As it turns out, the most important question (evolution-wise) may be “what’s that smell?” I really like these Winnipeg skating shelters. I’ve been worried about this sort of thing for…
Three of our favorite comedians, W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green, and Janine Brito, are unleashing a guerrilla stand-up comedy tour on America: Laughter Against The Machine. Click the link to…
It is safe to assume that today will be another day. Today in: things you can do with abandoned factories. Robot libraries of the future! Cool it chimps! Dutch detective…
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “Cold Summer Nights” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! June 13th, 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Matt Werner, Tayari Jones, Camille…
The internet was invented so I could go through the NYPL’s gallery of scientific and medical pictures. Istanbul’s urban sprawl makes for a good picture of the day. Yesterday was…
We just published an interview with artist, Edie Fake, who was semi-nomadic but is currently Chicago-based. He talks about touring the country on a bus, illustrating thought-projecting nose cones and…
All of us Wikipedia users are constantly reaping the benefits of massive information-based collaboration. This essay, published in the Awl, considers why this resource is so essential in our digital…
Broke-Ass Stuart’s site-specific musings on the San Francisco living experience are illustrated by our very own comic master, Wendy MacNaughton in the Bold Italic. He breaks down the major SF…
“When you read the kind of novel that promises to increase the strength of your upper-body as much as the height of your brow […] there’s an awe about the…
The future of public transportation is shaped like jellyfish. Amazing (and sort of gross) pictures of food. I’m sure you’ve always wondered why tarantulas poop silk out of their feet.…
This week in San Francisco, Shakespeare gets shaken up a bit for “The Boar’s Head“, grab your skates for a Furry Skate Disco Party and the Portuguese Artists Colony gets Vertigo.