Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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This beautiful moth is painted with images of other insects (and bird poop)

"Tell me again about your eyespots, those must have taken you FOREVER to evolve. Oh, this? Just a mural of two flies eating bird droppings."

Jess Zimmerman Culture
Greatest Craiglist Missed Connections ad in history makes the train seem so much more romantic

It may be one of the loveliest pieces of public transit-related short fiction ever written.

Jess Zimmerman Cities
L.A. bar has water sommelier, water tasting menu, and a 45-page water menu

But does it taste better than cheap water??? Actually, no, apparently sometimes it tastes worse.

Jess Zimmerman Food and Agriculture
A tiny dead shark rides the New York subway

Not a Shark Week promotion. Not a subway publicity stunt. Just a small deceased fish drinking a Red Bull and riding the train.

Jess Zimmerman Cities