fox and liberty forever: the chaotic General Election of 1790, the polling and purdah lasting from 16 June to 28 July, via Strange Company
the power of youth: the photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva behind the iconic image of Greta Thunberg’s TIME cover—we personally found this honour to be pretty moving as welllink in bio: the insidious nature of Walled Gardens (see previously) and social media’s attempts to corral the free Internet
the land of the asuras: a Buddhist monk leads a solemn ceremony to eulogise untaken time off from work in Japan—hardly done despite legislation that all workers take a minimum of five paid vacation days per year
🙀: this feline face filter underscores how poorly we understand our cats’ cognition
flight and blight: a survey of some of the historic character lost in New York City over the past decade
your branches green delight us: a tour of London’s Christmas trees