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So, Benedict Cumberbatch got engaged, and weirdly Tumblr did not implode. Nicole Cliffe of the Toast however, wrote a 114-song playlist to be played outside of his wedding venue, featuring multiple covers of Landslide, a lot of Paul Simon, and ends with Sunday in the Park with George. The tags are also a delight:

I'll just leave this here: “To stay relevant and increase demand for potatoes,” the United States Potato Board wrote, “it will be critical to understand Millennials and how potatoes fit into their lives—now and in the future.”
This past weekend, a glowing line of lights traced the path of the Berlin Wall for the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Met is rebuilding a statue of Adam that fell and shattered in 2002, and I can't tell you all how much I wish this was the quote I got to give to a newspaper at any point in my life:

“Nobody knew what had happened — it could have been foul play,” said Jack Soultanian, a conservator who was called to the museum that night in 2002.

Also the article is titled Recreating Adam, From Hundreds of Fragments, After the Fall, which just seems like a big ol' metaphor, right? In related news, I learned that The New Inquiry has a running column called "This Week In Art Crime," which as Kirsten points out is our favorite kind of crime.

I am now craving potatoes, thanks a lot:

--Emily