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Math Is Beautiful

81 is the only number* that is the square of the sum of its digits: (8 + 1)^2 = 81. + more

No Book for You!

Call me naive, but I certainly didn’t see this coming: Little Free Libraries are apparently a Bad Thing™—and the critique + more

Beeps and Boops

Usually, when I come across a story that purports to show how an underrepresented group was really responsible for the + more

The Scientific Mind at Work

In 1838, then-29-year-old Charles Darwin prepared a list of pros and cons around the question of marriage. On the plus + more

God Bless Twitter

Social media isn’t entirely terrible. If you can manage to steer clear of political tribalism and its associated posturing and + more

Miscellany

“You’ve been hoaxed,” writes Angus Fletcher. “Computers can’t grasp the most lucid haiku. Nor can they pen the clumsiest fairytale. + more

A Reminiscence

You’ll have to forgive me for all the depressing death posts of late, but I couldn’t not say something about + more

Thursday Eye Candy

“Enough with all the words,” I imagine most of you saying every time I post something. “Give us something cool + more

An All-Time Fave

I know we’re supposed to remember Hal Holbrook for his portrayal of Mark Twain during the six-decade run of his + more

Words of Wisdom

When Duke Bootee died last month, he left us with not only “the greatest song in hip-hop history” (according to + more

Harold Budd, RIP

One of my favorite composers died last December, yet another victim of this godforsaken pandemic. The irony, of course, is + more

Miscellany: Science Edition!

Did you know that wombats make cube-shaped poo? And scientists have just figured out how they do it. No, really. + more

Art in the Time of the Singularity

Apropos of my previous post, in which I wax rather Eeyore-ish on what Big Tech has wrought, allow me to + more

End Times (continued)

“Technosolutionism is a way of understanding the world that assigns priority to engineered solutions to human problems” writes Christine Rosen. + more

Signs and Wonders

If any doubt remains as to whether we are, in fact, living in the End Times, please take a gander + more

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