The efforts of Low-Tech Magazine to reduce the energy use required to access their content by building a low-tech, self-hosted, and solar-powered website for themselves and Banksy trolling (or possibly being in complicity with) the art world by orchestrating the self-destruction of his painting right after it had been sold at auction by Sotheby’s for $1.4 million USD.

The landscape of video games and how many more new games have come into being over the past four years. How has this affected the video game industry and what does the future of it look like? and An opinion piece written by Tim Wu that praises the pursuit of mediocrity in certain areas of life and the practice of having hobbies.

The OSTRICH PILLOW HOOD Kickstarter as a way to talk about the use of products to perform individual pursuit of well-being and “The Diminishing Marginal Value of Aesthetics” published by Subpixel at length as a way to talk about visual culture and the challenges creators face.

New York Times article that looks into the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% to see if the shoe really does improve running times and Jonah Hill interview published in 52 Insights that connected with her recent thinking about the idea of origin stories.

A viral series of screenshots comparing a Russian AI assistant and the Google assistant. The article from Aeon on the subject suggests that the increasing reliance of humans on AI and technology for help with emotional health issues is something to be cautious about and The new Nike App at Retail and whether there are better ways to merge digital technology and physical spaces.

The fashion industry’s inconsistent attitude towards the #MeToo movement by talking through the issues brought up by Julie Zerbo in a recent The Fashion Law article and The Michelin Guide having recently covered Guangzhou and how the mission of the guide doesn’t include reviewing street food