Coming May 19th from 99% Invisible and BBC Studios, a new original series: A History of the United States in 100 Objects.
Each episode examines an ordinary object from America – sometimes overlooked, sometimes discarded – to uncover the human stories, contradictions, and cultural forces it reflects
Richard Karn acknowledging that no one asked for or needed an NFT from him
praying, against all odds, for this outcome
There are much greater problems in the world, yeah, but I still don't like living in one where I'm no longer looking forward to a Wagner Moura-starring boat movie directed by Steven Soderbergh.
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me watching the first couple figure skaters: "wow can you believe human beings can even do this"
me by the fourth figure skater: "hmm looks like she had a little trouble with the landing on that triple triple combination"
honestly respect for the ad that’s just like “pokemon are cool.” they are cool
I always spend four years having zero interest in sports whatsoever and then every Winter Olympics I discover anew a passion for curling
imagine working at a company where your new ceo addresses the entire staff for the first time and the first thing they show you is this picture
I heard the nearest Whole Foods was a zoo this afternoon and it is so funny when people in New York City in particular do this en masse, because I’ve lived here through plenty of worse storms than this one will be and people stay inside for at most 12 hours before they decide to walk to a bar
One might say that there’s not a lot of reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last.
Fil check your email I just forwarded you something very important
frankly I don't know if we will ever top this episode art
One of my favorite covers ever: Harry Nilsson drunkenly screaming his lungs out to Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross"
I did appreciate the overrepresentation of Intolerable Cruelty and The Good German in the Clooney montage, based choice by Baumbach
As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
auto-tuning children has become very prevalent (see: Wonka (2023)), but it should be a criminal offense. the Sesame Street theme rocks because it's full of secondary dominant 7th chords, so no matter how flat the kids sing, it sounds hip and even bluesy. let kids' voices be pitchy!!!
Wishing a joyous 83rd birthday to the legendary Martin Scorsese!
-"you let ME handle the board"
-"you're either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid"
-"I did it just to see the look on your face"
-"what are YOU doing here?" "saving your ass"
-Tarkovsky
We are entering a phase when it will be very important to not hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
Peter Hujar's Day!!!! I loved it!
I started a newsletter, it's very very naval gazey in a way that might get literal, it will only exist for one week, here is the first one: dressedlikeme.beehiiv.com/p/i-dressed-...
hell yeah this is awesome, amazing rec... need them to come tour the States ASAP
lotta colors and textured clouds over the Manhattan skyline
feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞
it's 3:50pm on 10/31 and I'm only just now seeing my first drag Aunt Gladys costume of the season???
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
in a still from the film "One Battle After Another", Leonardio diCaprio is angrily on a payphone call. The text reads "All of our operators are assisting other customers. Please stay on the line. Your call is important to us."
tomorrow on @99pi.org
