Huge screw-up

According to reporting in the Atlantic, the editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally invited into a Signal chat group with more than a dozen senior Trump administration officials including Vice-President JD Vance, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, national security adviser, Mike Waltz, secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, and others.

The reporting exposes not only a historic mishandling of national security information but a potentially illegal communication chain in which sensitive military plans about airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen were casually shared in an encrypted group chat with automatic delete functions. 

Continue reading

 

Toothpaste For Dinner

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by drew (@drewtoothpaste)

Annie Montgomerie's figures

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag)

Where Flowers May Grow, Azuma Makoto

Whether trapped in blocks of ice or sailing across the ocean, Makoto’s work constantly tests the boundaries of how—and where—flowers may thrive.

 

Morning becomes eletric, Matt McCormick

See more

 

Night in the City, William Darkdrac

See more

 

Peak joy.

[new lyrics for old songs]

 

Flash is fast.

via

 

Shopping for Superman

Shopping for Superman is a 50-year story of the neighborhood comic shops that are tragically dying off even though we need them more than ever. 

Continue reading

Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day

 

 Reality is not real. Your world is a prediction. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience is the result of calculations your brain makes before reality even reaches you.

 It fills in gaps, fabricates details, and even alters time itself so you feel like you’re in control.

 But if everything you know is an illusion… what does that say about you? 

What does it mean for your choices? Is there even free will?

 via

Follow Me, James V Carroll

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by James V Carroll (@jvcarroll4)

Personal Message

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Personal Message (@m_d_n_f_)

Lonesome Town, Carly Rene Hough

See more

 

Sunset on the Moon

Lunar horizon glow, as captured by the Blue Ghost lander. Photograph: Nasa/Firefly Aerospace 

 Nasa has released the first high-definition images of a sunset on the moon, two striking photographs taken by the private lander Blue Ghost that could offer scientists further clues to the mysterious phenomenon known as lunar horizon glow.

Continue reading.

 

Home at Last

After an unplanned nine-month stay on board the International Space Station, Nasa astronauts return to Earth.

 

Oddly catchy remix of Hootie & the Blowfish singing to The Smiths' music

 

Musical mashup maker William Maracni created this curious remix of Hootie & the Blowfish

 singing their two hits—"I Only Wanna Be With You" and "Hold my Hand"—to the music of The Smiths' "Cemetery Gates." 

 via

Pop Group Analog Society Performs Live Song Mashups

 

 Analog Society is a British vocal group that performs covers and original songs, but has become known for their clever musical mashups, when they combine two songs that may be from different decades but sound good together.

 The video above has them mashing up "Somebody That I used to Know" from Gotye and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac. 

via

Everything is in motion, Dirk Koy

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Dirk Koy (@dirkkoy)

Looks like Spring is already in the air. CINCO

BSA

 

The early bird dies, Sam Bloor

more

 

Octopuses in the Sky by Sussi Charlotte Alminde

Sony world photography open award winners.

 

Keep your head above water

Image credit: Evan Ifekoya

  From a high chair to the ocean floor, Can the Seas Survive Us?

 In Norfolk’s Sainsbury Centre explores our watery world and the climate crisis. 

 By Joanna Moorhead, continue reading

 

“Polar Bear Amid Fireweed Blooms” by Christopher Paetkau.

Check out the stunning winners of The Nature Photography Contest 2024.

 

Something happening somewhere, Spoon & Tamago

via

 

“Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Greenland’s prime minister Múte B. Egede responded to US president Donald Trump’s comments overnight and rejecting his interest, saying that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”

 “We are not Americans, we are not Danes, because we are Greenlanders.

 This is what the Americans and their leaders need to understand,” he said in a Facebook post. 

 “We are not for sale and cannot just be taken,” he added.

 Egede insisted that “the future of the country will be determined by us in our country, of course.” Greenland will hold a general election next week, on 11 March. 

via

 

Come on in, the water's fine.

By Amy Dury. See more

 

Nothing doing, Wayne Thiebaud

See more

 

Learn how sashiko stitching can give your well-loved clothes a new lease on life.

Sashiko stitching, also known as sashiko mending, is a Japanese technique that extends a garment's life. This time-honored tradition uses the running stitch to reinforce and decorate an item of clothing or piece of fabric.

 Like kintsugi, it celebrates the history of a garment by not hiding its imperfections but emphasizing how much the piece has been loved. Sashiko has existed for centuries and remains a popular choice for visible mending on woven fabrics (cotton, linen, etc). And it has another benefit: sustainability. 

Given the clothing industry’s environmental impact, repairing the things we own is another way to honor the Earth. We're exercising circular fashion and keeping something out of landfills. 

 Let’s take a deeper look at the history of sashiko mending, the tools needed, and the basic technique to create.

Lee Jeans, Jennifer J. Lee

Brooklyn-based artist Jennifer J. Lee paints photorealistic scenes that explore the saturation of images in contemporary experience. The fabric’s gridded structure conjures associations with pixellated screens, playing with the relationship between digital and analog representations of everyday objects. 

See more