no, no, it’s not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn’t. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can’t see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.
A single-take, 93 minute video of the South China Sea, shot in 4K from a container ship travelling from Vietnam to China. It’s a little weird how there are no birds or sea animals to be seen…
When people can’t fix their stuff locally, they really are stimulating factory jobs in China.
Within the field of “fair division” problem solving—which sits at the crossroads of mathematics, political science, and economics—cake is more than just a dessert. Cake is an apartment building with rooms to be assigned to picky housemates. Cake is a high stakes divorce settlement. Cake is a war-torn country. Since the 17th century, theorists have been devising methods to divvy up the things we all want in ways that obey both the rigid formalism of mathematics and our more subjective notions of fairness. All the while, cake has been used as a powerful metaphor for all that is good, finite, and divisible in the world.
Beautiful editorial illustrations by Cole Ott for a very entertaining read on Seattle’s Bike Batman. Cole was definitely the illustration hero the article deserved…
Other trending items picked by algorithm were pegged to Twitter hashtags including #McChicken, a hashtag that had gone viral after someone posted a video of a man masturbating with a McChicken sandwich.
The wit in Lucas Levitan‘s Photo Invasion project (and his seemingly out-of-print book) will surely make you smile, snort or chuckle.
The KAPITAL aesthetic is not something I personally subscribe to, or find compelling. But, as a designer, I find myself greatly drawn to their independence and bravery. Their output is a great study in colour palettes and art direction (within the restraints of a singular collection and its components). This hour-long film, while fairly entertaining as a peek into the creative process, also offers a lovely look at some beautiful parts of France.
They’re fine if you like them. I’m not a presets kind of guy though. I don’t use the presets on my microwave either.
[…] Playing it safe by engaging in shallow, unfulfilling or nonreciprocal relationships has physical repercussions. Not only do the resulting feelings of loneliness and isolation increase the risk of death as much as smoking, alcoholism and obesity; you may also lose tone, or function, in the so-called smart vagus nerve, which brain researchers think allows us to be in intimate, supportive and reciprocal relationships in the first place.
