Slimey, one of the world’s many fictional worms.
- New rules for drones! [The Economist]
- Paddy Johnson will be moderating a panel at Volta on digital collecting called “Art in the Cloud” Saturday March 7, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Panelists include art advisor and collector Stefan Simchowitz, collector David Diamond, independent art advisor, curator and collector Myriam Vanneschi and Transfer gallery founder Kelani Nichole. This conversation comes with its own trailer. [Artnet]
- Citizenfour is now on HBO Go. [HBO GO]
- Watch a crab get eaten by an octopus that literally leaps out of the water to eat its prey. The commentary is perfect. [YouTube]
- List of fictional worms. [Wikipedia]
- The New York Times Editorial Board has recently taken Governor Andrew Cuomo to task for failing to raise taxes needed to fund the MTA, and discussed the grave problems of air pollution in India. Yesterday, it took on the weather. The Board does not approve of winter. [The New York Times]
- “It’s like the tattoo thing—will I love it forever? Does it matter?” An art collector explains why getting tattoos is like building an art collection. [Art Practical]
- Our gadgets are getting smaller, but at the cost of shorter battery life. [Bloomberg via Alexis Madrigal]
- Here’s a question: What is Columbia University’s new sexual assault prevention requirement supposed to teach a student? From Jillian Steinhauer: “The language the school uses to describe it is a laughable hybrid of corporate-sounding mumbo-jumbo and touchy-feely vagueness; in the video, Columbia’s president says, ‘This is an opportunity to create art about the connection between sexual respect and membership in the Columbia University community,’ while others explain, ‘We invite you to express your thoughts and feelings about sexual respect — concepts like consent, relationships, boundaries.’” [Hyperallergic]
