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Palestinian books shared this week by their publishers. These are free to read at the publisher sites, and cover a diverse array of genres, ideas and languages, with more activities planned and shared from over 400 publishers. As Kazuo Isiguro said: "But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I’m saying? Does it feel this way to you?"
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 7:08 PM PST - 4 comments

Tonight at 9PM Eastern: California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis face off in an unusual debate moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity. DeSantis, an early star in the Republican primary, has mounted a dysfunctional campaign that is struggling to gain traction against frontrunner Donald Trump, while Newsom has emerged as a top Biden surrogate and possible contender for 2028 (if not 2024). Indulge if you can, since it might be the last national bipartisan debate in a while. Free live streams with minimal commentary: Brian Tyler Cohen - David Pakman
posted by Rhaomi at 5:30 PM PST - 37 comments

Over a century ago, Austria-Hungary collapsed and a generation of writers wrote about what it was like to have your whole world melt away.
posted by Sebmojo at 5:06 PM PST - 41 comments

It's time to go back to the sublime madness of George Miller. The "Furiosa" trailer is here.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:45 PM PST - 45 comments

Hopes CO2-infused recycled concrete will help builders cut emissions. A Western Sydney University professor says her invention is as strong as new concrete, cheaper, and has the potential to help the construction sector become significantly greener.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 3:23 PM PST - 12 comments

She invigorated a staid if not stodgy arts scene as one of the city’s first and most prominent champions of the avant-garde With only minimal formal training in the arts, she became an impresario of the experimental in a city where, as a writer for The Washington Post once put it, “a sculpture with a naked derrière is still considered terribly avant.” She looked beyond the classically beautiful and politically bland, challenging curators, collectors, donors and the public to embrace art that was new, daring and at times provocative.
posted by wicked_sassy at 12:35 PM PST - 4 comments

Brids, Sfish and other Amals [via mefi projects]
posted by curious nu at 12:19 PM PST - 8 comments

"People who are blind from birth will gesture when they speak. I always like pointing out this fact when I teach classes on gesture, because it gives us an an interesting perspective on how we learn and use gestures. [...] Not only do blind people gesture, but the frequency and types of gestures they use does not appear to differ greatly from how sighted people gesture. If people learn gesture without ever seeing a gesture (and, most likely, never being shown), then there must be something about learning a language that means you get gestures as a bonus." [more inside]
posted by mhoye at 8:47 AM PST - 35 comments

Here he is at his peak, both as a songwriter and a performer. Here's another side to his songwriting. And here's today's Guardian obituary by Alex Petridis, which gets it about right. [more inside]
posted by Paul Slade at 6:36 AM PST - 135 comments

"New York and London are known for being blanketed with government-run CCTV coverage, but surveillance here is different: It is as privatized as it is pervasive" (slWired) [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 5:30 AM PST - 17 comments

Racist, white supremacist, and far-right violence is on the rise. But while far-right actors often try to maintain a public image of normalcy, it is sometimes useful to look into their private spaces in an attempt to understand how their hate festers, evolves, and breeds when no one is looking. HowHateSleeps seeks to peek behind the curtain to look into these private sanctums. All images have been pulled from public court records except where otherwise indicated [CW: evil]
posted by chavenet at 2:05 AM PST - 18 comments