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The Feather Heist | This American Life
An “analytical diagram” illustrating the various parts of a Jock Scott salmon fly. George M. Kelson’s The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It (1895) A flute player steals a million dollars worth of dead birds. … Continue reading
In His Largest LEGO Work Yet, Ai Weiwei Recreates One of Claude Monet’s Most Famous Paintings | Colossal
MARCH 23, 2023. KATE MOTHES Ai Weiwei, “Water Lilies #1” (2022), LEGO. All images © the artist, shared with permission courtesy of Galleria Continua. All photos by Ela Bialkowska/OKNO Studio Composed of nearly 650,000 pieces in 22 colors, “Water Lilies … Continue reading
Allusionist 172. A Brief History of Brazilian Portuguese | The Allusionist
“The myths, or the received wisdom, about Portuguese language in Brazil is that, of course we know we speak a very different version of the language, but this has always been explained to us as maybe perhaps a defect of … Continue reading
The History of the South’s Forbidden Black Burials
A proper burial is a ceremony that many of us take for granted, but that was not the case for African Americans for a large portion of history in the U.S. In the premiere of Ritual, Tank Ball explores the … Continue reading
What People Get Wrong About African-American English | Otherwords
For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub It’s one of the most studied — and most controversial — varieties of English. But many people still hold deep misconceptions about African-American English (AAE). Otherwords is a new PBS web series on … Continue reading
He passed For Black To Marry Black Woman – The Story Of Clarence King
During America’s Gilded Age, Clarence King was a famous geologist, friend of wealthy, famous, and powerful men. He was a larger-than-life character whose intellect and wanderlust pushed him to survey far-flung regions of the western U.S. and South America and … Continue reading
The Dark Origins of the Scientific Method
[…] ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ 500 years before the Scientific Revolution, the mathematician Al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham spent hours in a dark room studying the light that filtered in. Not only did he revolutionize how we literally see … Continue reading
‘All on a Mardi Gras Day’ Follows Big Chief Demond Melancon as He Creates His Beaded Suit for the Annual Celebration | Colossal
FEBRUARY 28, 2023. GRACE EBERT “All on a Mardi Gras Day” follows Demond Melancon as he painstakingly beads the vibrant suit he’ll wear during the festival. “Who are the Indians? This is the old stories that were told to me. … Continue reading
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