bustin by numbers: bizarre 1990 edit of a Peter Greenaway film featuring an instrumental version of Young MC’s hit
mazinibaganjigan: the art of birchbark bitings, practised by the Objiwe and Algonquian peoples
twenty-two nautical miles: Mexico threatens to sue Google over the change to the gulf’s name
democracy dies in darkness: Bezos owned Washington Post refused to run an advertisement critical of DOGE
acolyte: a profile of the actual Nazis overrunning the US government—via Kottke
paypal mafia: Trump administration is clawing back funds already disbursed and has designs to gain control over banking and wire-transfers
the molotov-ribbentrop pact: historic examples—with devastating consequences—of not inviting all parties to the negotiating table—via Damn Interesting
deemed accomplices: Sheinbaum warns us renewed legal action for US gunmakers over complicity if drug cartels are designated as terror groups
a very large faucet: water-sharing treaties between Canada and its neighbour to the south have attracted unwanted attention
you say neato, check your libido and roll to the church your new tuxedo: that’s Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers on jazz bass
