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‪1920s/1930s Karl Arnold covers & art for the German magazine, Simplicissimus. The satirical mag frequently mocked German social structures.‬

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How rice farming may have spread across the ancient world

Rice farming spread far and wide in ancient Southeast Asia, but how it got there has been a mystery. Now, a study of 4000-year-old DNA—a rare find in this region—suggests it came with farmers migrating from China, where rice farming originated. That means the hunter-gatherers already living there didn’t learn farming themselves, or from their immediate neighbors, but rather from distant people moving into their territory—a pattern that may have played out throughout this part of the globe.

The study sheds light on “a pivotal period in social and ecological history,” says Hsiao-chun Hung, an archaeologist at Australian National University in Canberra who researches the spread of farming in Southeast Asia and wasn’t involved in the new work.

Scientists have struggled to peer into the prehistory of Southeast Asia because the region’s hot, humid climate tends to degrade DNA. But David Reich, a population geneticist at Harvard University, and Ron Pinhasi, a physical anthropologist at University of Vienna, gave it a go anyway. Read more.

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TONITE TONITE TONITE TONITE TONITE TONITE

Junk (Tin House, 2018) is an epic poetic ode to refuse, thrift stores, and eggplant emojis and is the third book in my “Teebs” trilogy. It’s been named one of NPR’s most anticipated books of 2018 and hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “build[ing] into an apocalyptic crescendo via Pico’s propulsive fervor, junk piling on junk.”

The book also implores you to value Junk itself, because “Junk has the best stories.” Instead of a typical reading, I asked six cultural and literary luminaries to bring a piece of junk from home and tell its story, old school show-and-tell style:

+ Nichole Perkins + Matt Ortile + Bukem Reitmayer + Chris Campanioni + Natalie Eilbert + Max Steele

RSVP encouraged but not required. Admission will be first come, first serve based on capacity. It is suggested you arrive at, or a few minutes before 8pm.

http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/newyork/tommy-pico-junk-book-release

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I can’t even describe how much I’m looking forward to picking up this book

#poetry tommypico junk

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The beyond, 1938, Rene Magritte

Medium: oil, canvas

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Maya Glyph Monday

elierlick

Police wear pride flags for publicity, to avoid critique, and to escape accountability for being fundamentally anti-Black/indigenous/queer/woman. We wear pride flags for revolution, resistance, and survival. Police are not our allies.

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A massive underground city. Illustration from POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, 1934.

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Kagurazaka, Tokyo.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokyonieve/

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Old Woman with handkerchief, 1903, Paula Modersohn-Becker

Size: 55x69 cm

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@lilacbreastedroller

I kinda see it as passive activism, you know?

City authorities often neglect or just plain ignore things like that. Sometimes hey may have valid reasons, like budget shortfalls. Other times, they may be too busy embellishing the places where the wealthy live to give other neighbourhoods the proper attention.

I figure it’s a nice way to call attention to the fact that something needs to be done, while also making the place prettier. Filling in gaps or sunken pavement areas or potholes. It looks good and also fills the gap to stop people from busting their ankles. It also makes people take notice, and might embarrass the authorities enough that they’ll actually do something.

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