"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday revealed a revamped map of the city’s subway system that takes its cues from a 1970s throwback that was cheered by design connoisseurs and reviled by many traditionalists. It is the first major overhaul of the subway map to be introduced by the authority in almost 50 years." - 0 comments

Sometimes the NIMBYS don't win: Brisbane home owners fail to stop church building affordable houses. A bid to build affordable units on church land in Brisbane's east has been approved despite protests from home owners who claimed it was inappropriate. Most of the 44 units in the New Cleveland Road, Wakerley project will be capped at 74.9 per cent of market rent. The home owners can't challenge the approval because the project is a high priority State Facilitated Development. - 3 comments

Malaparte “had less to be forgiven for than many of his colleagues, who were generally more capable of reinventing themselves after the war.” The question of Malaparte’s “credentials” is dispensed with at the outset, leaving the reader with the even more troubling suggestion of authentic principle behind what looks at first glance to have been a lifetime of craven opportunism. from Revenge of the Courtier [The Baffler; ungated] - 0 comments

Article by Allegra Rosenberg about AO3 statistics and what they show about changes on the site: "The data collected by statistically minded fans is hugely helpful in visualizing the shifts brought about by successive fan generations". Via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. - 3 comments

Jaime Hernandez: A Master Cartoonist Ages Alongside His Heroine. A colorful tribute to Love and Rockets, a long-runnng ground-breaking comic that began in 1982. ungated - 7 comments

Scoreboard Pressure is a blog dedicated to both kinds of scoreboards, Australian Rules Football and cricket. Adelaide Oval. Warramiyunga Oval, Bathurst Island. Henson Park, Marrickville. West Wyalong vs. Lake Cargelligo. Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Donnybrook, WA. - 5 comments

Cheese is one of those food markers that demonstrates the power of processing to preserve and transform a vulnerable food source. The amount of cheese, cheese products, cheese dishes and cheese culture (even sport) is incalculable. Today - we're here not to cut through the world's cheeses, but instead to spread the love of the cheese spread - 30 comments

The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses and take on a supporting role, according to three Trump insiders who were granted anonymity to describe the evolving relationship. from Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon [Politico] - 54 comments

Why You Should Work Like It's the Nineties (archive.org link) looks at how work/life boundaries have shifted in the SmartPhone era, and recommends a shift back. - 34 comments

On Monday night, NaNoWriMo—the organization behind the annual National Novel Writing Month, which takes place each November—sent an email to its community that began, “We come to you today with sad news. After six years of struggling to sustain itself financially, NaNoWriMo (the nonprofit) will begin the process of shutting down.” (h/t jenfullmoon) - 33 comments

The art of the deal protest sign. You want to make a protest sign but you’ve hit a brick wall for ideas. That’s okay! Inspiration is as easy as a google image search. But if you want to get into it a little bit more, Iranian-born Canadian artist Guity Novin can help you out. So can Reuters. If you need more, take a look at An Emergency Guide to Writing Protest Signs. Maybe invent your own font. Here’s a handy pdf that talks about design elements. For some final thoughts, Vice has some advice. - 25 comments

With the Nintendo Switch 2 launching on June 5th 2025, one of the day one titles is Mario Kart World, where you can play as a cow. There's also an Elden Ring game, some GameCube ports e.g. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (and the GameCube controller), a 3D Donkey Kong, a wheelchair basketball game, and a bundle of other titles, new and refreshed and ported. There's no word on the price, or a price adjustment for the original Switch for which new games include Tomodachi Life (the last 20 seconds is intriguing) in 2026. - 36 comments

In the time of climate change, the fragile ice roads that link Northern communities are under threat. (slTheGuardian) - 6 comments