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Yesterday I wrote about a trend towards plainness and dullness as exemplary of the foibles of Modernism. Yes, the diversity of colour in art is decreasing. Yes, Mark Rothko's colour fields are getting more and more expensive. Yes, the places that we live and work are increasingly converging on dull beige boxes.But:Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Arts Centre by Zaha HadidHabitat 67 by Moshe SafdieThese are both a ton of …

Since the “social media is bad for teens” myth will not die, I keep having intense conversations with colleagues, journalists, and friends over what the research says and what it doesn’t. (Alice Marwick et. al put together a great little primer in light of the legislative moves.) Along the way, I’ve also started to recognize how slipperiness between two terms creates confusion — and political openings — and so I …

Today was their third attempt, I believe, to set a pre-enquête date.I didn't provide much detail about the previous pre-pre-enquête because I didn't want to tip my hand to Bill that I had been an Observer last week, too (at least for part of his appearance; I was stuck in a meeting for the first half). The previous Justice of the Peace - Her Worship Racine - had calmly explained …

Penguin Random House, 2024 Although women never really ran Fifth Avenue, three remarkable women did manage landmark department stores from the 1920s to the 1980s. Satow’s book is a collective biography of each–Dorothy Shaver of Lord and Taylor, Hortense Odlum of Bonwit Teller, and Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel. All of them were brought in to manage stores in crisis, and each figured out their own ways to make them …

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Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024) Writer/researcher Erin Kissane is working to build better and safer networks for collective survival, with efforts including the COVID Tracking Project, a powerful 40,000 word analysis of Meta’s role in the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, and current research into the culture and governance of the next wave of social networks. When necessary government infrastructure to fight the covid pandemic was missing, internet randos …

A reader writes: Have you got any tips for maintaining motivation on a longer tour? I’m just past halfway through a Spain to Ireland tour, and I’ve just been feeling a bit burnt out. Been on the road since April with a bit of time off in July. Thanks so much for the question! This is a really interesting one. Because you’ve touched on something not often mentioned about long-term …

In a realm where mountains rose into the sky like the bones of forgotten titans, and rivers carved silver veins through an emerald tapestry of wild lands, there existed an ancient kingdom known as Veridyn. It was a land untouched by time, where the trees whispered the stories of creation, and the stars themselves seemed to hum with the deep rhythms of life. In this place of mysticism and spiritual …

October is still Spook Month as usual but this year it’s also the 100th anniversary of the publication of André Breton’s first Surrealist Manifesto, something I wrote about back in January. Many events have been acknowledging the anniversary including Minotaur Ballet – Swansea Surreal, an exhibition curated by David Greenslade and Incunabula Media which will be running at Volcano Theatre, Swansea from now to the end of the month. I’m …

The Prism tool visualises how surface narratives can be refracted to reveal deeper truths. A guest post by Evy Peña, NGFP2021 Forced Labour Awardee, who works with SOIF on Sprout, a programme aimed at nurturing next generation leaders dedicated to children’s well-being and safety, with Ignite Philanthropy. Evy is a social justice advocate and narrative specialist with experience in leadership development, communications, and advocacy across the Americas, Europe, and Sub-Saharan …

Photos by Salt Water New EnglandEnjoying Bosie's lovely new colorway of her popular 4-ply Luskentyre Chunky Fair Isle in supersoft Glenugie Nep (formerly called soft Donegal). Made in Scotland.Luskentyre Chunky Fair Isle Glenugie Nep Women's Sweater <https://bosieco.squarespace.com/modern-heritage-collection/womens-luskentyre-chunky-fair-isle-soft-donegal-jumper-5-colourways>(This has a roomier fit than some of her other sweaters, such as the Islander or the Crofter.)Also shown:Navy Conrad Keepers Tweed Car Coat <https://www.cordings.co.uk/us/navy-conrad-keepers-tweed-car-coat.html>The Luskentyre for Women, Shown in GighaThe Navy Conrad Keepers …

The common milkweed is a host plant for the monarch butterfly caterpillar. Other insects feed on it as well - and they can devour the leaves and eat the seeds.Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)A Small Milkweed bug sitting on a milkweed seed pod. These bugs eat milkweed seeds. Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Euchaetes egle)Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars are eating this milkweed leaf; what's left of a devoured one is seen …

It’s Live! Zavala 3.0 is now live in the App Stores. There are only a couple of new major features in Zavala 3.0, but I put a lot of under the hood for this release. Lots of code was changed to modernize the code base and support new operating system features. For example, Zavala will support the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools when they become available in macOS 15.1 and iOS/iPadOS …

A place to list single best tweaks that’d make something much better, greatly improve it. This will often be about a video games, a primary topic formed by HyperTextHero’s brain and fingers clacking at keys on the keyboard, but other things can and will appear, from music to visual design. I’ll begin with the same tweak type for two space games, Delta V: Rings of Saturn and No Man’s Sky: …