A David Bowie Emoji is Coming

The next iOS update (10.2) will introduce a bunch of new emoji—including, finally, an avocado. Along with the all-important fruit, there will be more animals (rhino, shrimp, shark and more), food (pancakes, bacon, baguette and more) as well as more sports emoji. Perhaps most exciting, and sweet, is the inclusion of a David Bowie emoji—based on his famous 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Soon we really …

Toby Mott’s “Oh So Pretty: Punk in Print 1976–80”

With a punk memorabilia collection that stretched 40 years, Toby Mott was the right person to dive in and pick out 450 items from “well-known and obscure bands, designers, venues and political groups” for the new book “Oh So Pretty: Punk in Print 1976–80.” It’s Nice That’s Rebecca Fulleylove interviewed Mott, who says that punk was “like an explosion in the dull conformity we were …

Dead Star’s Ghoulish Glow

In NASA’s recent Hubble Space Telescope picture of the Crab Nebula, a dead star’s ghoulish green glow can be seen—some 6,500 light-years from Earth. Despite the neutron star being dead, astronomers say the color is due to “the star’s tell-tale heart, which beats with rhythmic precision” at its center. Part of the constellation Taurus, this star seems to have dressed up for Halloween.