Phoon Phaan (Pomp & Grandeur)
Habib Khan, Quetta: I have been linked to Karachi for the last fifty years and have lived a significant part of those fifty years in the city or its suburbs.
Sunday Poem: ‘Oceans’ by Belle
An entire sea of waterCant sink a shipUnless the water gets insideYou sunk me.You got inside my being,Wrapped your smile around my heart.And crushed me.I cant breathe anymore.Waves of nausea
The Medieval World [Interactive Map]
by OUP History: The study of the Middle Ages is expanding. With new locales and cross-cultural interconnections being explored, the study of the medieval world has never been more open.
For Trump, the Debate Was Another Chapter in the Rewriting of Jan. 6
By Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: About halfway through Thursday night’s presidential debate, the moderators asked former President Donald Trump about Jan. 6. Amid all the focus on
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Documenting ‘How to Rob a Bank’
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porges, the producers and directors of How to Rob a Bank. Streaming now
How America Got Into This Omnishambles
Yascha Mounk at Persuasion: America is in deep, deep trouble. Before Thursday’s debate, the leading contender to win the upcoming presidential election was already Donald Trump, a man whose first stint
The Downsides of Rehashing Problems With Friends
by Shayla Love at Psyche: It’s Friday night. You’re sitting down to dinner with your best friend, with no limit on your time together. What do you talk about? It’s
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Ray Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future
Sveta McShane in Singularity Hub: Over the last several decades, the digital revolution has changed nearly every aspect of our lives. The pace of progress in computers has been accelerating, and
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From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War: How Ethiopia’s Leader Beguiled the World
Tom Gardner in The Guardian: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know anything about Abiy Ahmed.” The message flashed up from someone I had been told to call Napoleon. It was the
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Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun
Meghan Willcoxon at Quanta: Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees
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The Hunt for the Man Behind the World’s Most Popular 3D-printed Gun
Gemma Ware at The Conversation: 3D-printed guns are appearing the world over, including in the hands of organised criminals in Europe and anti-junta rebels in Myanmar. Made using a 3D
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Jazz Remains the Sound of Modernism
Ed Simon at The Millions: There are two irrefutable axioms that can be made about jazz. The first is that jazz is America’s most significant cultural contribution to the world;