Posts by kottke@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AxWvAh8fJfG5gwIsbY by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-08-25T12:56:01Z
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Still one of my favorite McSweeney’s articles: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone. “MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone
(DIR) Post #Ayi9O2hoyRxRt8YsxE by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-09-29T20:46:01Z
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They’re bringing back Reading Rainbow, hosted by Mychal the Librarian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X74MZfG9jXg
(DIR) Post #AylnqdklPBHOXQ0c5o by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-01T15:36:02Z
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Which one of these paintings of a guitar player is by Johannes Vermeer? Both? Neither? They’re hanging side-by-side in London for the next few months so you can decide for yourself. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/01/vermeer-or-not-new-display-lets-visitors-decide-who-painted-almost-identical-artworks
(DIR) Post #AyqQxsNE7R0okoHSgC by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T18:36:02Z
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Harvard Library’s collection of Soviet and post-Soviet lapel pins. Sputnik, Aeroflot, the 1980 Olympics, Tolstoy…collect your favorites! https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/soviet-pins/feature/browse-all-pins
(DIR) Post #Aysc9ePXLTgEji69Ym by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-03T15:32:02Z
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Instead of hiding rips and tears, the visible mending movement turns them into art. “Born from the Japanese art of sashiko, visible mending enables crafters to eschew fast fashion and make mistakes beautiful.” https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/25/18274743/visible-mending-sashiko-mending-fast-fashion-movement
(DIR) Post #AyyIv8w8puFIt0TdoG by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-07T14:06:02Z
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Upcoming exhibition from the MFA in Boston: “‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces…” https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/faces-in-the-crowd-street-photography
(DIR) Post #AyypBZZ8nLWKdob3iq by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-07T19:36:01Z
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts. What stage of anti-democratic capitalism is this? *paints huge, angry clouds* https://apnews.com/article/bob-ross-auction-public-television-1029c1e91ac55d8030e6847310cebc59
(DIR) Post #Az0t9h9UPGsfitsWnY by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-10-08T21:06:02Z
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The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry. “Instead of treating slavery as a source of unpaid labor, as it is typically understood, they focus on the ownership aspect: people as property, merchandise, collateral, and capital.” https://kottke.org/16/02/a-history-of-the-slave-breeding-industry-in-the-united-states
(DIR) Post #AzwSluY9i65LofFBse by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-11-05T16:06:02Z
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France enshrines need for consent into rape law in wake of Gisèle Pelicot case. The bill states that consent must be “free and informed, specific, prior and revocable”. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9d3ldgg5vo
(DIR) Post #Azx3YdJACTTAsglNwm by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-11-05T22:22:01Z
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Researchers created a roof paint (a “nano-engineered polymer coating”) “that not only reflects up to 97% of the sun’s rays, but also passively collects water”. And kept the interior of the building 6°C (~11°F) cooler. https://newatlas.com/materials/roof-paint-blocks-sunlight-collects-water/
(DIR) Post #B07Er6leoAwKHtHPBg by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-11-10T22:02:02Z
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Going to Art Galleries Can Improve Wellbeing. “Enjoying original works of art in a gallery can relieve stress, reduce the risk of heart disease and boost your immune system, according to the first study of its kind.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/28/picture-of-health-going-to-art-galleries-can-improve-wellbeing-study-reveals
(DIR) Post #B0RiUEfUZsHWpWlK4G by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T18:26:02Z
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.ikg9.G_8g-6-gYeyM
(DIR) Post #B1DXNxUN3LjzzjJpzM by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T17:22:03Z
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Oilwell is a (fake) wellness app “to help you embrace climate chaos” that includes features like “Drowning Mindfully”, “Lo-Fi Beats to Frack To”, and “12 Hour Wildfire Relaxation”. https://oilwell.app/
(DIR) Post #B1PpzmOes685fXLm2y by kottke@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T19:02:01Z
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“The Global Village Construction Set is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts.” https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/
(DIR) Post #B1v5CGzYjazriKXRGy by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T20:34:02Z
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Evergreen: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About? https://theonion.com/no-blood-for-oil-vs-exactly-how-much-oil-are-we-talkin-1819594284/
(DIR) Post #B23LLwqQKNzNhxtc6S by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T19:12:01Z
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How Did We Map the World Before Satellites? The Catalan Atlas, created in ~1375, was remarkably accurate and comprehensive for its time. How was such a thing created in medieval times? https://kottke.org/26/01/how-did-we-map-the-world-before-satellites
(DIR) Post #B2WVfE3UuzyHS0ELku by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T20:08:01Z
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“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child. His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-norway-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.PMZY.ihAPAdx1PYv2
(DIR) Post #B2aPVD59rMOYRZghQ8 by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T17:46:02Z
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A Chinese factory mistakenly stitched a frown on a Year of the Horse plush toy and it became a surprise hit. Meet the ‘Cry-Cry Horse’, the perfect mascot for 2026. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01-12/From-a-stitching-mistake-to-viral-hit-Meet-the-Cry-Cry-Horse--1JRZlzzI1t6/p.html
(DIR) Post #B2zMIgzlbgC5rL38bI by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T15:42:20Z
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Only 7 gasoline cars were sold in Norway last month. Seven! 98 diesel cars & 29 hybrids were also sold, but the rest were EVs. And this comes after Norway cut EV incentives. https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/
(DIR) Post #B30NLIp6EEHcs7pQMi by kottke@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T02:42:02Z
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The CIA has deleted the CIA World Factbook (a popular almanac about the countries of the world) from the web. Fuck this. All these assholes do is pillage & destroy. https://apnews.com/article/cia-world-factbook-ratcliffe-trump-fbec61ce16c4b3db59db9cefce0da043