Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The New Yorker's archives freely unfold, space plant photography, the science behind tattoos and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Opening The New Yorker Archives With the launch of their redesign and in preparation for their upcoming pay wall, The New Yorker has opened up its archives free to the public—temporarily. All issues from 2007 to date are available to peruse and, to help navigate, The New Yorker editors have offered up some tips on must-read pieces. 2. Bonsai Trees In Space Tokyo-based artist …

The History of Shuffling

The New Yorker's archives freely unfold, space plant photography, the science behind tattoos and more in our weekly look at the web

Documentary magazine The New British has put together a short feature called “Release” that explores shuffling in the London underground dance scene, beginning with its roots in the 1920s jazz dance, The Charleston. The program will premiere at London’s BASEMENT on 1 August 2014 and The New British’s Facebook page has all the details.

Getting Down with Internet Star Baddie Winkle

The New Yorker's archives freely unfold, space plant photography, the science behind tattoos and more in our weekly look at the web

This grandma is winning the internet. The online superstar Baddie Winkle—who hails from Hazard, Kentucky and has over 185,000 Instagram followers—has created quite the dynamic virtual persona. Born from spending time with her great-grand daughter, Baddie can be seen tossing up peace signs and rocking all forms of marijuana-friendly threads, and this interview with Paper Mag proves why she—at 86 years old—is a cross-generational online …