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Ever wonder what it would be like to land a Cessna 172 at O'Hare?
posted by pjern at 11:50 PM PST - 54 comments

"Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was thus a foremother of feminism. She was also a war reporter, a pedagogue, a spiritual quester, a radical republican, a single mother, a passionate & taboo-breaking lover. Her story is ripe for the telling. This blog gathers anecdotes, freelance research, resources, and news of current projects..." A Vindication of the Rights of Mary | Mary | The blog | Me
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:53 PM PST - 7 comments

Many are sure that one of Judaism's central events never happened. Evidence, some published in this Mosaic essay for the first time, suggests otherwise. Joshua Berman, Was There an Exodus? [more inside]
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 8:59 PM PST - 98 comments

Rolling Stone has published an exhaustive Columbia School of Journalism study on their flawed reporting of an accusation of gang-rape at a University of Virginia fraternity (previously), with recommendations both for Rolling Stone and for media outlets globally about how to report on rape more responsibly in the future.
posted by gerryblog at 7:33 PM PST - 181 comments

Ricky Syers is a Drummer. He builds and performs on his own drum kits. Ricky Syers is a Puppeteer. He builds and performs with his own marionettes. Two great things that go great together.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:58 PM PST - 10 comments

Amber Galloway Gallego performs Eminem's Rap God in ASL.
posted by jenkinsEar at 5:25 PM PST - 12 comments

Reggie Watts gives a tour of the utopian city of Brasília.
posted by maskd at 12:58 PM PST - 10 comments

California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth [New York Times]

A punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled growth that has for so long been the state’s engine has run against the limits of nature.

California Water Use [New York Times] Are you affected? [New York Times] The Drought, explained. [New York Times Video] [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 12:44 PM PST - 168 comments

Dress up a 3D man and generate gifs from his poor miserable body with veryman.expert.
posted by ghostbikes at 12:26 PM PST - 32 comments

Footage of 1940s Chicago! The most American of American cities [article] and the wonder city of the middle west.
posted by phunniemee at 11:16 AM PST - 26 comments

Helen Keller's lesser known work as a lefty socialist: Helen Keller was famous for flourishing as a deaf and blind woman. She was well known for her work advocating for the physically disabled. As she discovered that those who are poor were more likely to be disabled, she began her journey towards a leftist, socialist ideology. Much of her political and social activism has been erased from history. This article offers a more complete look at her body of work. [more inside]
posted by batbat at 9:40 AM PST - 31 comments

On the 2nd of April 2015, 106-year old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira died at his hometown, Porto. Obituaries: The Guardian, Time. [more inside]
posted by khonostrov at 9:16 AM PST - 8 comments

"Let’s have a look at 50 movie posters and how they’ve been designed for movies that have been remade"— a four part series.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:17 AM PST - 97 comments

Already well on its way to a monster opening box office, Furious 7 is the latest installment in the little franchise[1] that could: ridiculous, more diverse than just about anything else coming out of Hollywood, and beloved by critics like Roxane Gay and Todd VanDerWerff. But in the end it's all about family[2]. (And occasionally cars.) [more inside]
posted by kmz at 12:10 AM PST - 102 comments