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Banksy’s Bristol Sneeze

from artnet It’s a New Banksy! A Mural of a Woman Sneezing Has Appeared on the Side of a House in Bristol The work is the anonymous street artist’s latest health-related message. by Brian Boucher A new mural by Banksy has appeared on the side of a house in the southern UK city of Bristol. […]

The Selfish Meme

from WIRED The WIRED Guide to Memes Everything you ever wanted to know about Nyan Cat, Doge, and the art of the Rickroll. by ANGELA WATERCUTTER & EMMA GREY ELLIS MEMES AND THE internet—they’re made for each other. Not because they’re digital visual communication (though of course, they are that), but because they are the product of […]

Demon Iceberg To Commit Genocide on Cute Penguins

from Thomson-Reuters Giant iceberg on course to collide with south Atlantic penguin colony island By Cassandra Garrison An enormous iceberg is heading toward South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic, where scientists say a collision could devastate wildlife by threatening the food chain. Scientists have long been watching this climate-related event unfold, as the iceberg […]

Charley Pride Gone

from AP Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86 By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country […]

Pre-Drip Pollock

from The New York Times Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip “Mural,” his largest painting, is back in New York for the first time in 20 years, at the Guggenheim. By Jason Farago For Jacques-Louis David it was “The Oath of the Horatii,” for Kazimir Malevich it was “Black Square,” for Virginia Woolf it was “Jacob’s Room,” […]

Go Or No Halo

from WaPo via Greenwich Time Amazon’s new health band is the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested by Geoffrey A. Fowler and Heather Kelly, The Washington Post Amazon has a new health-tracking bracelet with a microphone and an app that tells you everything that’s wrong with you. You haven’t exercised or slept enough, reports Amazon’s $65 […]

Botanical Fractals

from Smithsonian Magazine Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns A Japanese shrub’s unique foliage arrangement leads botanists to rethink plant growth models By Maddie Burakoff To the untrained eye, plants may appear to grow rather impulsively, popping out leaves at random to create one big green jumble. Take a closer look, though, and […]

No Stream – CD

from The New York Times No, I Am Not Getting Rid of My Thousands of CDs Our chief classical music critic writes in praise of going to a shelf, pulling out a recording and sitting down to listen. By Anthony Tommasini In the late 1970s, when I was living in Boston, the record store of choice […]

Dylan Catalog Sold

from AP The Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll odyssey, is sold  By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan has sold publishing rights to his catalog of more than 600 songs, one of the greatest treasures in popular music, to the Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. The catalog includes […]