The Hubble Space Telescope “has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday& ...

It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. It’s not an inconsistency. It’s ...

Writing for the New York Review ( archive ), Sally Rooney profiles “genius” snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan. But much of the ...

Here’s the trailer for Shopping for Superman, a crowdfunded documentary on the 50-year history of local comic book stores ...

Using paint in water to simulate clouds or smoke, Rudy Willingham created these magical scenes of characters from Severance ...

I really liked this thread from independent bookseller Charlotte Moore-Lambert; it starts: being an indie bookseller in the hellt ...

The MFA in Boston is putting on an exhibition this spring and summer called Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits. Vincent ...

In this episode of This American Life from a few weeks ago, Masha Gessen read an excerpt from their book Surviving Autocracy about ...

A great behind-the-scenes look at the work and process of artist Amy Sherald in these two videos from Art21. In her studio in ...

Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, ...

The Roulin Family Portraits. The MFA in Boston is putting on an exhibition this spring and summer called Van Gogh: The Roulin ...

For some reason, Warner Bros. has uploaded 41 of its movies to YouTube that are free to watch. Among them, Waiting for ...