September 15, 2023
Reminder: Everyday acts of civil disobedience are always an option.
Here's a couple examples. The present: A young woman walks down a street in Tehran, her hair uncovered, her jeans ripped, a bit of midriff exposed to the hot Iranian sun. An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran's once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: "Screw you!" [more inside]
Scientists Working in Antarctica Inadvertently Developed a New Accent
How Scientists Working in Antarctica Inadvertently Developed a New Accent. A 2019 study of scientists over-wintering in Antarctica revealed subtle but measurable changes in the participants’ speech. [more inside]
IgNobel means noble!? Only in America…
Branding is Everything
Even in fiction, brands are important. In a richly-illustrated discussion, members of the Barbie, Wes Anderson, and Adult Swim design teams share their thoughts on bringing the fictional brands to life and furthering the story.
Linda Yaccarino Is The Last Funny Twitter Bit Left
The Accidental Activist
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers
Y Tho?
"movement is what I wanted to capture on canvas."
Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed: In his lifetime, Ernie Barnes was largely dismissed and ignored by the industry. He became an icon anyway. [more inside]
25 Years of Whatever
Writer John Scalzi celebrates the 25th anniversary of his blog, Whatever, with some cromulent retrospection and a great big surprise party. [more inside]
Last seen in travelling exhibition in Japan 1985
In April this Year a 'Wanted Poster' for a Picasso painting ''Femme Assise sur Fond Jaune et Rose, II' was posted by the The Art Newspaper to the Finding Ady Instagram page.
Ady Fidelin was Man Ray's lover and muse, whose obitury was only published last year by the NYT (might need subscription)
Art Historian Wendy Grossman put a lot of the backstory together. Ady was the first Black model to feature in a major American Fashion magazine - Harpers Bazaar 1937. That was the year she was painted by Picasso when some Surrealists spent a summer of sun, sea and sex on the French Riviera, where Paul Eluard, Nusch, Man Ray, Ady, Roland Penrose, Lee Miller and Eilean Agar all joined Picasso and Dora Maar in Mougins. Several repeat photos, Some probably NSW
Ady Fidelin was Man Ray's lover and muse, whose obitury was only published last year by the NYT (might need subscription)
Art Historian Wendy Grossman put a lot of the backstory together. Ady was the first Black model to feature in a major American Fashion magazine - Harpers Bazaar 1937. That was the year she was painted by Picasso when some Surrealists spent a summer of sun, sea and sex on the French Riviera, where Paul Eluard, Nusch, Man Ray, Ady, Roland Penrose, Lee Miller and Eilean Agar all joined Picasso and Dora Maar in Mougins. Several repeat photos, Some probably NSW
iNaturalist
iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own "This summer, iNaturalist, the global social network for recording and collectively identifying the biodiversity around us, went independent. With the help of a $10 million startup grant, the organization that started as a UC Berkeley master’s project separated from the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society and became its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization."
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