ephemeral 80s: a side project from Curios British Telly
informal collaborator: methods of surveillance and monitoring by the Iron Curtain
consumer expenditures: Bureau Labour Statistics, under pressure from the Trump administration’s push for a rosy economic outlook postponed releasing a key annual report—see previously
the vela incident: a mysterious double flash in the India ocean was detected on this day in 1979, thought to be an undeclared nuclear test
just look where you’re walking or you’ll get ko’d by the gauntlet of misshapened zucchini-descendant bastards swinging from above: it’s that time again—see previously
estᴰ: an archive of derelict shopfronts from the 1970s and 1980s of East London
disgruntled nomenclature: a list of American college presidents—drawn from a 1973 yearbook of higher education—are particularly interchangeable and revealing of patriarchical power structures
upstairs, downstairs: seven decades of ITV on the anniversary of its founding, breaking the BBC broadcast monopoly
synchronoptica
one year ago: Bilbo Baggins’ birthday (with synchronopticæ), St Mauritius, first contact plus a presidential assassination attempt (1975)
twelve years ago: Singapore’s Super Trees, bad real estate photographs plus untamed houseplants
thirteen years ago: promoting women executives
fourteen years ago: safe overtaking plus the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
fifteen years ago: a classic iPad sleeve
sixteen years ago: our little travel blog
seventeen years ago: de-logistics