reading Why it's okay you never finished reading that book, according to Francis Bacon in 1597 Clive Thompson

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

art Comparison of popular AI image generators Rob Beschizza

images Dall-E Mini makes generating weird machine-brain images easier than ever Rob Beschizza

robots Boston Dynamics robot moves like Jagger Rob Beschizza

No-masker arrested for assaulting Uber driver with a caustic chemical Mark Frauenfelder

AI GANksy: disturbing AI-powered street art Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Paul Krassner, RIP (1932 – 2019) Mark Frauenfelder

Business Consultants will train the crew of your super-yacht to take care of your fine art collection Cory Doctorow

drugs Stench from marijuana farms outrages some California residents David Pescovitz

art Robbie Barrat's AI-generated nude paintings make Francis Bacon look like a genteel pre-Raphaelite Rob Beschizza

robots Boston Dynamics' door-opening dogbot gets rough treatement Rob Beschizza

History The arc of history is long, but how do we bend it? Cory Doctorow

art Screaming Pepe Rob Beschizza

Entertainment The nature vs. nurture question looms in Orphan Black [s2e5] Caroline Siede

ralph steadman The Art of Ralph Steadman's "Slightly Maniacal" Humor Ethan Gilsdorf