Kids playing in the International Fountain on May 8th, 2015 (Photo:
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Warm light, cold ice, strange objects…
Blavand Ice Age: Warm light, cold ice, strange objects… (Photo: Christian/BlavandMaster; reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
LaunchHarper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird gets a sequel, after fifty years: Go Set a Watchman
In an announcement that already has the literary community abuzz, the publishing house HarperCollins has announced that it will soon be publishing a sequel to
LaunchDan Stubbs explains the folly of the Parental Advisory Explicit Content sticker
It’s become a real badge of honour to have that sticker on your CD now… It came out of this puritanical drive in America against
LaunchThis week in excellent drawings: Yaco Roca’s vintage robot
Yaco Roca: “This week’s entry for Illustration Friday’s theme Toy. A vintage robot, done in 30 minutes as I am in a hurry today!
LaunchA double rainbow in June
A double rainbow can be seen above a field of green on a mid-June day. (Photo: Ulf Bodin, reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
LaunchSunset on June Lake
Photographer Justin Brown: “After Christmas I spent a few days with my family up in Mammoth. The skiing wasn’t very good, so one afternoon I drove over to June Lake to watch the sunset. My mom showed me this great spot which was a little bit hidden from the road but it has a great view of the lake, the town and the ski mountain.” (Photo: Justin Brown, reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
LaunchMeet the man who remade Middle‑earth
ETHAN GILSDORF: I know that there are many new characters and places in The Hobbit, but the basic elements and locations are already there. I
LaunchFields of green and gold: An eastern Washington scene on a warm spring day
Green and gold fields near Ritzville are pictured beneath a bluish-gray sky on a warm spring day in May. (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)
LaunchThe majesty of Mount Rainier, seen from the De Leo Wall Trail
Mount Rainier stands majestically above the Cascade foothills on a sunny, incredibly warm April day, as seen from a spot on Cougar Mountain’s De Leo Wall Trail. (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)
LaunchApril showers, April flowers
Photographer Alan Wolf: “Bloodroot is my favorite spring flower. I especially like the leaves with their net venation. They curl around the flowers and really don’t open up much until the flowers are gone.” (Reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
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Vive Dessins: ”Catfish”
LaunchWhy YouTube’s automated copyright takedown system hurts artists
It is up to me to prove myself innocent by asking eighteen different publishing companies through an automated system to revoke the automated claims. Each
LaunchOcean Breeze by Yuma Okamoto
Ocean Breeze by Yuma Okamoto
LaunchHow ironic: “House of Cards” threatens to leave Maryland unless state gives them bigger tax break
How ironic: The producers of “House of Cards” are threatening to leave Maryland unless state gives them bigger tax break In a letter to Governor
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