A cartoon by Tom Toro.
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Among the 30 victims of Friday’s al-Qaida attack on a hotel and restaurant in Burkina Faso was Leila Alaoui, a French-Moroccan photographer known best for her powerful portraits of Moroccans and intimate, sensitive images of migrants and the displaced. She and her driver, Mahamadi Ouedraogo, were shot outside a restaurant in the capital, Ouagadougou.
Alaoui, 33, was based in Marrakech, Morocco, and Beirut and had traveled to Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, for an assignment covering women’s rights for Amnesty International.
Slain Photographer Sought ‘To Give Life To The Forgotten’
Photos: Leila Alaoui/Courtesy of Art Factum Gallery
Beach Music: An Interview With Alex G
The singer-songwriter talks about his new album, and writing about real people.
By Lucy Betz.
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Forgotten Housing Estates In Paris Captured By Laurent Kronental
These are beautifully stark landscapes. -Emily
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Sometimes the symmetry between Game of Thrones and D.C. is almost uncanny. Here are some examples.
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Steve Fitz playin round with his 33"…Drifter #drifter #33drifter #earthwing #earthwingskateboards @sfitz716
THAT’S PHILLY IN THE BACKGROUND
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Two French scientists at the Pierre and Marie Curie University investigated the physics of popcorn: what causes it to jump? A leg of starch slams against the ground. And what’s behind that popping sound? The explosive release of water vapor. Here’s the study.
To get a microscopic look at the starchy bubbles that make popcorn so fluffy, check out Skunk Bear’s video.
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Popcorn science! -Emily
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“There’s a well-worn bit of knowledge among musicians, when they talk about the virtues of practicing: Play until the instrument becomes an extension of yourself. That’s key for jazz and other improvisational musicians, where the aim is to close the gap between the ideas in their minds and the sounds of their instruments.
Chuck Stewart, a photographer whose visual legacy is intertwined with the history of jazz, subscribes to the same sort of philosophy. Fanatics who scrutinize the musicality of the form often extend that meticulous passion to the lives of its greatest stars: What was it like to perform with Miles Davis in one of his legendary ensembles? What was John Coltrane thinking as he listened to rehearsal takes from his album sessions?”