A bust of George Ellery Hale in Mount Wilson's Solar Tower.
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Ian Svenonius with Chain and the Gang, photographed by Adela Loconte.
The new Season 6 educators’ guide is now available as a quick and easy downloadable PDF.

Well it’s finally happening. The day has come. As of around noon EST today, someone will announce over a loudspeaker at a crowded Yankee stadium that I am officially a member of the BAMPS – Bachelor of Arts and Master of Professional Studies. If you want to get technical, it should really be BLAMPS, since I did my undergrad in liberal arts. But there’s something phonaesthetically displeasing about that extra L, so I’ll stick with BAMPS.

"United States: Most Wanted Painting" by Komar and Melamid.
An alarming number of Americans are taken by the notion that all past and present leaders of their Executive Branch converge and coexist in a state of simultaneity on a mysterious plane of existence decorated in the neo-classical style. I kind of believe it too. I call it The Hall of Presidents Syndrome.
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Sonya Clark. "madam cj walker," 2008. Plastic combs. Via artist's website.
"Just 3 Boyz" from "Funny or Die Presents." From left to right: Tim Heidecker, Zach Galifiniakis, Eric Wareheim.


















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