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Why Every Star Wars Film Has The Wrong Title (1 minute TikTok video) Or watch it here on Twitter if you don't like TikTok.
posted by straight at 11:13 PM PST - 108 comments

In a series of letters sent between Frankfurt and San Diego during the tumult of the late 1960s, German intellectuals Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse debated protest tactics, "left fascism," and the use of force to maintain social order. A half century later, their arguments still resonate amid the unrest sweeping the United States.

These letters between Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse were translated by Esther Leslie and originally published as “Correspondence on the German Student Movement” [paywall] in New Left Review, issue 233. [more inside]
posted by Lexica at 5:46 PM PST - 3 comments

Swifts spend all their time in the sky. What can their journeys tell us about the future? (SLNYT)
posted by Chrysopoeia at 3:49 PM PST - 32 comments

Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Integrity's new report Not Fit-For-Purpose concludes that multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) to certify food or consumer products as “sustainable,” “fair,” or “ethical” have failed because (1) they were neither designed nor operated to be rights holder-centric, and (2) the inclusion of corporations in the initiatives entrenched the power imbalance between stakeholders such that key drivers of abuse went unaddressed. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 2:55 PM PST - 5 comments

In late spring of 1996, Porno for Pyros released their second album, Good God's Urge. Unlike the seedy LA vibe of the first album, Urge referenced the South Pacific in mood (not so much the style), and featured traditional Balinese dancing in the "Tahitian Moon" video. This would be the band's last studio release. Members of Love & Rockets and Red Hot Chili Peppers guest on the album, and "Freeway" features a reunion with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. [more inside]
posted by SoundInhabitant at 12:56 PM PST - 6 comments

On Every Page May I Present A Lion or An Elephant
A children's poem by Soviet Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsy, illustrated by Futurist artist Kirill Zdanevich, translated by Mayakovsky expert Dr Rosy Carrick.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 10:11 AM PST - 8 comments

The robotic conquest of Mars continues with 3 new missions officially on the way! The United Arab Emirates launched the first Arab interplanetary probe, called Hope, on July 19, China sent Tianwen-1 off on Jul 23, which includes an orbiter and lander, and NASA has followed up with the Perseverance rover, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter. All of this is paving the way for eventual crewed exploration of the red planet!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:56 AM PST - 27 comments

Starting in 2013, Chapati Mystery (previously) has hosted interviews with scholars about their research in South Asian Studies. "The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with first-book authors in South Asian Studies (broadly understood). Our aim is not to 'review' but to contextualize, historicize, and promote new scholarship." Recent interviews discuss "jihadism" and the problems of doing anthropological work during the War On Terror, the trading world of the medieval Indian Ocean, demarcation of cities and the stigmas on "slums", and the "fascinating quasi-ethnographer-poet-journalist-reformer" Behramji Merwanji Malabari (1853-1912). [more inside]
posted by brainwane at 7:08 AM PST - 11 comments

Playlists: Series 1, Series 2. This is a PSA via Kottke.
posted by carter at 5:32 AM PST - 20 comments

No Fun Mondays (YouTube playlist) Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has been releasing YouTube videos with covers he recorded at his home studio. "While we’ve all been in quarantine I’ve been reflecting on the things that matter the most in my life. Family, friends and of course music." [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha at 12:11 AM PST - 14 comments

Economics is a disgrace - "The indignities are astounding..." Claudia Sahm -- macromom -- a former Fed economist (with her own rule and automatic stabilizer) rips the economics priesthood a new one.[1,2] [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 12:00 AM PST - 55 comments