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We’re Doomed

Today is Friday. Normally, that would be cause for celebration. The weekend is nigh; the promise of fun and frivolity + more

Weekend Miscellany

I have good news and bad news. First, the good news: The end of the world isn’t happening any time + more

#MondayMotivation

There’s a chapter in Leszek Kołakowski’s wonderful Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? 23 Questions from Great Philosophers (Basic Books, 2007) entitled + more

“The course of Nature is the art of God”

So this guy went out and captured 10 terabytes (!) of raw data last summer with a $110,000 Phantom Flex4K high-speed + more

Understanding the Essence of “Jerkitude”

Hey kids! Are you “surrounded by fools and non-entities, by people with bad taste and silly desires, by boring people + more

Stop what you’re doing right now and buy tickets—stat!

Got any plans for Wednesday, November 29? Yes. Yes, you do: You’re going to go see the encore presentation of + more

Miscellany

In Germany, police detain a man with a python in his pants. Meanwhile, 400 miles south in the Austrian Alps… + more

This Is a Real Thing

“What you take away from standing in front of the dark, musty expanse is what you bring to it.” And + more

Halloween Miscellany

“Anthropomorphic pumpkins, mirror divination, and space-traveling witches”: a collection of vintage Halloween cards. In addition to my annual plea to + more

A Top 10 List Worth Reading

If you’re looking to watch a scary movie on Halloween but are unsure where to start, there’s no shortage of + more

Not Just for the Game Grid Anymore

This suffix, applied to nuclear physics, modern biology, and early AI—and even a certain carnival ride—was “a totem of high + more

It Was 20 Years Ago Today…

Entering the 17th and final race of the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship, held October 26 at Jerez, Spain, + more

Quote of the Day

“A smart person who is given a five-hour job by their boss at four o’clock in the afternoon will get + more

Odds and Ends

Based on this interactive map from the good folks at candystore.com, Utah is a terrible place to spend your childhood. + more

Run, Don’t Walk, to Your Nearest Theater

I saw Blade Runner in 1982 at the Liberty Theater in Lewiston, Idaho. (Apparently, there weren’t that many of us + more

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