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Understanding the Sublime architecture of Bloodborne situates the setting of From Software's PS4 game in art history, drawing on everyone from Michelangelo to Michael Graves to the Mannerists.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 10:30 PM PST - 26 comments

Reading the news online pales compared to reading it in newsprint. Print—particularly the newspaper—is an amazingly sophisticated technology for showing you what’s important, and showing you a lot of it. The newspaper has refined its user interface for more than two centuries. Incorporated into your daily newspaper's architecture are the findings from field research conducted in thousands of newspapers over hundreds of millions of editions. [more inside]
posted by storybored at 9:02 PM PST - 55 comments

"The richest one per cent of the UK population now owns more than 20 times the total wealth of the poorest fifth, making the country one of the most unequal in the developed world, according to analysis by Oxfam. The figures suggest that around 634,000 Britons are worth 20 times as much as the poorest 13 million and the charity urged Theresa May to take action to close the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots”." [SL-Indy]
posted by marienbad at 8:35 PM PST - 37 comments

A barn quilt is a quilt block which is painted on a barn. Maybe you've seen one or two. A quilt trail is a driving route featuring a series of painted barn quilt blocks, often emphasizing architecture or landscapes and to attract tourism. There are quilt trails in 43 US states (large and small) and three Canadian provinces. Check to see if there is one near you.
posted by jessamyn at 7:27 PM PST - 20 comments

Gunhild Carling is a Swedish jazz musician.
Gunhild Carling plays bagpipe swing.
Gunhild Carling plays three trumpets simultaneously.
Gunhild Carling taps to an SM58 on the floor.
Gunhild Carling will never hurt you.
posted by cortex at 6:51 PM PST - 10 comments

The Great British Bake Off disaster: why the BBC got burned - thought with Mel and Sue leaving the show Channel 4 may have "just bought a tent."
posted by Artw at 4:53 PM PST - 87 comments

The Case Against Cats
posted by the man of twists and turns at 4:47 PM PST - 109 comments

micro is a lightweight, terminal-based text editor inspired by the now-classic pico and GNU nano editors. Compared to its predecessors, micro offers modern conveniences like mouse support, undo, syntax highlighting, split panes, and clipboard integration. Unlike other very serious text-based editors, micro strives to provide a simple "out of the box" configuration and keyboard shortcuts that will be familiar to many desktop users. [more inside]
posted by schmod at 4:38 PM PST - 114 comments

On Not Reading by Amy Hungerford [The Chronicle Review] “The activity of nonreading is something that scholars rarely discuss. When they — or others whose identities are bound up with books — do so, the discussions tend to have a shamefaced quality. Blame "cultural capital" — the sense of superiority associated with laying claim to books that mark one’s high social status. More entertainingly, blame Humiliation, the delicious game that a diabolical English professor invents in David Lodge’s 1975 academic satire, Changing Places. ”
posted by Fizz at 2:38 PM PST - 44 comments

Could a planet in the shape of a donut exist, and could it sustain life? Mmmmaybe. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:24 PM PST - 32 comments

Fresh Hop 2016 is upon us. Hop harvest started a couple of weeks ago. I was lucky and was able to go handpick some Citra hops off a farm on Labor Day for a local brewery here in Woodinville. Who is your favorite fresh hop ale from? Also, while this year may be hard if you can go get to the Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival. One of the best beer festivals in the world and right in the middle of where most of the hops come from.
posted by KingBoogly at 2:22 PM PST - 21 comments

OMG! My Fire Ants Are Planning an Escape [SLYT] [more inside]
posted by sfenders at 1:20 PM PST - 38 comments

Just what it advertises in the title.
posted by COD at 12:26 PM PST - 73 comments

In the U.S., bacon comes in packages that make the slices look lean from the front, but fatty from the back. But why?

From Paul Lukas of Uni Watch
posted by Chrysostom at 12:20 PM PST - 57 comments

Artist Windy Chien spent a year learning a different nautical knot a day. See all (most?) of the knots here.
posted by Miko at 11:45 AM PST - 31 comments

"in your relationships with other people, you’re almost certainly an overfunctioner or an underfunctioner. Faced with a challenge, you either switch into fixing mode, taking control, attacking the to-do list, and offering supposedly helpful advice; or you pull back, pleading for assistance, hoping others will take responsibility, and zone out. Put that way, it sounds like OFs are the productive (if slightly irritating) ones, while UFs are freeloading losers. But the true situation’s much murkier, and more interesting, than that." [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:59 AM PST - 78 comments

The Sugar Industry Hid Shocking Documents for 40 Years required reading for anyone who wants to understand how corporate funding shapes scientific research and ultimately public health policy
posted by infini at 10:33 AM PST - 25 comments

When I was a kid, I was legally blind due to the improper development of neurological connections as well as underdeveloped muscles. After a great doctor and a lot of work, I can see just fine now but for a while in my childhood, after a period of nothing, all I had was light and dark - this is how I remember family/friends describing colors to me.

posted by Etrigan at 9:33 AM PST - 16 comments

The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (get it?) has replaced 68 advertisements in the Clapham Common Tube station with pictures of cats. Many of the featured models are adoptable cats from Cats Protection or Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. More photos and video here.
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:58 AM PST - 16 comments

Kate McKinnon Talking About Her Cat. (slYouTube)
posted by Kitteh at 8:32 AM PST - 30 comments

Watch This Tiny Rainbow Peacock Spider Dance the Performance of His Life — Peacock Spider 9 (Maratus amabilis) shows the little dandies doing their best to hook up with the ladies (via Atlas Obscura). [more inside]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:46 AM PST - 23 comments

Lionel Shriver delivered the keynote address for the 54th edition of the Brisbane Writers Festival titled Fiction and Identity Politics addressing cultural appropriation in fiction writing. [more inside]
posted by SpacemanRed at 6:22 AM PST - 105 comments