while since I last wrote up a walkthrough of one of my mapping projects....
3 days ago
Friends, it’s been a long while since I last wrote up a walkthrough of one of my mapping projects. So, today, let’s break down a piece that I made earlier this year for Scientific American magazine. This is actually the first of three pieces that I’ve made for Scientific American...
AI Snake Oil
Is Avoiding Extinction from AI Really an Urgent Priority?
The history of technology suggests that the greatest risks come not from the tech, but from the...
3 days ago
The history of technology suggests that the greatest risks come not from the tech, but from the people who control it
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, May 2023
The Ware for May 2023 is shown below. This is yet another fine ware contributed by jackw01. I...
3 days ago
The Ware for May 2023 is shown below. This is yet another fine ware contributed by jackw01. I suspect this one may be guessed quite quickly, but I’ll leave one hint anyways: there is more than one board in this assembly.
Luxagraf:...
Notes From The Road
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3 days ago
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
3 days ago
It's about having small expectations.
CONTEMPORIST
Creative Patterned Designs Cover The Facade Of This Brick House
Manoj Patel Design Studio has shared photos of a home they’ve completed in Vadodara, India, that...
3 days ago
Manoj Patel Design Studio has shared photos of a home they’ve completed in Vadodara, India, that includes unique brick designs on its facade. Located in the middle of an urban area, the eye-catching facade showcases a brick accent section that has a variety of artistic patterns....
Quantum Frontiers
Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our...
By guest blogger Clarice D. Aiello, faculty at UCLA Imagine using your cellphone to control the...
3 days ago
By guest blogger Clarice D. Aiello, faculty at UCLA Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. … Continue reading →
alexwlchan
Starting Docker just before I need it
Although I use Docker a lot, I don’t leave it running all the time – it can be quite a resource hog,...
4 days ago
Although I use Docker a lot, I don’t leave it running all the time – it can be quite a resource hog, and even if it’s doing nothing it can make my laptop feel sluggish.
I’ll often stop if it my computer feels slow, which is great right until the next time I need to use it:
$...
99% Invisible
Goodnight Nobody [EPISODE]
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the New York Public Library, a list was published of the ten...
4 days ago
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the New York Public Library, a list was published of the ten books that had been checked out the most in the history of the library — and most of these were children’s books, like The Cat in the Hat and Where the Wild Things Are. Curiously...
Many Worlds
The Mars Water Story Takes an Important New Turn in Jezero Crater
A mosiac made of 203 individual images taken by Perseverance showing the fossilized remains of what...
4 days ago
A mosiac made of 203 individual images taken by Perseverance showing the fossilized remains of what was likely once a strong and wild river in Jezero Crater. Named Skrinkle Haven after a site in Wales, this river is the most powerful identified so far by Mars rovers. ...
symmetry magazine
A different way of thinking
Neurodivergent physicists face barriers in STEM, but there are also benefits to being who they are.
4 days ago
Neurodivergent physicists face barriers in STEM, but there are also benefits to being who they are.
Alex MacCaw
The Stars
Technology's ability to improve lives and alleviate suffering is undeniable. It has swept through...
4 days ago
Technology's ability to improve lives and alleviate suffering is undeniable. It has swept through our lives like a tidal wave, lifting us from the depths of ignorance and suffering. It continues to reshape the world and grants us access to tools and knowledge previously...
A Weekly Dose of...
My Biennale Haul
Two weeks ago I was in Venice for the Biennale, covering the 18th International Architecture...
4 days ago
Two weeks ago I was in Venice for the Biennale, covering the 18th International Architecture Exhibition curated by Lesley Lokko for World-Architects. It was my first trip back to Venice since the 2018 Biennale, which was the 16th edition and was curated by Yvonne Farrell and...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Monitoring my indoor air quality
Fri, 19 May 2023 Denver air quality live
cam
If there’s one thing that feels like it’s gotten worse...
5 days ago
Fri, 19 May 2023 Denver air quality live
cam
If there’s one thing that feels like it’s gotten worse in my
lifetime, it’s air quality.
Colorado’s air quality last week was dismal, filled with smoke from
Canadian wildfires, making Denver’s air quality among the worst
of any major...
Commoncog
When Action Beats Prediction
One of the great paradoxes of business is that management is prediction, but entrepreneurship ......
5 days ago
One of the great paradoxes of business is that management is prediction, but entrepreneurship ... isn't. What a theory of expertise in entrepreneurship tells us about creating new things in business.
mtlynch.io
Deploying Syncthing on a Fly.io Cloud Server
I recently discovered Syncthing, an open-source tool for syncing files across multiple...
5 days ago
I recently discovered Syncthing, an open-source tool for syncing files across multiple machines.
Setting up Syncthing on my personal devices was easy, but I went on an interesting journey deploying it to a cloud server.
Why run Syncthing in the cloud? Syncthing synchronizes files...
journal – Winnie Lim
7 years of love, bound in a handmade booklet
photoessay: documenting 7 years of togetherness
5 days ago
photoessay: documenting 7 years of togetherness
Coffee with an...
How to be a better architect
Ask yourself, “Is this needed?” Remove everything that isn’t. Study the function of the building...
5 days ago
Ask yourself, “Is this needed?” Remove everything that isn’t. Study the function of the building well, but don’t let it drive the design. Connect the spaces with nature. Master the use of natural light. Create a balance between public and private spaces. Organize the Floorplan....
Andrew Fraknoi –...
A Star Blows Up in Nearby Galaxy
Astronomers have seen a star explode in a nearby galaxy. Such explosions are part of the recycling...
6 days ago
Astronomers have seen a star explode in a nearby galaxy. Such explosions are part of the recycling scheme of the universe.
The post A Star Blows Up in Nearby Galaxy appeared first on Andrew Fraknoi - Astronomy Lectures - Astronomy Education Resources.
Nelson's Weblog
GAS
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird...
6 days ago
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird endorsement; I’ve listened to it with more
attention plenty of times too. But it’s particularly good for going to
sleep; calm, interesting, and comfortably familiar.
That music is GAS,...
Internal Tech Emails
"I don't want to create a paper trail"
I would prefer that Omid do it verbally since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can...
6 days ago
I would prefer that Omid do it verbally since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later? Not sure about this.. thanks Eric
A Smart Bear
In its emptiness, there is the function of a startup
Everything about a startup changes over time. The few things that don't, are its essence. The voyage...
6 days ago
Everything about a startup changes over time. The few things that don't, are its essence. The voyage is meaningless, unless you decide what those things are.
Irrational...
Extract the kernel.
As I’ve served longer in an executive role, I’ve started to notice recurring communication...
a week ago
As I’ve served longer in an executive role, I’ve started to notice recurring communication challenges between executives and the folks they work with. The most frequent issue I see is when a literal communicator insists on engaging in the details with a less literal executive.
I...
Nadia Asparouhova
Working notes for Summer of Protocols
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s...
a week ago
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aims to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications.
I plan to focus on protocols as...
The Roots of...
The American Information Revolution in Global Perspective
In “What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came?” I reviewed The British Industrial...
a week ago
In “What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came?” I reviewed The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen. In brief, Allen’s explanation for the Industrial Revolution is that Britain had high wages and cheap energy, which meant it was...
One Useful Thing
What happens when AI reads a book 🤖📖
And some prompts that might be useful when it does.
a week ago
And some prompts that might be useful when it does.
Elad Blog
Transcript & Video: Claire Hughes Johnson Fireside Chat on Scaling People
I interview Claire about her new book "Scaling People". Thanks to Stripe for hosting.
a week ago
I interview Claire about her new book "Scaling People". Thanks to Stripe for hosting.
Molly White
Issue 28 – Force majeure
A $100+ million grift week also featured Grumpy Cat cease-and-desist NFTs, eyeball black markets,...
a week ago
A $100+ million grift week also featured Grumpy Cat cease-and-desist NFTs, eyeball black markets, and a rumored team arrest.
Matt Mazur
Full Time Indie Hacking: Month 5 Update
At the beginning of the year I quit consulting to focus full time on Preceden, my SaaS timeline...
a week ago
At the beginning of the year I quit consulting to focus full time on Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker tool. I also started working on a new side project, Emergent Mind, an AI-powered AI news site. My last update on how things were going was after 3 months which provides more...
Contemporist...
A Curved Corner Softens The Space Inside This Home Extension
Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a...
a week ago
Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a run-down home in Victoria, that includes a new contemporary addition with a curved wall.
Castles in the Sky
Small Oven Syndrome
A New Name for an Old Problem
a week ago
A New Name for an Old Problem
Construction Physics
The Birth of the Grid
The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of...
a week ago
The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of heaven. It should not merely be supplied, but lavished, that men may use it at their will, as the air they breathe. - Emile Zola, “Travail”, 1901
Acko.net
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time...
a week ago
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time internals are implemented, which drive Use.GPU. Some pre-existing React and FP effect knowledge is useful.
I have written about Live before, but in general terms. You may therefor have...
GeoCurrents
GeoCurrents Break
Dear Readers, I have not been posting recently due to illness. I am now feeling better, but I will...
a week ago
Dear Readers, I have not been posting recently due to illness. I am now feeling better, but I will soon be leaving for a trip to the Republic of Georgia, where I will be giving a talk on the Black Sea region in the geo-historical imagination. I hope to resume posting in mid- to...
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a week ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
The History of the...
From the valley to the alley
The Flatiron building is one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in New York City. Built at...
a week ago
The Flatiron building is one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in New York City. Built at the beginning of […]
The post From the valley to the alley appeared first on The History of the Web.
Wait But Why
10 Thoughts From the Fourth Trimester
1 baby, many thoughts
The post 10 Thoughts From the Fourth Trimester appeared first on Wait But Why.
a week ago
1 baby, many thoughts
The post 10 Thoughts From the Fourth Trimester appeared first on Wait But Why.
The Works in...
Issue 11: Nuclear sandboxes
Plus: Why Britain can’t seem to fix its housing market, gene-edited super-rice, and one weird trick...
a week ago
Plus: Why Britain can’t seem to fix its housing market, gene-edited super-rice, and one weird trick to reverse climate change.
Stephen Wolfram...
The New World of LLM Functions: Integrating LLM Technology into the Wolfram Language
This is part of a series about our LLM technology.Other parts of this series: ChatGPT Gets Its...
a week ago
This is part of a series about our LLM technology.Other parts of this series: ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”!Instant Plugins for ChatGPT: Introducing the Wolfram ChatGPT Plugin Kit Turning LLM Capabilities into Functions So far, we mostly think of LLMs as things we...
Beautiful Public...
Mapping Volcano Eruptions With Drones
Drones have become an essential tool to map, measure and observe the extremely dangerous...
a week ago
Drones have become an essential tool to map, measure and observe the extremely dangerous environments surrounding volcanic eruptions.
AVC
The Freedom To Innovate
Back in 2014, USV got subpoenaed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) over...
a week ago
Back in 2014, USV got subpoenaed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) over our web3 investing activities. We hired a law firm, answered the subpoena, and that ultimately landed me in public testimony in front of the DFS staff. In my testimony, I explained...
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Asia-Pacific, Part 9 (Postscript: Brew It)
This is it, the final stop on the Asia-Pacific series, and this one is especially for me. I always...
a week ago
This is it, the final stop on the Asia-Pacific series, and this one is especially for me. I always have mixed feelings about the brewery articles because they’re rather self-indulgent. So viewers should feel free to skip past this one and wait until the next series begins because...
The Convivial...
The One Best Way Is a Trap
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 9
a week ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 9
brr
Polar Night
Surreal and otherworldly.
a week ago
Surreal and otherworldly.
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Peter Mick
Lessons from building and growing Copylime to 6 figures all in public
2 weeks ago
Lessons from building and growing Copylime to 6 figures all in public
bt.ht
My Robotic Mower Woes
My Robotic Mower Woes
2023-05-19
A Brief Background
I'm no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my...
2 weeks ago
My Robotic Mower Woes
2023-05-19
A Brief Background
I'm no stranger to robotic lawnmowers. When my wife and I moved into our rural home just over five years ago, we picked up the Husqvarna 450X Automower since I was far too lazy to manually mow my property and the cost was equal...
Blog - Practical...
Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions: What Really Happened?
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On September 13, 2018, a...
2 weeks ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
On September 13, 2018, a pipeline crew in the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts was hard at work replacing an aging cast iron natural gas line with a new polyethylene pipe. Located just north of Boston, the...
McMansion Hell
dome sweet dome
As some of you may know, I have been going to language school for the last few months in order to...
2 weeks ago
As some of you may know, I have been going to language school for the last few months in order to learn the world’s most widely spoken and useful language: Slovenian. At this point, my Slovenian is about as coherent as, well, a McMansion. In order to feel better about myself, I...
Musings on Maps
“He Could Easily Destroy Us”
Tucker Carlson's move to Twitter led him to celebrate it as the last preserve of free speech. But...
2 weeks ago
Tucker Carlson's move to Twitter led him to celebrate it as the last preserve of free speech. But his relation to speech was long slippery, best reflected on the heuristic display of the 2016 electoral map that was the logo of the pundit's nightly show's and its guiding...
This Space
Literature likes to hide
Last December I was fortunate enough to borrow a copy of The Unmediated Vision, Geoffrey Hartman's...
2 weeks ago
Last December I was fortunate enough to borrow a copy of The Unmediated Vision, Geoffrey Hartman's first book, published in 1954. It is difficult to find a copy now but you can download a digital version of the book via the link. The opening chapter is a 50-page study of "Tintern...
Blog - Guerrilla...
TRANSitar Lima
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t?
Map of...
2 weeks ago
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t?
Map of Lima, Peru
About the project
TRANSitar Lima is a project that seeks to create a visual record of transphobic violence, based on collective mapping sessions. Trans, transvestites, and...
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