Abigail Goldman is an investigator in the public defender's office. As part of her job, she visits morgues, observes autopsies, and studies pictures of crime scenes. To relax, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures.
More on Goldman's website.
These photos were sent to me and they're apparently up around Toronto. Anyone know if there are more? Or who made them? Would like to buy them a drink.
Update: hepta on MetaFilter pointed out that these were designed by Spring Magazine and that they've provided soft copies for you to print and post yourself. Fantastic!
It's a few years old now, but few things amuse me like this interview with Bridget Christie as one of the Taskmaster extras.
You may believe that rhino poaching is a one-sided, cut-and-dried affair, but there's nuance, and you can get it in this excellent podcast: The Invisible Hand.
Georgina Savage returns to South Africa to document her family’s fight in a poaching war, but as she gets more immersed in the lives of those involved, she must confront the colonial past of her country and its implications on a conflict close to home.
Aussie Greg Neville shows and discusses his Penguin Books collection, with an emphasis on Series Design. For instance, here are some from the Modern Classics series, and Neville's thoughts on them.
Plenty more on the Penguin Series Design site.
Via Metafilter.
I somehow missed this sweet video a couple months ago. One swan was injured and removed from Bluffer's Park. When Toronto Wildlife Center returned the swan to the park, this happened:
One Minute Park allows you to visit parks around the world... for one minute. Counter in the top right corner switches to a new park after 60 seconds. Browse button in the bottom left. Hit the question mark to submit your own video.
The 2012 documentary, The Imposter, is up on Youtube in its entirety. It is a truly unbelievable story.
Videos ain't your thing? Here's The Chameleon, the original David Grann New Yorker article from 2008, which is the first time I'd heard of imposter Frédéric Bourdin. If you're unfamiliar with David Grann, he's the author of the Killers of the Flower Moon, which Scorsese filmed in 2023.
Absolutely mind-boggling.
The Telegraph did an interview with Bourdin upon the film's release.
Alfred.Camera allows you to turn your old or unused devices into security cameras for no cost.
