A Quiet Book for our Very Loud Time
Charlie Mackesy’s illustrated book explores love, fear, acceptance and belonging. It’s a perfect anecdote for our anxious age.
Finding Home
Somehow, we stumbled out of New York City and into Rhode Island. It took a long time, it was a bit accidental, but we finally found home.
Trees are Easy. The Woods are Hard
Giant caveats aside, capturing the spectacular of individual trees is much easier than capturing them in the woods. Let’s take a look.
Briefly Noted
“We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril.”
Ghost’s canine bots are the scary older brother of every other dog robot you’ve ever seen, and a good reminder that we’re getting increasingly efficient at finding ways to kill ourselves.
“This virus has humbled me as a professional and a person,” said Michelle Odden, associate professor of epidemiology at Stanford. “I did not think this level of failure in a federal response was possible in the United States.”
For all its unknowns, the glorious constant of space is its surprises. For instance, when astronomers discovered what color it is.
Up Above
Photography, illustrations and musings.
Down Below
Things I’m still thinking about.
China’s Perfecting the Tools of a Propaganda State
The future of propaganda is now. We’re watching it with China’s media response and social media control of information related to the Hong Kong protests.
Learning to Love Giant Steps Again
Listening to covers affects how I hear and understand music. Here’s one that helped me rediscover John Coltrane’s Giant Steps. And here are a dozen others to make a point.
Self-Driving Cars: What Could Go Wrong?
Self-driving cars are only as smart as the artificial intelligence controlling them. A new study indicates that the darker your skin, the more likely you are to be hit by one. There’s a simple, and unfortunate, reason why.
Thoughts on Documentary Films While Watching Flightless Baby Geese Jump from 400 Foot Cliffs
Nature shows are awesome. But what are they? Because they’re not quite documentaries.
Tripping Through Van Gogh’s Starry Night
A new Van Gogh exhibit has us wondering what the future of the museum might be.
We’re Drowning in our Waste
America’s trash problem is growing and getting worse. China used to be our dumping ground. Now our waste has no place to go.