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After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just the start of his heartbreaking journey

A long-read for this week: The Tragedy of Palestinian Journalist Wael al-Dahdouh by Nasrine Malik for The Guardian.

Christopher Soukop's series, A Dimly Lit World, is absolutely sublime. Plenty more on Soukop's site. Christopher also has a Flikr Photostream.

This is from a few years ago but for some reason I didn't link it back then. So: Isaac Cordal's Urban Inertia series from Montreal.

Some stunning work in Saroyan Humphrey's Nightlight series of photographs. Many more under the link.

Hannah Levesque makes very detailed custom paper architectural models.

Many more photos on Levesque's site, including close-ups and interior details. Wonderful stuff. There, you can order a custom job, or even purchase a DIY kit.

Apparently, I'm "more resilient to misinformation than 89% of the US population!"

Or so says The University of Cambridge's Misinformation Susceptibility Test. How about you? I did the 20-question test and it took me just a couple minutes.

A while back, I posted Towers of Silence, which features vultures, and today this video popped up on my feed. Lovely little story with some close-up vulture footage giving a perspective I'd never seen before. Short, just a couple minutes long, but covers vulture romance, arthritis, stem cell surgery, and more.

Trailer for The World According to Allee Willis, "the most interesting woman you've never heard of," according to the Washington Post. Looks great!

In addition to being a prolific and grammy-winning songwriter, Willis ran the Museum of Kitsch, which is how I first heard of her in 2010 (though I'd been of a fan of her music without knowing she'd written it). Willis died in 2019, but her Youtube channel lives on.

Digression Alert

Watching this trailer, I was reminded of Montez, a milliner I met once in LA in summer, 2016. She owned and operated The Milliner's Guild at Crossroads of the World.

After walking into her shop, which was closed at the time, I immediately felt a connection to her and we began a talk that lasted a few hours where she told me about growing up in Venice and hanging out with Hendrix or Jim Morrison or both. The specifics are vague as it was my first trip after a stroke a few months prior. She'd made hats for Madonna and plenty of other celebrities from the 80s going forward. We stayed in touch digitally for a few years and the last I heard, she'd moved to New Mexico with her husband. I just sent her a message through a probably now-dead channel, but hopefully I'll hear back.

I wonder if she knew Willis. Montez, are you out there?

"Own and control the next Bandcamp."

That's the pitch from Subvert.FM, a new Music Co-op: "Bandcamp's corporate acquisitions threaten independent music. It's time for a new model - one we collectively own and control."

Free for musicians and labels. $100 listeners. They've got a blog with more information.

I've listened to this live show countless times over the years. Great background music when you want to focus and get something done.