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Cabinet is a quarterly magazine of arts and culture that believes curiosity is the very basis of ethics.

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    Cabinet 65 (“Knowledge”) is now available in print and online! Amy Knight Powell on why rectangles rule the world of art on the Trix rabbit, race, and “colorful” breakfasts Cecilia Sjöholm on the power of naming

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  2. A century before the Information Age, Jules Allix dreamed of instantaneous communication through “escargotic commotion.” on the Internet of Snails.

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  3. Mosque in Wünsdorf, Germany. The first ever on German soil, it was built in 1915 for Muslim prisoners-of-war captured from the British and French armies. The Germans hoped that hospitable behavior toward these POWs would entice Muslims under French & British rule to switch sides.

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  4. The dream of perpetual motion reflected a time when thinkers believed perfect machinery was the road to utopia. Our interview with Simon Schaffer.

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  6. Johann Konrad Dippel wanted to be famous for the precision of his astrology, the transmutative power of his alchemy, or the creation of a “universal remedy.” But he is remembered for the color Prussian Blue. George Pendle on a pigment and its progenitor.

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  7. Come to Cabinet Berlin on Jan 17 for “The Virtual Sentence,” a panel/practicum with Jeff Dolven Sally O'Reilly & Elena Vogman. We'll explore how sentence construction defines limits & possibilities for thought, ethics, and politics.

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  8. Some monks at Mont Sainte-Odile believed they were being robbed by a poltergeist. But the real culprit was a teacher with an old map. on burglary and architectural puzzles.

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  9. “Tanks invade now. Tanks cross borders. Tanks comprise the first and crushing wave of attack.” Questions from a 1937 interview with the inventor of the Tumbleweed Tank.

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  10. Behold Anna-Maria Hefele, one of the rare singers who can sing two notes at the same time (aka throat singing or overtone singing). Two videos of Hefele performing inside an MRI machine show the work her tongue has to do to produce this otherworldly sound.

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    From our friends in the math department

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  12. Muzak has been called many things—a utopian language, a Taylorist management scheme, a corrosive colonial tool, an “amniotic fluid” of sound. Susette Min on the proliferating meanings of piped-in music.

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  13. Rare footage of Marie Osmond explaining Hugo Ball and Dada to an unwitting audience. An art historian friend has informed us: “Not to be pedantic, but Ball’s costume is not accurate.” Still…

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  14. Banks too big to fail, the wealthy too complicated to audit... Meanwhile, a few years ago, our nonprofit magazine was audited. Someone from the IRS came to our office every day for 3 weeks to go through every bill and piece of income, and finally fined us $250 for one tiny error.

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    14 Dec 2019

    tribute to 16:9 aspect ratio

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    The wing of the party that refused to draw any lessons from their loss in 2016 -- except for: "Blame Russia For Everything" -- now wants to try to draw lessons from a 2019 vote in a different country across the ocean.

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  18. “When I was a child, there was a book about the Polish artist Balthus in the small library at our country home.” Johanna Ekström on the apprehension, desire, and nihilism that looking at Balthus’s girls evoked in her.

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  19. Point-by-point demolition by of the wholly unethical piece on Handke. Yes, New York Times; facts and context still matter.

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  20. Stalin was out swimming but he began to drown. A peasant passing by jumped in and pulled him to shore. Stalin asked the peasant what he wanted as a reward.Realizing whom he had saved, the peasant cried out ‘Nothing! Just please don’t tell anyone I saved you!’ On jokes in the USSR

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    10 Dec 2019

    1. Biden 2. He Who Must Not Be Named 3. Warren

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