Tuesday, December 20, 2022
In 2009, when Chinese authorities blocked access to several websites, he took to his personal blog to voice his disapproval, according to a Wall Street Journal profile. “Go out and wear a T-shirt supporting Google,” he wrote. “If you block the internet, I’ll write what I want to say on my clothes.”
— Alex W. Palmer, "How TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis," The New York Times Magazine
Monday, December 19, 2022
We went to a book printing factory and learned something mind-blowing
books with sprayed edges are all done by hand
BY HAND
— @penguinukbooks
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Argentina’s third World Cup title — the first in 36 years — has generated a rare moment of euphoria for a country battered by near 100% inflation and facing months of economic and political uncertainty.
— @bloombergbusiness
Saturday, December 17, 2022
She's tuckin into a piece of that cake there guys. Got her little paws on it. Bless her.
— @martincritchlow on Mrs. Jingles
Friday, December 16, 2022
In conditions like that, as Cyprien documented, if you take spaghetti or eggs outside, they'll become pieces of stone in under a minute.
— @vice Instagram caption for series of photos by Cyprien Verseux and Carmen Possnig via @emily_elsie
Thursday, December 15, 2022
That's what all the poeple say.
— Frank Sinatra, "That's Life"
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
If you're afraid of everything, you know, you're basically overwhelmed. But if you start educating yourself as far as specifically what to prioritize as far as what to worry about, in a war zone, working, protecting somebody, you know. You're not looking at everybody's faces, you're just looking at their hands, because that's what's gonna kill you. You know, that's an example of focalizing, you know, what you're paranoid and what you're afraid of.
— Ed Calderon, "Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels | Lex Fridman Podcast #346"
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
A SUPERFLUOUS ILLUSTRATION OF HELLGATE BRIDGE!
— New York Review of Architecture #32
Monday, December 12, 2022
Ford also blamed economic paralysis on a faulty understanding of money and its proper function in the economy. He relentlessly insisted that Americans confused money with wealth. Though money needed to circulate freely in order to facilitate the buying and selling of goods, he admitted, it had no intrinsic value. “Money... may represent wealth, but it is not wealth itself.” Ford wrote.
— Steven Watts, The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Sunday, December 11, 2022
It's just tough because you can never make the same soup twice.
— Lily
Saturday, December 10, 2022
When Harold Hicks once urged Ford to complete the project, he replied, “Oh, no, I don't want to hurry up and get that done. If I get that done, I'll never have anything to do on this earth. When you don't have anything to do, then you're ready to die.”
— Steven Watts, The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Friday, December 9, 2022
Artists Once Known, and No Longer Remembered
— MFA Boston wall text, instead of saying "Unknown"
Thursday, December 8, 2022
All the tags have RFID.
— UNIQLO employee
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Artists constantly bring images of celebrities into their work as a recognizable entry point for viewers to take an interest in their practice.
— Brad Troemel, "CELEBRITY ART REPORT"
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Do they make an ai generator but for music? Like if I wanted to listen to Baa Baa Black Sheep by Raffi in the style of Slipknot?
— @benjibours
Monday, December 5, 2022
A good thing will sell itself.” Ford declared. “We must make good things in this country, and not do too much talking about them. You've just got to let people know where to get them, and that's all.”
— Steven Watts, The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Regional Piece
— Title of work by Ree Morton, ICA Boston
Saturday, December 3, 2022
It's mostly for the typing.
— M (probably paraphrased)*
Friday, December 2, 2022
Tonight, Gary Lezak gave his final weather forecast here at KSHB 41. Thank you for a great 30 years. We will miss you.
— @kshb41
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Whole idea of pointing at things, which is everything the camera does.
— Brian*
