Society

A CNN analysis of the more than a dozen categories online shoppers can navigate on the Bed, Bath & Beyond website showed that the lion's share of the store's inventory was actually dedicated to the idea of "Beyond."

I was working part-time at the conspiracy storeMy boss was Mr. QHe told me several times that he’d open my eyesTo a world of secrets and government lies One day I was scrolling through my cha…

Pop culture depends on scarcity. When there are only a few TV stations or a dozen radio stations, it’s likely that many of us watch or hear the same thing at the same time. And so a popular T…

Graffiti is impermanent.Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to recognize graffiti and street art as a legitimate art form, the short-term and public nature of street art has presented challenges around sales and ownership.The team at Totomo has found a solution. They have been working with street artists around the world and galleries across Tokyo to create a platform to prove digital ownership of street art.We talk about the challenges of bringing digital tools and provenance into the spray-can world of street art, why this international team decided to launch in Japan first, and how to take advantage of the new startup support programs offered by the Shibuya government.It's a great conversation, and I think you'll enjoy it.

With all the imprints out there, it's sometimes difficult to know which imprint belongs to which of the big five publishers.

There have been over 100K UFO sightings reported worldwide since 1940. Roughly 5% or so are “strong” events, which seem rather hard to explain due to either many witnesses, especially reliable witnesses, physical evidence, or other factors. Many of these events are also “dramatic”, wherein the UFOs seem to display amazing abilities, ones well beyond those held by any known Earth orgs. I’d guess there are at least a thousand such strong dramatic reported events.

In light of an impending Hollywood writers' strike and recent media layoffs, the future of these industries and the people keeping them afloat are in jeopardy.

Critiques (3), citations (9), extraits de Le rêve des machines de Günther Anders. Ce recueil se compose de deux lettres de Gunther Anders découvertes da...

Two years ago, high inflation was about supply shortages and pricier goods. Then it was about war in Ukraine and energy. These days, services are key.

Harry Potter is slated for a "decade-long" TV adaptation, but J.K. Rowling's transphobia means it's up to the fans to leave the Wizarding World behind.

Americans have long nurtured mixed feelings about age and aged leaders. Yet during the country’s founding, a young America admired venerable old sages.

A New Jersey township has introduced a new rule to combat yelling and fighting at Little League games.

One woman's quest to make all knowledge free.

AI is the A-bomb of the mind.

Pat Gelsinger talked about why he’s optimistic about advancements in chip manufacturing during a visit to MIT.

In January 2020, two Detroit police officers greeted Robert Williams and promptly arrested him for robbery. The reason was because of an algorithm.

"Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf says he worries about AI's tendency toward misinformation, and about users' means of protecting themselves against it.

The former Fox News host didn’t just fuel far-right politics in the US. His rants have fed conspiracy theorists and extremists all over the world.

Meet the rednecks running a mutual aid auto repair shop in Alabama.

The history of the epithet, from its rise among leftists and jazz critics and folkies to its recent fall from favor.

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

What's wrong with this picture?

"User-generated content" built a database big enough to teach ChatGPT and its ilk.

The year was 1764, and on some unrecorded day, a humble weaver named James Hargreaves changed the course of history when he invented the Spinning Jenny in his modest home in Lancashire, England. This innovative machine dramatically increased the speed at which cotton could be spun into yarn, transforming the textile industry and becoming a...

In a groundbreaking decision, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled that a severance agreement with confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions was unlawful because it restricted the rights of employees to engage in protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Given how prevalent such provisions are in separation agreements, employers will have to consider very carefully what revisions they may need to make to these agreements when offering severance in exchange for a release.