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ift.tt/3dKsSYG Short pamphlet of conversations with Whitman in his last years by the art critic and poet Sadakichi Hartmann. via ift.tt/3dKlY5C ift.tt/1m2aii5

ift.tt/35meDoV During the 17th century, as knowledge of the Universe and its contents increased, so did speculation about life on other planets. One such source, as Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores, was Dutch astronomer, mathematician, and inventor Christiaan Huygens, whose earlier work…

ift.tt/3j4YjOk Total and Google Cloud are enthusiastically sharing that they have pooled their expertise and created a tool called Solar Mapper. With this tool, they aim to "accelerate the deployment of solar panels for individuals (B2C) by providing an accurate…

ift.tt/3jcr2ka Gavin Shoebridge, the creator of Kiwi EV Adventures on YouTube, has a goal to convert a 1982 Lada Niva into an EV. He has his eye on one and is using ebook sales and the extra help from supporters…

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ift.tt/349TaAj "Carpenter," 1927, Kazimir Malevich. The artist’s Wikipedia page. His complete works here. via ift.tt/31hMRIY ift.tt/w1VAF6

ift.tt/3j8At4c Make the filling. Place 1 1/2 cups full-fat coconut milk, 1 1/2 cups half-and-half, 5 large egg yolks, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in a medium saucepan and…

ift.tt/3nZFFLt Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext:Someone on patreon pointed out that the small mammal sure looks like the infamous hedgefox of comics past, which makes perfect sense in context. Today’s News: via ift.tt/2T5jRQs ift.tt/1Li4Gcy

ift.tt/2IwMwf1 Three-year-old loses whole family in missile attack on Azeri city Khadija Shahnazarli’s mother and 16-month-old sister were buried in the same grave, next to her father after a missile hit their home in Ganja. A mother and her 16-month-old…

ift.tt/3lEzURk A Full Plate is a column about family life and the home by contributing writer Laura Fenton, who explores the intersection of sustainable living and home design through a mother’s eyes. I keep a tidy and organized home, but…

ift.tt/3k2aRqU Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext:Kelly told me the first two panels were a bit much, but so far I haven’t been struck by lightning, so I think we’re good. Today’s News: via ift.tt/33UcLo2 ift.tt/1Li4Gcy

ift.tt/3776ZkQ A team of physicists in New York has discovered a material that conducts electricity with perfect efficiency at room temperature — a long-sought scientific milestone. The hydrogen, carbon and sulfur compound operates as a superconductor at up to 59…

ift.tt/314qLtG A single, dominant theme has emerged from Amy Coney Barrett’s testimony during her confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court this week: She is, she has repeatedly said, a “textualist” who believes that the plain meaning of a statute…

ift.tt/375ztM3 We all have that friend by Yarin Klein. Brown bears at Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Russia. Yarin Klein / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Sun salutation class by Sue Hollis. Sea lion in the Galapagos Islands. Sue Hollis / Comedy…

ift.tt/34ZBo1J If I had to place money on a neurotech that will win the Nobel Prize, it’s optogenetics. The technology uses light of different frequencies to control the brain. It’s a brilliant mind-meld of basic neurobiology and engineering that hijacks…

ift.tt/3iYtbjx Zeke Dunn of Brooklyn has worked at polling places in nearly every primary and general election since 2017. The 39-year-old television producer says doing so provides a way for him to connect with his neighbors and fulfill his civic…

ift.tt/370lyH0 It is not often that a comedian gives an astrophysicist goose bumps when discussing the laws of physics. But comic Chuck Nice managed to do just that in a recent episode of the podcast StarTalk. The show’s host Neil…

ift.tt/2JDJdQu Shifrah Combiths Contributor With five children, Shifrah is learning a thing or two about how to keep a fairly organized and pretty clean house with a grateful heart in a way that leaves plenty of time for the people…

ift.tt/3lF9OxB Artist’s impression of star being tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole.   ESO/M. Kornmesser It’s one of those astounding events that sounds like science fiction, but is just plain science. Astronomers say they were able to capture in…

ift.tt/33QiFGC Without trees, trenches, or other terrain to provide cover, the open ocean made for an especially dangerous battlefield during the 20th century for aircraft and watercraft alike. Ships were sitting ducks that you could spot from miles away, and…

ift.tt/2SPxeEk Photographer Peter Maier of Visit Austria captured gorgeous timelapse footage of a sudden cloudburst that rained down from overhead while moving across Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria. Storm cell discharges over the Millstättersee via Boing Boing Related Posts Storm…

ift.tt/2Fon9Ln If you enjoy this work, and if you can afford to do so, please consider helping me keep it sustainable in this no good, very bad year and beyond, by joining Sparky’s List! Also: my new book, LIFE IN THE…

ift.tt/33TKTAp Dolly Parton is loved for many reasons—the songwriting, the singing, the industry smarts, the cheeky cracks, the homey manner, the beauty, the verve, the hits. She is also loved for being loved, and loved transcendentally. During a red-hot summer…

ift.tt/3iR4V2S ○ 1 The virus was engineered in a laboratory in China. Because the pathogen first emerged in Wuhan, China, President Donald Trump and others have claimed, without evidence, that it started in a lab there, and some conspiracy theorists…