Dinovember

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

Every year writer Refe Tuma and his wife do their best to convince their young children that their toy dinosaurs have come alive during the night. Each morning the young ones awaken to find a perfectly staged mess in the kitchen, bathroom or hall, created by none other than their mischievous toy dinos. Seemingly a mashup of Movember and Shark Week, Dinovember is a brilliant …

Remembering Cyclist Soldiers

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

In honor of 11 November (Veterans Day in the US, Armistice and Remembrance Day elsewhere), we look to one of the more forgotten ranks of soldiers, the cycling regiments most common in World War I and II. Trevor Ward’s piece in the Guardian details the history of the bicycle’s role in war, from its first use in the second Boer War in South Africa to …

Hillside Cemeteries of Hong Kong

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

In a breathtaking display of spatial ingenuity, Hong Kong—well known for its packed, ever-upward landscape—has been developing stadium seating-like hillside cemeteries. Captured in all of their eerie magnificence by photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro, each resting place is grim but grand. Diestro’s photos present the super-dense burial sites among the vertically surging architecture of the city, proving that as the city blooms with life, it must …