The Great Nike Robbery

by | Mar 17, 2025 | Weirdness

from the Los Angeles Times Inside the Mojave Desert train heists targeting Nike sneakers by Alex Wigglesworth A BNSF train in Arizona. (Walter Homann / Construction Photography / Avalon / Getty Images) The thieves stealthily board eastbound freight trains, hiding out...

AI Crocs

by | Mar 15, 2025 | Culture Music Art

from Fast Company Crocs just found the perfect use case for AI AI Jibbitz are here. Dream big. BY HUNTER SCHWARZ [Photo: courtesy of Ablo] There are plenty of questionable examples of companies shoehorning useless artificial intelligence features into their products...

There is another sky.

by | Mar 14, 2025 | Culture Music Art

from artnet How This Artist Is Using Ancient Ice and Stardust to Create Neo-Metaphysical Art Katie Paterson is currently the subject of a solo show with James Cohan in New York. Installation view of “Katie Paterson: There is another sky” (2025), showing...

Not yet.

by | Mar 13, 2025 | Weirdness

from The Financial Times Have humans passed peak brain power? Data across countries and ages reveal a growing struggle to concentrate, and declining verbal and numerical reasoning by JOHN BURN-MURDOCH What is intelligence? This may sound like a straightforward...