dr tj eckleburg: how The Great Gatsby influenced Robert Moses and transformed New York City
tether: although the material technology is not quite there for a terrestrial one, a lunar space elevator might be feasible
ssccatagapp: Russia moves to ban all content deemed to promote a childless-lifestyle—via tmn
cleromancy: spiritual taverns that combine tarot and I Ching with cocktails are seeing growing popularity in China jeu de puce: fleas, chips and other observations on the 9ᵉ édition du Dictionnaire de l’Académie française just published
talking head: Pentagon and US allies in shock over Trump’s intent to nominate a Fox News commentator as secretary of defence
sobriquet: the twenty-eight European cities claiming to be Venice of the North—see also—via Messy Nessy Chic
collectives: a series of aerial photographs of junkyards and graveyards neatly organised by Cássio Campos Vasconcellos—via Things Magazine
a remembrance of things past: Proust and The Breakfast Club
synchronoptica
one year ago: a medieval large language model (with synchronoptica), a new family of goblin spiders, a novel way to hack light pollution plus block printing personal narratives
seven years ago: tariffs on Chinese aluminium, revolutionary terrariums plus using AI to minimise road-kill, disruption to migration
eight years ago: RIP Leonard Cohen
nine years ago: assorted links worth revisiting plus emoji syntax across different platforms
ten years ago: more on the spread of Indo-European languages
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