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The Librarians kottke.org/25/11/the-li...
The Librarians
As part of the fascist war on “woke”, tens of thousands of books have been pulled from the shelves of libraries around
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November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The Librarians kottke.org/25/11/the-li...
Football Stadium Turned Community Garden kottke.org/25/11/footba...
Football Stadium Turned Community Garden
As part of a city-wide urban greening program, Taipei turned an abandoned football stadium into a community garden. Here’s
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November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Football Stadium Turned Community Garden kottke.org/25/11/footba...
This October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgrounds www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/novo...
This October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgrounds
From Stellenbosch, South Africa, to Valencia Spain, 'uncommissioned' has tapped 54 artists to work on public projects.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This October, a Global Public Art Project Turns 35 Cities into Playgrounds www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/novo...
Tiny Art Show Repurposes a Disused Stairwell into a 1:6-Scale Gallery www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/tiny...
Tiny Art Show Repurposes a Disused Stairwell into a 1:6-Scale Gallery
Tiny Art Gallery is a storefront-style gallery that sits inside what was originally a stairwell in Provo, Utah.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tiny Art Show Repurposes a Disused Stairwell into a 1:6-Scale Gallery www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/tiny...
Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid. lithub.com/where-to-sta...
Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.
This summer, the novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid released a career-spanning collection. Covering forty years—from her early days as a precocious New Yorker staff writer to her present perch a…
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October 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid. lithub.com/where-to-sta...
Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor's Work in Philadelphia www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/cald...
Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor's Work in Philadelphia
Calder Gardens is designed to bring art, architecture, and nature into a constant and ever-evolving conversation.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor's Work in Philadelphia www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/cald...
Taking action on science communication gsas.yale.edu/about/news-a...
Taking action on science communication
For PhD students, the ability to communicate their research beyond their field of expertise is a critical skill—particularly now. Since January 2025, the landscape for federal research funding has…
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October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Taking action on science communication gsas.yale.edu/about/news-a...
World War II Journal Entries Float in a Web of Blood-Red Yarn in Chiharu Shiota's 'Diary' www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/chih...
World War II Journal Entries Float in a Web of Blood-Red Yarn in Chiharu Shiota's 'Diary'
The Berlin-based artist commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in 'Two Home Countries' at Japan Society Gallery.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
World War II Journal Entries Float in a Web of Blood-Red Yarn in Chiharu Shiota's 'Diary' www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/chih...
Innumerable Dots Form Bright, Bold Gradients in Nano Ponto's Entirely Handpoked Tattoos www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/nano...
Innumerable Dots Form Bright, Bold Gradients in Nano Ponto's Entirely Handpoked Tattoos
In the hands of Argentinian tattooer Nano Ponto, lush gradients and surreal compositions emerge from layers and layers of tiny dots.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Innumerable Dots Form Bright, Bold Gradients in Nano Ponto's Entirely Handpoked Tattoos www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/nano...
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It’s not just diet and exercise that governs how well you age. Your mindset, social connections and sense of purpose make a big difference, and it’s never too late to start working on them
How to nurture the right mindset for living to 100
www.newscientist.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It’s not just diet and exercise that governs how well you age. Your mindset, social connections and sense of purpose make a big difference, and it’s never too late to start working on them
Giant Inflatable Sculptures by Steve Messam Reimagine Everyday Environments www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/stev...
Giant Inflatable Sculptures by Steve Messam Reimagine Everyday Environments
Messam explores scale, form, and the built environment in large-scale, inflatable installations.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Giant Inflatable Sculptures by Steve Messam Reimagine Everyday Environments www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/stev...
Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy-Beresford www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy-Beresford
This summer, locals and tourists enjoyed new river-bathing sites. As global heating escalates, we need more of these ‘cool islands’, says Paris-based journalist Helen Massy-Beresford
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September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy-Beresford www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Listen: How trees boost your focus and mental health www.futurity.org/nature-trees...
Listen: How trees boost your focus and mental health
In a new podcast episode, a psychologist explains how trees boost your attention, improve mental health—and even reduce crime.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Listen: How trees boost your focus and mental health www.futurity.org/nature-trees...
The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point reasonstobecheerful.world/anarchic-pla...
The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point
Unsupervised and perilous, a new crop of recreation spaces aims to banish helicopter parenting and set up children for life in the real world.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point reasonstobecheerful.world/anarchic-pla...
Why we should tune into the orchestra of the animal world | Aeon Essays aeon.co/essays/why-w...
Why we should tune into the orchestra of the animal world | Aeon Essays
Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning
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September 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Why we should tune into the orchestra of the animal world | Aeon Essays aeon.co/essays/why-w...
If You Must Play One Sport, Make It Tennis www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
If You Must Play One Sport, Make It Tennis
The longer you play, the more it will do for your health.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If You Must Play One Sport, Make It Tennis www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
'It's like being in Greece': The US neighbourhood where cars are banned www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
'It's like being in Greece': The US neighbourhood where cars are banned
In Tempe, Arizona, Culdesac is reimagining US cities for people, not cars – and inviting travellers to explore its plazas, paseos and Mediterranean-inspired design.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
'It's like being in Greece': The US neighbourhood where cars are banned www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Helping others can slow cognitive decline www.futurity.org/helping-othe...
Helping others can slow cognitive decline
Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%, researchers say.
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August 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Helping others can slow cognitive decline www.futurity.org/helping-othe...
Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery lithub.com/riding-to-fr...
Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery
The first time I met the horses and the fugitives, I wanted to speak with them directly. I wanted to know them better, to hear how they planned their escapes, what the moon looked like on the night…
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August 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery lithub.com/riding-to-fr...
Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer lithub.com/exploring-oc...
Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer
It was Octavia Margaret who gave her daughter the spark to even consider a writing career. She saw her quiet, bookish ten-year-old daughter writing, saw the delight on her face as she created, and …
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August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exploring Octavia Butler’s Beginnings as a Sci-Fi Trailblazer lithub.com/exploring-oc...
The Woman Who Perfected Flower Painting www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Woman Who Perfected Flower Painting
The 17th-century painter Rachel Ruysch was once more famous than Vermeer.
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August 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Woman Who Perfected Flower Painting www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/new-method-i...
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.
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August 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/new-method-i...
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine
Hundreds of physicists (and a few journalists) journeyed to Helgoland, the birthplace of quantum mechanics, and grappled with what they have and haven’t learned about reality.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
How Fresh Fish From Monterey Bay Reaches School Lunch Trays reasonstobecheerful.world/sea-to-schoo...
How Fresh Fish From Monterey Bay Reaches School Lunch Trays
With Sea-to-School programs, the cafeteria is an extension of the classroom, where kids can learn to love sustainable local seafood.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How Fresh Fish From Monterey Bay Reaches School Lunch Trays reasonstobecheerful.world/sea-to-schoo...
Why you are not as selfish as you think www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Why you are not as selfish as you think
Science suggests we are hardwired for altruism, but do we really need to be thinking of others all the time?
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July 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Why you are not as selfish as you think www.bbc.com/future/artic...