The Viewer

Crime, Titanic, Race, Greek, Tide

Earwitness testimony, an abandoned mansion, street races, Greek democracy, and French tides.

31 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

Facebook, Battle, Branch, Century, Mutant

Facebook horrors, Looney Tunes, a fourth branch of government, anti-Asian racism, and future New York.

24 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

Myth, Gender, Tokyo, Joke, Lesson

Learning styles, platypuses, funding the Olympics, bad jokes, and old online tutorials.

17 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

Superman, Firewall, Murmur, Boil, Bike

Fascist Superman, China's firewall, metaphorical birds, stone soup, and motorbikes.

10 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

Cocaine, Chicken, Frida, Mystery, Elevator

Cocaine as medicine, communal urination, Frida Kahlo's selfies, an economic mystery, and floating elevators.

3 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

Space, Cut, Tango, Pablo, Pile

Space noises, Matisse, Beethovenian tango, Dr. Strangelove, and underground mysteries.

26 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

Birth, Sailor, Trolley, November, Cash

On sudden birth, restless pirates, the trolley problem, writer's block, and foreign cash.

19 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

Sleep, Nostalgia, Dot, Book, Voicemail

Sleepless nights, 90s nostalgia, barn-burning pointillists, how to read, and evil voicemails.

12 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

QAnon, Bird, C, Korea, Blood

A QAnon mom, ranking birds, the letter c, South Korean trash cinema, and NYC as a living organism.

5 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

Spielberg, Drone, Photo, Sea, Summer

The origins of Indiana Jones, EU border surveillance, photo philosophy, a strange trip to the sea, and yearbook memories.

29 May 2021 • 2 min read

Rifle, Ryoma, Monster, Unabomber, Splash

The American gun lobby, a Japanese power struggle, the scariest movie monster, the philosophy of the Unabomber, and a poolside nightmare.

22 May 2021 • 2 min read

Wizard, Vax, Stars, Win, Drums

Old Hollywood horror stories, vaccine misinformation, a scale model of the solar system, tic tac toe, and a virtuoso drummer.

15 May 2021 • 2 min read

Portmanteau, Past, Beer, Toothpick, Shade

A massive word, distorted views of the past, hip hop and malt liquor, a toothpick addiction, and a study of gradations.

8 May 2021 • 2 min read

Melody, Phantom, Brain, Cash, Drive

Positive existentialism, the weird world of fan movie edits, the joys of collective reasoning, a defense of UBI, and an ominous overture.

1 May 2021 • 2 min read

Lightbulb, Scavenger, TV, Titanic, Alien

Anatomy of a lightbulb, strange alien life forms, NASCAR filmmaking, an inevitable Hollywood melodrama, and a Harold Lloyd highlight reel.

24 Apr 2021 • 2 min read