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Tressie McMillan Cottom, one of America’s leading public intellectuals, posted this to Bluesky yesterday: I’m going t ...

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If you want to sit in this chair, you have to be able to solve a Rubik’s Cube because the chair is a Rubik’s Cub ...

Big thanks to Arcustech for hosting the site and offering amazing tech support. American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history. “Over the first half of 2025, the US has cut science ...

The Kindly Brontosaurus I read this piece by Jessica Winter a few months ago and it’s come in handy a few times so I thought I’d share. If you want something from someone, adopting the pose of the ...

Before he died, David Lynch talked to Natasha Lyonne about AI. “Natasha, this is a pencil. Everyone has access to a pencil, and likewise, everyone with a phone will be using AI, if they aren’t already ...

Editorial Template for Every Time the United States Goes to War. “President [GUY WHO HAS COMMITTED MULTIPLE WAR CRIMES], a [REPUBLICAN / DEMOCRAT], sidestepped his [COMPLICIT / COWARDLY / TOTALLY ...

Living Colour recently visited the NPR Music office for a Tiny Desk Concert. Cult of Personality might be an all-time top 10 ...

Slice of Life (trailer) is a feature-length documentary about the American Dream through the lens of former Pizza Huts that ...

Slice of Life ( trailer) is a feature-length documentary about the American Dream through the lens of former Pizza Huts that have been transformed into everything from bars to churches to candy stores ...