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“Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type.” [kottke.org]
Knit Hello, a Simple Typeface for Knitting
Designer Rüdiger Schlömer has created a new typeface for beginning knitters called Knit Hello.
Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type.
You m
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October 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type.” [kottke.org]
High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a “pop culture and historical documentary [that] confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has largely been untold”. [kottke.org]
High Horse: The Black Cowboy
High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a three-part documentary about the culture of Black cowboys & cowgirls and their erasure from the history of the western United States.
From executive producer Jordan Peele and Monkeypa
kottke.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a “pop culture and historical documentary [that] confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has largely been untold”. [kottke.org]
Going to Art Galleries Can Improve Wellbeing. “Enjoying original works of art in a gallery can relieve stress, reduce the risk of heart disease and boost your immune system, according to the first study of its kind.” [theguardian.com]
Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals
Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds
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November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Going to Art Galleries Can Improve Wellbeing. “Enjoying original works of art in a gallery can relieve stress, reduce the risk of heart disease and boost your immune system, according to the first study of its kind.” [theguardian.com]
A zoomable, fully searchable archive of every single page of every single issue of BYTE magazine from 1975-1998. “I hope seeing everything in single, searchable place offers a unique perspective.” (via @jonudell.bsky.social) [byte.tsundoku.io]
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A zoomable, fully searchable archive of every single page of every single issue of BYTE magazine from 1975-1998. “I hope seeing everything in single, searchable place offers a unique perspective.” (via @jonudell.bsky.social) [byte.tsundoku.io]
Notes on Harold Brodkey’s 1992 essay Notes on American Fascism, which was dismissed at the time but now seems prescient. [thepointmag.com]
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Notes on Harold Brodkey’s 1992 essay Notes on American Fascism, which was dismissed at the time but now seems prescient. [thepointmag.com]
A two-hour version of the music played in the Wellness Center in Severance. “Please try to enjoy each listening session equally.” [kottke.org]
Two Hours of Wellness
A two-hour version of the music played in the Wellness Center in Severance. “Please try to enjoy each listening session equally.” See also Severance: Music To Refine To.
✅ Added to my Underscore collection.
kottke.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A two-hour version of the music played in the Wellness Center in Severance. “Please try to enjoy each listening session equally.” [kottke.org]
A Journey to Vietnam to Uncover the Origins of Phở. “If you want to find the origins, you must go to Nam Ðịnh province and a village called Vân Cù.” [ace.aaa.com]
A quest to uncovering the origins of pho
A writer explores Vietnam, seeking to untangle the origin of the beloved noodle soup that is the country’s national dish.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Journey to Vietnam to Uncover the Origins of Phở. “If you want to find the origins, you must go to Nam Ðịnh province and a village called Vân Cù.” [ace.aaa.com]
Video clip of a 17-year-old Notorious B.I.G. freestyle rapping on a corner in Brooklyn. It’s all right there…the talent, the confidence, the skills. [kottke.org]
17-Year-Old Biggie Smalls Freestyling
From Freestyle: The Art of the Rhyme, a short clip of a 17-year-old Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, aka The Notorious B.I.G.) freestyle rapping on a street corner in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn in 1989.
It’s all there.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Video clip of a 17-year-old Notorious B.I.G. freestyle rapping on a corner in Brooklyn. It’s all right there…the talent, the confidence, the skills. [kottke.org]
If you’re looking for a typeface with Radio Shack logo vibes, try Megazoid. [djr.com]
Megazoid
The type foundry of David Jonathan Ross (DJR), home of the Font of the Month Club. Making fonts such as Fit, Forma DJR, Gimlet, Manicotti, Input, Turnip, Condor, Trilby, Fern, and Output.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you’re looking for a typeface with Radio Shack logo vibes, try Megazoid. [djr.com]
Coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 2). “Even though we’re traveling from jazz to funk to middle eastern and Indonesian 70s disco then hip hop, then folk and even more genres, to me this felt like a cool experience of finding the throughline in music…” [youtube.com]
coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 2) - soulful selections
hello lovely humans! i’m back with the second video in the new vinyl series. if you’d like to help support my projects, as DJ sets can’t be monitized, you can always do so through buymeacoffee.com/coulou , no pressure at all though!
sorry there was such a big gap between the first vinyl session an
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 2). “Even though we’re traveling from jazz to funk to middle eastern and Indonesian 70s disco then hip hop, then folk and even more genres, to me this felt like a cool experience of finding the throughline in music…” [youtube.com]
“I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t,” says George Monbiot. “His [recent climate] essay reads like nothing so much as a peace offering to Donald Trump.” [theguardian.com]
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t,” says George Monbiot. “His [recent climate] essay reads like nothing so much as a peace offering to Donald Trump.” [theguardian.com]
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here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
What Mamdani Learned from His Mother’s Films. “How the ethics of the acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair echo in her son’s politics.” [pghrev.com]
What Mamdani Learned from His Mother’s Films - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Zohran Mamdani, as most readers know by now, is the son of a filmmaker, Mira Nair. His parents met while she was working on Mississippi Masala (1992); his
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November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
What Mamdani Learned from His Mother’s Films. “How the ethics of the acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair echo in her son’s politics.” [pghrev.com]
A hypnotic display of robots making tiny springs. “Lemme just bend that a little for you.” [kottke.org]
A Hypnotic Display of Robots Making Tiny Springs
A beautifully shot HD video of machines manufacturing springs and other wire gizmos. I love how all the tools take turns and work together to make the widgets. Imagine the chatter amongst the tools:
“Ok, thanks, my tu
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November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A hypnotic display of robots making tiny springs. “Lemme just bend that a little for you.” [kottke.org]
“A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of ‘red sprites’, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky.” [theguardian.com]
‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies
The extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red lightning – lasts for a millisecond and is rarely visible to the naked eye
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of ‘red sprites’, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky.” [theguardian.com]
“Members of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra playing Tango Jalousie while eating the worlds hottest chili peppers” (ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers). This is what elite professionalism looks like. [youtube.com]
Chili Klaus & Classical Orchestra 🌶
Members of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra playing Tango Jalousie while eating the worlds hottest chili peppers. The orchestra is conducted by Chili Klaus - a Danish Chili Pepper enthusiast.
Feel free to visit https://chiliklaus.dk for products, merchandise and hot sauce 🔥🥊
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November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Members of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra playing Tango Jalousie while eating the worlds hottest chili peppers” (ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers). This is what elite professionalism looks like. [youtube.com]
I Visited Every Country in the World Without Flying. Here Are Eight Things I Learned. “What you want and what you need are not the same thing.” [theguardian.com]
I visited every country in the world without flying. Here are eight things I learned
Spending nearly a decade on the move gave me a deeper understanding of the importance of conversation, people’s boundless generosity – and my limitations
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November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I Visited Every Country in the World Without Flying. Here Are Eight Things I Learned. “What you want and what you need are not the same thing.” [theguardian.com]
Mushrooms Playing Music. “The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fluctuations are converted into signals that control the robotic arms.” [kottke.org]
Mushrooms Playing Music
Bionic and the Wires connects sensors to plants and fungi to help them play music.
The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fluctuations are converted into signals that control the
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November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Mushrooms Playing Music. “The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fluctuations are converted into signals that control the robotic arms.” [kottke.org]
New exhibition at the British Library in London: Secret Maps. “Some of the maps on display reveal hidden landscapes, offering insight into places long forgotten or erased from official histories. Others are purposefully deceptive…” [events.bl.uk]
Secret Maps | British Library
Step into the shadows at Secret Maps, a major new exhibition revealing the stories hidden in some of history’s most mysterious maps.
events.bl.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New exhibition at the British Library in London: Secret Maps. “Some of the maps on display reveal hidden landscapes, offering insight into places long forgotten or erased from official histories. Others are purposefully deceptive…” [events.bl.uk]
Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone. [coffeefirst.games]
Royal Family: Daily Chess Logic Puzzle
Place all six chess pieces so each cage has exactly one and no piece attacks another.
coffeefirst.games
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone. [coffeefirst.games]
TIL: “Key man risk refers to the potential threat a company faces when a crucial employee, often a key executive or expert, is no longer available.” I think KDO has key person risk, although maybe I overestimate my VORP. [wrightpeoplehr.com]
Mitigating Key Man Risk: What is it and how do manage the risk? - Wright People HR
Recruitment Tips - How to Recruit Successfully, our 8-step approach makes the process a whole lot simpler and entirely more effective.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
TIL: “Key man risk refers to the potential threat a company faces when a crucial employee, often a key executive or expert, is no longer available.” I think KDO has key person risk, although maybe I overestimate my VORP. [wrightpeoplehr.com]
Where’s Maggie Simpson when you need her?
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Where’s Maggie Simpson when you need her?
Cole Escola (Oh, Mary!) is writing the screenplay for a Miss Piggy movie. Jennifer Lawrence & Emma Stone are producing. (Crossing my fingers for a Pigs in Space scene…) [variety.com]
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone Developing ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie With ‘Oh, Mary’ Tony-Winner Cole Escola
Jennifer Lawrence says she’s making a “Miss Piggy” movie with Emma Stone and Cole Escola.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Cole Escola (Oh, Mary!) is writing the screenplay for a Miss Piggy movie. Jennifer Lawrence & Emma Stone are producing. (Crossing my fingers for a Pigs in Space scene…) [variety.com]
The Daft Punk Experience in Fortnite is not quite new music from Daft Punk, but it is a cool new interactive audiovisual experience that deserves to be on their official discography. [kottke.org]
The Daft Punk Experience in Fortnite
Speaking of Daft Punk, did you know they released some new music recently? Ok well, that’s not quiiiite true, but in late September, Epic launched the Daft Punk Experience in Fortnite and IMO it’s a) extremely cool, nd b
kottke.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Daft Punk Experience in Fortnite is not quite new music from Daft Punk, but it is a cool new interactive audiovisual experience that deserves to be on their official discography. [kottke.org]
Space Type Generator is “a kinetic type generator” that’s a hell of a lot of fun to mess with. [spacetypegenerator.com]
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Space Type Generator is “a kinetic type generator” that’s a hell of a lot of fun to mess with. [spacetypegenerator.com]