
Jason Stieva (insta) makes elaborate, intense gothic sculptures: skulls with disturbing patterns of growth and embedded machinery, themselves assembled into clocks, ships, and miniature armies of the undead.
Amazingly, this isn’t his day job: he’s a tattoo artist!
Becoming important enough to merit a “hedcut” stippled portrait from the Wall Street Journal used to a be a significant honor. But on Monday, the WSJ announced that all members can now receive a hedcut courtesy of an AI that’s been trained over the last year. Along the way, developers ran into some speedbumps. Baldness […]
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At Victoria Richards’ Etsy store she sells stunning embroideries evoking the timeless pastoral landscapes of southern England. May favorites are the “aerial photographs” such as the one depicted here. Sadly, she’s all sold out for Christmas and you’ll have to wait until the new year to order. Her Instagram is a greatest hits catalog.
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In the above episode of the Museum of Modern Art’s “The Way I See It,” the patron saint of bad taste John Waters looks at Lee Lozano’s “Untitled” (1963). “I buy art and love art that frightens me and gives me flashbacks to things that scared me. And then I overcome it by looking at […]
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When it comes to bathroom breaks, do you struggle to stay…”regular”? You’re not alone. Most people don’t use the toilet correctly, for the simple reason that toilets in the western hemisphere aren’t actually designed to make eliminations as easy as they could be. For that, you need a stool. And unlike your toilet, the TURBO™ […]
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Whether you own or rent your place, insurance on that home is a necessary hassle – but a new tech-driven company called Lemonade is starting to show that while it might indeed be a necessity, it doesn’t have to be a hassle. Here’s the way insurance typically works: You pay premiums and hope an accident […]
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We’re rapidly approaching the point where wireless audio is breaking free of its only real stigma: Lackluster sound. There are a few earbuds edging into the market that not only deliver a solid listening experience but do it at an affordable price. Schatzii’s BULLET 2.0 Bluetooth Stereo Earbuds are definitely earning some high marks in […]
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