“Incredibly, around 85% of the universe’s mass is now thought to be made up of wimps. These particles permeate the space around us, flying through normal matter but only rarely interacting with it.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Does YOUR Bookstore Have A Grab Bag Book-Vending Machine?
Unless you’re in Toronto, probably not.
Massive Staff Shake-ups At A Houston Museum
“Talento Bilingüe de Houston outlined a confusing staff scramble with the enforced calm of a flight attendant explaining that the wings have come off- including phrases like ‘as we know change in organizational structure is important in order to adapt.'”
Can A City Without Starchitects Have An Impact On Design?
San Francisco says yes.
In Pakistan, Honoring The Oldest Profession With Paint
“Hussain, 62, is a controversial figure in Pakistan, not only for his paintings of sex workers but also because of works that proffer scathing commentary on Pakistan’s inclination toward a more and more religiously strict and intolerant society.”
Hey, Rural Life: Cities Called. They Want You Back.
“Everywhere you look, the countryside has crept into cities and towns – the way we shop, eat, read, dress, decorate our homes, spend our time. Street food is sold out of revamped agricultural trucks, or from village-delivery style bicycles. City-dwellers are booking into a growing number of courses on rural life; urban bees and chickens are commonplace (though do keep up: ducks are where it’s at now).”
Bugs Bunny Can Save Classical Music, Right?
An invitation to a dialogue around classical music – start your letters ASAP.
How The Hell Did Ang Lee Adapt Life Of Pi?
“I thought it would be not only technically almost impossible but just the nature of the material. It should be made cheaply and it could not be. It was very hard to crack it.”
Barnes and Noble Doesn’t Sell Amazon Books, But That’s Far From Book-Banning
“The disruptors who do speak out for Ferriss won’t be risking personal harm. They won’t be standing up against free speech. Ferriss approached Amazon for a book deal and in four days, it will be published. That’s not exactly censorship.”
216 Non-consensual Nipples, Or None At All
“Like ‘feminist,’ ‘censorship’ has to be interpreted in context. Censorship really has two effects: symbolic and actual suppression of material. Since Beres’s print became a cause célèbre after it was censored, it is not being actually suppressed, only more widely circulated.”