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For years, arts funding applications have demanded an impossible balancing act from artists. Be innovative, but commercially viable. Be personal, but universally accessible. Address social issues, but remain entertaining. Appeal to...
For a few years before 1920, a Cincinnati neighborhood served as a laboratory to reimagine democracy. By all accounts, the experiment succeeded admirably, until Cincinnati’s mayor launched a smear campaign.The experiment grew out of...
2026 SF, set in the same universe as the Imperial Radch series but not part of the trilogy. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star is a pilgrimage site on the rogue world of Aaa, and the main reason anyone goes there. Then the...
These days I read big, beautifully written and glossy books that I leave on the family room table to impress family and friends. And because they are too heavy and expensive to carry around. My three best current examples are: Palazzi of...
Duncan Rawlinson created this image using artificial intelligence, constructing a scene where thousands of green faceted spheres hang on taut cords, each strand blown horizontal by an unseen force. A red sphere tears through the field at...
CAPTAIN ANTILLES Kenner Debut The Retro Collection Target Exclusive 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure Set Item No.: No. G2554 Manufacturer: Hasbro Number: n/a Includes: DL-17 blaster pistol Action Feature: n/a Retail: $64.99 Availability: July...
When the world feels as though it is teetering towards catastrophe, history suggests the outsiders are never far behind. The decadent, the bizarre, the queer, the bohemian and the downright unruly have always flourished in periods of...
For all the fascination surrounding Dracula himself, Bram Stoker’s novel belongs just as much to Lucy Westenra. Before Mina becomes the heroine of the story, it is Lucy who experiences its strange seduction most acutely. Desired by three...
Fairy tales have always been less interested in happiness than obedience. Be kind, be beautiful, marry the prince and everything will work out fine. Bliss, with book, music and lyrics by Emma Lively and Tyler Beattie, takes that familiar...
The American Dream has always depended on performance. Success is not simply achieved; it is displayed. Wealth must be seen, power projected, masculinity continually asserted. Philip Stokes’ This Is Not America understands that...
This is something that has confused me for quite some time. In a speech given on 27 January 1992, George H. W. Bush gives a speech in which he says "we need a nation closer to the Waltons than the Simpsons".The producers of The Simpsons...
In Why "Build vs Buy" is the Wrong Question I explained how you should categorise your systems into appropriate "subdomains" (a la Domain-Driven Design), to help better understand whether to build or buy. Core - your business's unique...
Last week Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the Moon. You can view its estimated impact site on azmth Luna, an interactive 3D map of our nearest neighbour. Enter “Falcon 9” into the map's search box and the crash site is...
Going back to work
So, I’m sure a lot of people, or at least some people, remain apprehensive. Some probably angry, banging their fists against a wall, plopping some deuces on the ground, or what-have-you. That’s fine, as long as I don’t have see it. But...