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Soo, this made me tear up on the way to work this morning, so y'all get to do so as well: a short comic about going back in time to talk to your younger self by Samantha Richardson, found via.
posted by MartinWisse at 11:16 PM PST - 29 comments

Bookhunter, Jason Shiga (previously) . Officer Bay tracks down heinous criminals and rare volumes for the Oakland Library, 1973.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 9:49 PM PST - 9 comments

Music lover, but don't know much about Australian music? Specifically, Brisbane music? Well, this Guardian "Songs of Brisbane" poll will hook you up with some tunes from South East Queensland's surprisingly diverse, and sometimes even excellent, musical history.
posted by turbid dahlia at 8:50 PM PST - 29 comments

The Supreme Court confirmation hearing continues Wednesday with the questioning of nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Despite low popularity, views out of step with the majority of the country, tens of thousands of pages of documents produced at the last minute, and over 100,000 pages of documents withheld from the Senate (with all the documents reviewed not by the National Archives, but by a lawyer who represents the Bush Library, White House Counsel Don McGahn, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon), his confirmation appears to be on cruise control. The Times examines How Brett Kavanaugh Would Transform the Supreme Court. SCOTUSBlog offers a liveblog of the hearings and a 16-part series on Kavanaugh's record. Wednesday's questioning can be streamed live on C-SPAN starting at 9:30 ET. [more inside]
posted by zachlipton at 8:49 PM PST - 2348 comments

Psychedelic Science 2017 was a week-long conference held in Oakland that brought together 3,000 participants - neuroscientists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, artists and healthcare specialists. The goal was to share and discuss the latest research on psychedelics and medical marijuana. Here are videos of the lectures from the event. [more inside]
posted by storybored at 6:55 PM PST - 7 comments

Kenny Shopsin, famously foul-mouthed and cantankerous proprietor of Shopsin's General Store, has died. Kenny Shopsin ran the place with his wife, Eve, until her death in 2003; their children still run the place now, though the location has moved several times over the years. The menu at Shopsin's is a hell of a thing, and may be perused online -- although not at the door of the restaurant; that, among many other infractions, is Not Allowed. Shopsin banned most critics and press from the place for years, but Calvin Trillin managed to write the place up for the New Yorker back in 2002, and the 2004 documentary I Like Killing Flies gives further insight into the institution. A cookbook, appropriately titled Eat Me, was published in 2008. Shopsin's daughter Tamara confirms that they will be open Wednesday.
posted by halation at 3:09 PM PST - 64 comments

A "dooms day painting" or "doom painting" is a term for an image of the Last Judgment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell. The largest remaining mural is in St. Thomas's Church in Salisbury, and they have a nice guide to the images. Then there's the Church of St James the Great, South Leigh, and "The Doom" in the Guild Chapel, Stratford upon Avon was recently restored and digitally revitalized, allowing for a better look at the mural. There are numerous churches with notable "Dooms", though many are faded or barely present. These are the last hold-outs from before the (English) Reformation, when images in church were frowned on.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:19 PM PST - 13 comments

How BoJack Horseman Got Made, an oral history. Excerpted from the new book(!!!) BoJack Horseman: The Art Before The Horse [more inside]
posted by Gorgik at 12:10 PM PST - 24 comments

Victoria Beckham: A Decade of Elegance | British Vogue (SLYT)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:40 AM PST - 13 comments

It’s been said that “well-behaved women seldom make history”, but the handful of white boys who wrote our History books conveniently left most of them out. To rectify this situation, Hannah and Eliza Reilly are unearthing the forgotten stories of the badass women of Australian History. Nancy Wake - Hard driving, hard flirting, Nazi killing Bad Ass. Fanny Durack - Hard swimming, never gave up, Bad Ass. Mary Ann Bugg - Hard Shooting, Bush Ranger, Did it all while raising a kid, Bad Ass. Merele Thornton - Just wanted a drink, Chained herself to the Bar, Took no Flak, Bad Ass. [more inside]
posted by stilgar at 11:32 AM PST - 7 comments

911 days of beard growth time lapse. My wife and I traveled around the world for 2.5 years. I didn't shave the whole time.
posted by growabrain at 10:19 AM PST - 73 comments

Good Riddance to the Red Delicious, an Apple That Sucks [Slate] “The Red Delicious is no longer the dominant apple in American orchards, the U.S. Apple Association said last week, after lasting five decades in the top spot. The Gala apple [wiki] is now first; Red Delicious second; Granny Smith third. By 2020, the Honeycrisp, which so prized by consumers that they’ll pay higher prices for the privilege of eating one, may crack the growers’ top three.” [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 9:28 AM PST - 139 comments

How Funny Does Comedy Need to Be?
posted by Artw at 9:08 AM PST - 21 comments

The biggest independent wrestling show of all time took place Saturday. Here’s what it means to the wrestlers who created it, the fans who cheered it on, and the industry it's disrupting.

posted by Etrigan at 9:01 AM PST - 8 comments

Meet the ‘Fanatic’ Breeding Colored Cotton, Growing Heirloom Wheat, and Building Soil Carbon. (Civil Eats)
posted by The Whelk at 8:43 AM PST - 9 comments

"It’s unclear if the HAGS understood what a spectacle they were in the queer-dyke landscape of 1990s San Francisco. When they poured into a bar my breath caught in my chest."

In The Believer, Michelle Tea shares the story of a circle of friends who bashed back against homophobia and creepy dudes, and how ultimately addiction and a rare and devastating illness ended some of their lives. [more inside]
posted by ITheCosmos at 7:16 AM PST - 12 comments

The 2018 winner, runners-up and dishonorable mentions of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad opening sentences of non-existent novels have been announced. (previouslies)
posted by BiggerJ at 4:47 AM PST - 28 comments