A generator for “local legends and obscure curiosities from the days of yore.”
A generator for “local legends and obscure curiosities from the days of yore.”
↩︎ Loremen Simulator
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How Paul Celan, a Jewish Romanian, remade the German language on his way to becoming his country’s greatest 20th-century poet.
It is time that the stone took the trouble to bloom,
that unrest’s heart started to beat.
It’s time for it to be time.
It is time.
↩︎ Poetry Foundation
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Lava lamps in San Francisco, a pendulum in London, and a Geiger counter in Singapore keep the internet secure.
Lava lamps in San Francisco, a pendulum in London, and a Geiger counter in Singapore keep the internet secure.
↩︎ OpenCulture
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Chicago’s Willis Tower gets a dynamic “wave wall” by Olafur Eliasson.
Chicago’s Willis Tower gets a dynamic “wave wall” by Olafur Eliasson.
↩︎ designboom
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A redemption story performed quietly.
In case you also find watch repair soothing: a Rolex gets repaired to a jazz score.
Also, scientists want to shorten the minute to 59 seconds (to better line us up with Earth’s rotation).
Also, it looks like the new president is a watch collector.
Gabor Nagy’s photographs offer a celebration of snow and mountains.
Gabor Nagy’s photographs offer a celebration of snow and mountains.
↩︎ Moss and Fog
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In 2020, the US experienced its most violent year in decades with an unprecedented rise in homicides in major cities.
In 2020, the US experienced its most violent year in decades with an unprecedented rise in homicides in major cities.
↩︎ Statista
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Roxane Gay says goodbye to the outgoing president.
His children are exactly like him. His wife is exactly like him. I wish nothing but the very worst for them, for the rest of their days.
↩︎ The Audacity
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