With nothing but a steady hand and a squirrel-hair brush, Mark Court does what no one else can. And when + more
With nothing but a steady hand and a squirrel-hair brush, Mark Court does what no one else can. And when + more
Big surprise: Deviations in word prevalence scores between men and women “tend to follow gender differences in interests (games, weapons, + more
Werner Herzog: “Mankind’s problems started the moment humans abandoned a nomadic existence, became sedentary, and began building permanent settlements.” Note: + more
Ever wanted to hear The Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English? Today’s your lucky day. Wikitrivia! My best streak + more
Cause…and effect. That’s it. That’s the post. I was gonna write something snarky about how you can’t even get free + more
THE OCEAN Nathaniel Hawthorne The Ocean has its silent caves, Deep, quiet, and alone; Though there be fury on the + more
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, chosen to commemorate the date—January 27, 1945—that the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. Coincidentally, I + more
May I interest you in a 717-gigapixel scan of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch? Before you say “No,” I should point + more
“Japan has around 300 brands of short-grain japonica rice that go by names like Yume Shizuku (Dream Droplet), Seiten no + more
Today’s the 15th anniversary of Michael Brecker’s death, and Ted Gioia has some thoughts: Almost every saxophonist I met in + more
Words of wisdom from the 37th president of the United States, taken from his series of interviews with David Frost + more
So Georgia and Alabama are playing in the college football national championship tonight, I guess? (Sorry—I can’t even feign interest + more
Did I manage to let 2021 slip by without my annual list of music recommendations? Somebody should probably fire me. + more
“In its prime, from around 1200 to 1550, Great Zimbabwe was home to about 10,000 people. The state covered 1,779 + more