I have started volunteering once a week at a local farm stand. This is for many reasons — not least of which is I get a box of free vegetables in exchange for my time, which I will admit is what drew me to the gig in the first place — but I’d be lying …
Scotland Is Now the First Country to Require LGBTQ+ History in Schools
The new curriculum will also incorporate queer topics into everyday learning. More info from scot.gov. [via]
Skoilet
Rob Sheridan: Many of you sent me this viral photo of a skull toilet – a “Skoilet,” if you will – and I am very grateful, because this is of course Extremely My Shit. I had to know more, and I ended up down a rabbit hole into the fascinating world of l…
The Challenges of Emerging from Lockdown
Ada Limón on Preparing the Body for a Reopened World [slLitHub]
Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing
The six reasons CAPTCHA pictures make you feel like crap. [SL Medium / Archive]
When Billie Eilish met Stormzy
The two artists, beacons of excellence in pop, come together to discuss failure, rejecting the role model label and Stormzy’s favourite Billie track. [i-D]
Little Simz: “It’s nice to see my peers win. When they win, I win”
Simbiatu Ajikawo’s (aka Little Simz) fourth album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ , is a stunning, sprawling, ambitious ode to family – both the one you’re born into, and the one you choose. [NME]
‘A Loveable Anarchist’: The Oral History of Mr Blobby
We chart the birth, death and unlikely resurrection of British TV’s most unhinged chaos merchant. [slVice]
Short Lease in a Slick Machine
A personal essay by Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell: The apartment I’ve lived in this past year quite frankly and very succinctly encompasses everything I kind of hate about architecture, about design, about the ways people in the profession are expected…
Jonah Hill on the Myth of the Damaged Artist
Jonah Hill Is SuperGood – His 20s were wild: a parade of raunchy, era-defining comedies. Then Jonah Hill shifted gears, directing a deeply personal film and taking on the kinds of rich, complex roles he’s always wanted. Here he opens up to director Ada…