I dreamt I could query Google Maps AI-style: “make me a 32 day backpacking itinerary for Japan featuring small villages with hot springs” or “show me cities in Texas with higher than average dog populations.”

I want this to be real.

This might be a good reason to take a side trip up to Amherst: carlemuseum.org/explore-art/ex…

Nice way to start the day: gateway.fxhash2.xyz/ipfs/QmZvfCTkk… by
zancan 🌿
and
Yazid (part of the '(kinder)Garden, Monuments' project: fxhash.xyz/generative/slu…)

Edward Gorey swam in one of the coldest but deepest currents of children’s literature, @cncep writes. But his stories also took children’s fears and anxieties about bodily integrity, environmental danger, and parental neglect seriously.
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Facebook's AI team has been releasing some interesting open-source projects recently: github.com/facebookresear…

For years I've advocated for a book form that is somewhere between a picture book and a graphic novel. Tonight I learned Enchanted Lion Books is starting a new imprint for teens/adults that seems to be exactly that. I'm excited to see what comes out of this. enchantedlion.com/unruly

Taxi meter mechanism:

Prospect Park is dog heaven right now.

Do you grow tomatoes? If so, the experimental farm network is a pretty great place to find seeds: store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/collections/to…

If you love NYC, do yourself a favor and check out Tria Giovan's project Loisaida documenting the Lower East Side in the 80s: triagiovanphotography.com/loisaida

Soon to be a book!

I overheard some teens on the F train lamenting how 'normal and boring' everything (and everyone) is today. I wanted to tell them to travel a bit. People everywhere are weird and wonderful if you just look around. foundation.app/@themexican/st…

Enjoy some nice Edo-period animal drawings before bed.

Fellow camera geeks might enjoy this deep dive into the importance of the imaging pipeline (over camera selection) by cinematographer Steve Yedlin: yedlin.net/DisplayPrepDem…

This Tiktok hearing is a total farce, an embarrassment for the government.

Nice details. Star Ship Troopers first edition.