An appreciation of TMN favorite artist Sophie Calle, with pictures from when she posed as a hotel maid to document rooms.
↩︎ The New Y…
Photographs from the Yellowstone Archive of people feeding bears in the 1950s and ’60s.
↩︎ Flashbak
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Think piece of the week: A common, bad question to ask in science is “does x affect y?” Because the answer is always yes.
↩︎ The Eighteenth Elephant
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There’s mounting evidence that insects can experience a remarkable range of emotions.
↩︎ BBC News
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Unless you’re a butcher or a sociopath it’s very intimidating to sink your knife into a piece of meat this big. It was actually more gruesome than I had imagined.
↩︎ Gawker
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Dueling taco maps: One shows every business in Los Angeles that sells tacos, another shows places with “taco” in its name.
↩︎ L.A. Taco
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In 2021, a man used bogus suicide notes to escape the law. In 1318, a nun used a dummy crafted in her likeness.
↩︎ Lapham’s Quarterly
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London teenagers explain their personal fashion. “My style in three words would be lost, expressionist, and spiralling.”
↩︎ Dazed
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An overview of the shopping season’s bigger trends. “The sweater-vest was one item we didn’t think we’d see back.”
↩︎ Strategist
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