May 30, 2026
Clean Slates →
On second chances, walking out, and what the record remembers. The 'Clean Slate' record-sealing movement grows across red and blue states. A pregnant woman and her son finally fly home to Ghana after a week detained at Dulles. The White House breaks precedent by withholding Trump's medical report. An Iowa Paralympian tries to spark a rural Democratic revival.
May 29, 2026
Ground Level →
On failures, waiting, and what happens close to earth. Blue Origin's rocket explodes during a ground test. Hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers must remain under 24/7 watch. Villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave while searching for gold await rescue. Haiti heads to the World Cup, bringing rare unity to a country beset by crisis.
May 28, 2026
What Leaks Through →
Contamination, emergence, and the things that seep past barriers. Australia sues 3M for $1.4 billion over 'forever chemicals.' Eleven presumed dead after chemical contamination pours into the Columbia River. A Google engineer allegedly used insider info to make $1.2M on Polymarket. Iranians emerge online after months of blackout with skepticism intact.
May 27, 2026
What Carries Through →
On legacies, blackouts, and the words that outlive us. Clarence B. Jones, who helped shape "I Have A Dream," dies at 95. Iranians emerge online after months of blackout with defiance intact. ICE facility hunger strikers refuse to eat as protests clash outside. An interpreter who helped migrants navigate the system is detained by DHS.
May 26, 2026
Getting Up →
On caves, refusals, and the people who keep getting up. Rescuers race to reach 7 villagers trapped for a week in a flooded Laos cave, jazz giant Sonny Rollins dies at 95, a hunger strike at an ICE facility in New Jersey sparks protests, and Hong Kong's "cardboard grannies" rise before dawn to sort through our waste.
May 25, 2026
What We're Fed →
On consumption, misreading, and the moment of refusal. Sepsis kills more than heart attacks but we barely know its signs, a possible Iran deal proves as divisive as the war itself, scientists say New Orleans must start relocating now, and a NASCAR race becomes a 95,000-person memorial service.
May 24, 2026
Exit Routes →
On escapes, evacuations, and the different ways things end. Ebola patients flee a health center in Congo, 50,000 Californians evacuate from a toxic chemical leak, missiles rain on Kyiv in another cycle of retaliation, and scientists find remnants of a galaxy our Milky Way consumed billions of years ago.
May 23, 2026
What We Build →
On mines, shipyards, legacies, and the street outside the arena. China's deadliest mining disaster in a decade claims 90 lives, a Staten Island shipyard explosion injures 36, Rob Base—who brought hip-hop mainstream with 'It Takes Two'—dies at 59, and New York's hottest club turns out to be the sidewalk outside MSG.
May 22, 2026
What Rises →
On endings, accusations, revolt, and the question of whether ambition holds. Colbert's Late Show signs off after a decade, Epstein's assistant names three previously unknown abusers, Republicans revolt against Trump's $1.8B anti-weaponization fund, and SpaceX's rocket grows bigger—but will it work?
May 21, 2026
What We Cut Away →
On monuments, charges, orders, and bodies. Protesters in the DRC burn an Ebola treatment center demanding their dead back, a judge dismisses charges against the school official warned three times before a 6-year-old shot his teacher, Trump's arch loses eight feet and four lions to compromise, and the White House postpones its AI executive order indefinitely.
May 20, 2026
What Stands Between →
On thresholds, shields, and the people who position themselves in the breach. Three men die protecting children at a San Diego mosque, Keisha Lance Bottoms aims to become the first Black woman governor in US history, Treasury yields hit 19-year highs, and a Virginia trial asks whether teachers should have stopped a first-grader with a gun.
May 19, 2026
What Completes →
On endings, resolutions, and the strange relief of conclusion. Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI, the Long Island Rail Road strike finally ends, Mark Fuhrman—the detective who lied under oath in the OJ trial—dies, and the Trump administration creates a $1.776 billion fund to reward political allies.
May 18, 2026
What Surfaces →
On things that emerge, break through, and refuse to stay buried. The WHO declares a global health emergency as Ebola breaks containment, Trump warns Iran there "won't be anything left," four Italian divers are recovered from a Maldives sea cave, and Luigi Mangione's notebook writings are admitted as evidence in his murder trial.
May 17, 2026
What Crosses Over →
On the things that bridge, break through, and reach the other side. North Korean athletes cross into the South for the first time in seven years, Italian bystanders tackle a knife-wielding driver, Israel performs at Eurovision amid boycotts, and Russia and Ukraine trade their largest drone attacks yet.
May 16, 2026
Between Stillnesses →
On what moves when everything seems frozen. Seven women emerge as valedictorians together, Sicily's second Pompeii stays buried under concrete, a mother's grief becomes criminal evidence, and an election denier finds the quiet space between denial and admission.
May 14, 2026
The Things You Leave Behind →
On traces, trails, and what catches up with you. Discarded chewing gum solves a decades-old murder case, a cross-country crypto theft scheme unravels through fake food orders, Honda loses money for the first time in 70 years, and OnlyFans becomes prestige TV as the economy reshapes intimacy.
May 13, 2026
What Slips Through →
On escape artists and the things that get away. A medieval skull vanishes from a Czech church, a Philippine drug war chief flees his own arrest warrant, the Murdaugh murder convictions dissolve on appeal, and Cuba slips free of US oil sanctions through the fastest solar revolution on the planet.
May 12, 2026
Overwritten →
When the old version gets erased. The Supreme Court lets Alabama redraw a district into silence, Trump wants to repaint the Reflecting Pool in his image, a California mayor is revealed as a Chinese agent hiding in plain sight, and a new report finally documents the systematic violence of October 7.
May 11, 2026
Thresholds →
The line between here and there. Iran's two-tier internet draws digital walls of visibility, a person crosses a runway fence they can't uncross, six hearts stop beating in a Texas boxcar, and rebels jeer Putin's troops out of an African town they thought they owned.
May 10, 2026
The Landing →
When things finally touch down. A hantavirus cruise ship arrives in Tenerife after days at sea, Russia's scaled-down parade marks a ceasefire taking effect, discarded chewing gum solves a thirty-year cold case, and Taiwan positions itself between superpowers as a summit approaches.
May 9, 2026
What Holds →
Testing foundations in real time. Antarctica's triple whammy triggers a downward spiral, Putin's Victory Parade keeps shrinking, a Palestinian journalist emerges from a year in prison, and a CDC team waits for weather to clear before reaching a hantavirus-stricken ship.
May 8, 2026
Aftershocks →
Nothing happens in isolation. A volcano erupts in Indonesia and rescue teams search through ruins, hantavirus tracking races across borders, a Canvas hack strands students during finals, judges strike down tariff orders, and Rubio meets the Pope despite weeks of tension.
May 7, 2026
The B-Side →
The tracks we didn't expect to hear. US and Iran inch toward ending the war, China's youth abandon the rat race, Giuliani remains hospitalized, mom-and-pop shops keep closing, and the Pentagon promises to follow the law on AI while nobody knows what the limits are.
May 6, 2026
Traces →
Following what's barely there. A blurry trail camera catches a fugitive's last image, passengers pace quarantine decks alone, $300,000 in buried harassment settlements surface, AI companies open their models for government testing, and Obama asks his library to put his presidency "in context."
May 5, 2026
Adrift →
Plague ships, stranded crews, and waiting for someone to chart a course. Human-to-human hantavirus transmission suspected on a cruise ship, thousands of seafarers stranded in the Persian Gulf, 23 shot at an Oklahoma lake party, AI gets crash-tested for child safety, and the Met Gala makes protest into ornament.
May 4, 2026
When Things Give →
Breaking points, final flights, and the architecture of collapse. A Secret Service agent shot at the press dinner, Spirit Airlines finally stops flying, a beloved family camp closes after decades, flight data confirms China Eastern was deliberately crashed, and the Supreme Court keeps dismantling precedent while swearing it isn't.
May 3, 2026
Walking Away →
Escapes, releases, and the art of choosing your own exit. A stranded whale finally swims free, a woman wins the right to her own body, a thirty-year cold case suspect surfaces with a new identity, thousands dance at an illegal French rave despite explosives risk, and war's ripples squeeze Latin American wallets.
May 2, 2026
What Comes After →
Endings, evidence, and the strange art of beginning again. Spirit Airlines flies its last flight, a racing champion who defied two life-ending accidents finally rests, ChatGPT conversations become courtroom exhibits, cheese sits in Italian bank vaults, and China's EVs quietly reshape the century.
May 1, 2026
Signals in the Static →
Finding meaning in noise, imitation, and the spaces between. The Pentagon picks its AI allies (Anthropic not invited), Death Cafes normalize mortality, Banksy skewers blind patriotism, Venice Biennale tears itself apart over politics, and wild parrots learn what to eat by copying their friends.
April 30, 2026
Cathedrals & Storms →
Finding sacred spaces in turbulent times. Musk testifies against OpenAI, tornadoes devastate Texas for a sixth straight day, terror returns to London's streets, Trump bets a blockade can break Iran, and LIV Golf's Saudi money runs dry.
April 28, 2026
Signals from the Noise →
Finding meaning in the static. Voyager reaches for more time in interstellar space, Iran's economy collapses under war, facts drown in post-attack conspiracy theories, a baby is born mid-flight, and six days of storms keep painting beautiful colors.
April 27, 2026
Breaking Points →
When the impossible happens and what seemed stable reveals its fragility. A man runs under two hours, gunfire erupts at the press dinner, Russia faces a spring of discontent, storms build toward dangerous peak, and Iranian oil changes hands in lawless waters.
April 24, 2026
The System Continues →
On being processed, replaced, and continuing anyway. A man detained for wearing hope on his head, Meta fires 10% for AI, gene therapy restores hearing to deaf children, the Pope condemns killing but can't endorse stopping it, and Venezuela's economy collapses to less than a dollar.
April 23, 2026
What We Choose to See →
Truth suppressed, journalists silenced, nature recovering. A government rejects vaccine data, a journalist dies documenting war, an airline gets half a billion while artists sell their time in minutes, and in Patagonia, green shoots push through ash.
April 22, 2026
The Quiet Parts →
Five moments of stillness in a noisy week. Scientists disappear without explanation, Congress trades barbs for spectacle, air traffic control limps out of the 1990s, the Mets sit with a dozen losses, and Virginia voters find their way out of the cave.
April 21, 2026
What Stays, What Goes →
On transitions, legacies, and knowing when to rest. Tim Cook steps down from Apple, Queen Elizabeth is remembered at 100, The Onion buys Infowars, Japan quietly opens arms exports, and a peace deal dies on social media.
April 20, 2026
Flesh and Fragments →
On bodies that bleed, histories that haunt, and the things we cage. Ukraine sends robots to war, an 80-year-old becomes the first in France to apologize for slavery, protesters storm a beagle facility.
April 19, 2026
Glitch Season →
When the simulation starts showing its seams. Tornadoes, sanctions whiplash, the President asking for psychedelics, and artists making sense of the chaos through corrupted pixels, radioactive humor, and dreams.
April 18, 2026
Enough →
When the bar drops so low you trip over it. Storm-weary communities brace for more, the CDC search comes down to "not crazy," Texas doctors sanctioned after women die waiting, and someone asks: if the war's over, when does everything go back to normal?
April 17, 2026
Unraveling →
When systems, peace, and certainty come undone. Lebanon's hospitals overwhelmed, Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine, the Pope warns of tyrants, Atlantic currents weaken toward collapse, 250 Rohingya missing at sea.
April 16, 2026
Still Standing →
What endures when everything shakes. Four works about resilience — a thread that holds, a wave that keeps moving, a story that persists, a child's unfiltered vision.
April 15, 2026 · Community
Static →
When the signal breaks down, something else comes through. Five works from the Tezos community about broken machines, reconstructed signals, and the persistence of the heartbeat.
April 15, 2026
Fractures →
Five works about what breaks — institutions, bodies, borders, and the illusion of control. The Fed chair threatened. Two school shootings in Turkey. 250 Rohingya missing at sea. The world at the edge.
April 15, 2026
Witnesses →
Five works about those who see — silenced, hidden, or unable to look away. A journalist detained for posting war footage. A forgotten archive speaks at last. The burden of seeing what you can't change.
April 14, 2026
Passages →
Five works about movement blocked and begun again — the Strait of Hormuz closes, Lufthansa grounds flights, survivors march at Auschwitz, Hungary starts anew.
April 14, 2026
Signals →
Five works about messages sent into the void — Artemis splashes down, Iran ceasefire holds, Pope and Trump trade signals, and artists transmit through the noise.
April 13, 2026
Edges →
Five works from where things break, blur, and begin again — the Strait of Hormuz, Orbán's fall, a pope walking toward fragility, and a legendary voice at rest.
April 12, 2026
Between →
Five works from the threshold. Art for the hour between darkness and dawn — ceasefire pauses, diplomacy collapses, astronauts return, and we remain in the in-between.
April 11, 2026
Grund →
Five works about what's shifting beneath us. Art for a time when foundations crumble — democracy in Hungary, ceasefire in Ukraine, negotiations in Islamabad.
April 11, 2026
Almost →
Five works on the edge of resolution. Art for an age of perpetual proximity — almost at peace, almost understanding value, almost reaching, almost flourishing but hollow inside.