kottke.org

Can the KKK find a new foothold in the US?

The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.

BuzzFeed

"Do We Really Both Have The Same Chance Of Winning": This Woman's A++ Analogy Comparing Systemic Racism To The Game Monopoly Is Going Mega Viral

"As progressives, I think we can do a better job welcoming people who are willing to change their views."

Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator

The classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, free in your browser. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive 1998.

The Atlantic

We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys

Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.

Walking Men Worldwide

Artist Maya Barkai assembled a collection of pedestrian traffic signals from around the world: Walking Men Worldwide. I love all of these lit

The Hollywood Reporter

Dolly Parton, Effervescent Queen of Country Music and Just About Everything Else, Dies at 80

A shrewd dealmaker who launched Dollywood, the “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” singer-songwriter also starred in the films ‘9 to 5,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘Rhinestone’ and captivated the world with her grace and wit.

Salon.com

My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more

Chicago Public Library tells patrons exactly what they’ve saved. I’ve become obsessed with running up the score.

We used to be able to buy things in this country

Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy

Scans of City Textures

Using a handheld scanner, designer/illustrator Noah Nolet captures textures from surfaces in cities around the world, including Tokyo, LA, Paris, Kyoto, NYC, an

katamari.andrew-boylan.com

Katamari Object Library

A desktop-style archive of textured GLB models from Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari.

Beehiiv is the latest platform to try to lure independent journalists with perks

These types of programs are likely to continue to come and go, as the needs of journalists and the platforms’ businesses evolve.

The Film Experience | Literature | MIT OpenCourseWare

This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, and Kurosawa. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore t

Usenet-Rewind

Search Usenet news text-message archives from 1981 to present across hundreds of thousands of newsgroups.

When’s the Last Time You Cried?

For New York magazine, Emily Gould writes about her quest to cry again: I Miss My Tears (archive). I looked over at my husband, Keith, whose eyes were red, and

Can You Draw a Perfect Circle?

This maddening little web toy on vole.wtf challenges visitors to draw a perfect circle and judges them on how well they do. After dozens of tries with a mouse,

Please Use AI

Be sure to use AI when making

What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all

If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not.

A Deep Dive Into the Full Bayeux Tapestry Story

From Deep Down History, an entertaining hour-long explainer video on the Bayeux Tapestry. This video tells the Tapestry’s story in full, using Charles St

OnlyMarms: Funding Science Research on OnlyFans

This is an extremely 2026 story (derogatory): because of the Trump regime’s assualt on scientific funding, a group of scientists who has been studying marmot po

The Great Dude Battles of the 1880s

E. Berry Wall was a dude. But not just any dude. In 1888, he was declared “King of the Dudes” in a competition against another gentleman, one Robert Hilliar

IEEE Spectrum

We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night Skies

Bad decisions have turned efficient technology into a driver of light pollution. There is a better way

The Listening Museum — 36 Keyboards, Sound-Mapped

36 mechanical keyboards. Click. Type. Listen. From IBM Model M (1985) to modern thocky customs.

Datatype — variable font that turns text into charts

An OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images — just type.

Schneier on Security

Should You Use AI for a Task? Here’s a Simple Way to Decide - Schneier on Security

This essay originally appeared in The Guardian. I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come as no surprise to you that my students regularly use AI to complete their writing assignments. Doing so is a waste of their tuition money. But if their entire career is going to include AI writing assistants, why shouldn’t they embrace their future? The best way I’ve found to explain the dilemma comes from the AI resear

Some Interesting Apples

Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one. This is a lovely short documentary about a project called

The Hell Mouth

Volcanologist Laszlo Kestay took this photo of a lava skylight in 1996 while conducting field work at Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi. The hardened lava flows strongly resem

It’s Cool to Be Weird

I really like what Razaak Eniola has to say here about human difference. Before Prince was Prince, Prince was weird. And that goes the same for probably any of

The Atlantic

Another Symptom of Growing Isolation

A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.

Once Upon a Time in Space

From the filmmakers who made the excellent Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland comes a four-part series on space exploration, Once Upon a Time in Space. A shor

Every Sample from Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys

This video catalogs every borrowed sample from Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys, from the soundtrack to Car Wash to the Sugarhill Gang to the Eagles to the R

Please Return to Your Seat

On the long haul flight

Flaming Hydra

Bodies upon the gears

Alternative approaches to The Man, considered by Nathan Schneider

Mysterious Shapes Hidden Beneath the Amazon Canopy Reveal a Sprawling Ancient Civilization Much Bigger Than Researchers Expected

Scientists recently discovered hundreds of monumental, geometric earthworks known as "geoglyphs" in northern Brazil from the Aquiry civilization

Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map — A hidden infrastructure

Step through the story: Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map — an interactive exploration of Earth’s underground fungal networks.

Does Christopher Nolan Consider Himself a Bard for a Civilization at Dusk?

This 17-minute interview about the Odyssey with Christopher Nolan conducted by philosophy doctoral student Zhong Shu is one of the better ones I’ve seen. The fi

A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs

The European Central Bank is providing a sneak peek at the next design of the Euro banknotes. From a shortlist of 10 designs created by artists and designers fr

How to Store Ebooks in Instagram Reels and Other Covert Data Storage Tricks

Do you remember the video I posted last summer of YouTuber Benn Jordan where he “uploaded a picture of a bird to a bird and then downloaded the bird picture fro

A Matter of Form (1984)

In addition to leading the animation studio at the National Film Board of Canada, René Jodoin made several animated films that explored geometric forms and moti

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

Brian Eno on the Cherished Sounds of Failure

Near the end of 1995, the artist and producer Brian Eno wrote the following about new media in his diary, which entries were later collected in a book called A

this transparent phone case grows moss and plants inside

Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks

“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out

An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

Internet Archive

Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record (2026) : Luca Messarra : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

DOWNLOAD THE FREE EBOOK:PDFEPUBPURCHASE A PRINT COPY:Buy the book from Better World Books or any online bookstore.Order a copy through your local...

A History of Menus is a Menu of History

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?

Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind

I always learn so much from Evan Puschak’s videos about art. In this one, he takes a look at the work of Mary Cassatt, who, unlike many of her male peers, used