art Esoteric programming language coded with images Rob Beschizza

Science AI tries to decipher rules of ancient board game Gail Sherman

vinyl Iconic ska record label archives destroyed in climate disaster Thom Dunn

airlines Airline offers women option to pick seats not beside men Allan Rose Hill

money 5 most evil con artists in history: Their shocking scams revealed  Ellsworth Toohey

Sonar image may show Ameelia Earhart's missing plane David Pescovitz

bmw BMW's $18 seat warmer subscription gets iced Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

the louvre Freaked out lion is getting his nails done Jennifer Sandlin

movies Blade becomes a victim of the writer's strike Devin Nealy

NASA Hubble Space Telescope images "runaway Black Hole" Thom Dunn

censorship Twitter blocks more than a hundred accounts, including journalists, poets and members of parliament, to please government of India Rob Beschizza

art The cube houses of the Netherlands Popkin

art Mondrian painting hung upside-down for 75 years, mocking everyone who ever stood in front of it stroking their smug pretentious chins Rob Beschizza

design Roboto serif, a new typeface from Google Rob Beschizza

crime New study shows that Mafia accountants are really good at their jobs Thom Dunn

tech The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model Séamus Bellamy

statues Michelangelo's fingerprints discovered on the butt of a wax sculpture Thom Dunn

animals "I was completely inside": Diver nearly swallowed by humpback whale David Pescovitz