baboon heart is an outlook, a point of view; we watch these movies through an ape’s eyes.
All English speakers think daily in contraband, even those who would rather not.
“On the origin of ‘the most beautiful word in the dictionary’ according to Trump – ‘tariff’”, Eric Andrew-Gee for The Globe and Mail
Submitted by Lex.
Watching Trump launch a crypto coin days before his own inauguration that instantly made him billions of dollars richer is kind of impressive, in the way that you might be impressed by watching the planes strike the twin towers on 9/11.
“The Land of Greater Fools”, Hamilton Nolan’s newsletter How Things Work
I can understand it from the beep-boop computer side, but we don’t see the beep-boop computer, we see the Kool-Aid Man.
Jason Snell on Upgrade podcast episode 547, “Figure Out and Find Out”
Submitted by Travis.
Twelve hours later, at 4:12 a.m., awake in my coffin-dark room, I would ruminate over the haste with which he flew to jelly beans.
“How My Trip to Quit Sugar Became a Journey Into Hell”, Caity Weaver for The New York Times Magazine
It is a pity for all of us who would prefer not to engage with the bad legacy media outlets that they sometimes happen to also employ the last of the grand gonzo writers, like Caity Weaver. The good news is I believe this is Weaver’s final piece for NYT; the bad news is she’s moving on to The Atlantic. One can only hope Weaver’s next blockbuster essay will be about an elaborate scheme to drive Helen Lewis out of writing altogether.
If there is a utopian sensibility running through Lynch’s films, it is here – in this boyish, inchoate, but touchingly stubborn intuition that a single woman’s suffering can tear the fabric of the world.
“Women in Trouble”, Max Nelson for Sidecar
“I definitely would not suggest that people ate oysters instead of taking antibiotics if they have got a serious infection,” Benkendorff said.
Kirsten Benkendorff as quoted in “Australian oysters’ blood could hold key to fighting drug-resistant superbugs, researchers find”, Donna Lu for The Guardian
Submitted by Justin.
Lonely sunfish in Japan gets cardboard human friends
Headline of a BBC news article by Koh Ewe
He was like a tuning fork: his resonance was so strong that those around him had no choice but to start vibrating, too.
Dean Hurley as quoted in “Remembering David Lynch”, Michael Lawson for RA
In the spiritual tradition of Augustine and Aristotle, Hundreds of Beavers is about the pursuit of The Good Life (eudaimonia) and the importance of gaining practical wisdom (phronesis) through virtuous efforts, overcoming vices, and trying to catch and kill people dressed in animal mascot costumes.
“Pilgrim’s Progress: Hundreds of Beavers (2024)”, Joel Mayward for Bright Wall/Dark Room
Submitted by James.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
“Good Bones”, Maggie Smith
For an underachieving elitist, better to be incomparably strange than second-rate.
“The Zen Playboy”, Malcolm Harris for The Nation