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We spoke to Gavesh and five other workers from inside the scam industry, as well as anti-trafficking experts and technology specialists. Their testimony reveals how global companies, including American social media and dating apps and international cryptocurrency and messaging platforms, have given the fraud business the means to become industrialized. By the same token, it is Big Tech that may hold the key to breaking up the scam syndicates—if only these companies can be persuaded or compelled to act.

This is a depressing, but necessary and informative read: Inside A Romance Scam Compound — And How People Get Tricked Into Being There.

Designers Matt Empringham and Freddy Coomes are Aletta.

Most are made of paper, felt, and Meccano.

Less on their website: Aletta.

Nice documentary short about Barf Bag Collectors:

Official site of the film is here.

Via Metafilter

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I read dozens of scientific papers—about a mother dingo who carried her dead pup for days, elephants who appear to bury their dead, dolphins who would not let a deceased podmate sink—and debates about how those behaviors should be interpreted. I often did so while cradling my cat Maya, then dying from kidney disease, and thought sometimes of Ingmar, my cat who died last winter from cancer. On the final night of her life, her body hollowed, she summoned the energy to visit her favorite spots, as if paying them a last visit. I thought often about the inevitable death of those I love, which troubles me constantly. I thought sometimes about my own death, which for now is less of a concern. I attended the passing of a goat named Caramel at the sanctuary where I volunteer. Goats have very large pupils, and near the end, as he lay on his side, they were like galaxies.

As someone living with a dog in her end-days, I found this piece in Natilus, How Animals Understand Death, to be well worth a read.

Lovely work from South African photographer Sibusiso Bheka.

More on Bheka's website.

The Nightly pegs itself as Sad. Old. Radio. Pretty accurate:

The Nightly is a music appreciation society disguised as a radio station, specializing in the old, the gloomy, and the obscure.

TaskMaster aired the first episode of its 19th (!) Series today. Strong episode.

I've been a fan of Stevie Martin since seeing this:

My powerbar of choice is the RX Bar. I tried my first one in Santa Monica in the late 2010s, drawn to it by the blunt and bold packaging. Today, I learned that that packaging was created by Nicole and Mike McQuade. Their work is consistently striking.

Much more at TheMcQuades.com.

Nice little short documentary about Bill Marsh, a swim teacher who helps children manage their fears and discover their own power when submerged in an overwhelming unknown. Directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.

Via Nag On the Lake.