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'It wasn’t strategy that lost the election, but the lack of message.'
The Year Democrats Lost the Internet (SLWired, archive.is)
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and, when the time comes to let it go
My Friend Chooses How and When to Die, by Jeannette Cooperman for The Common Reader
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The Honey Trap
Browser extension Honey promises to find you the best coupon deals for various goods and services...
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And (Spoiler Alert) neither did I.
A new website, GovernorParson.com, purports to publish a goodbye message from Governor Mike Parson, whose term...
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The kids aren't all night
One executive in the entertainment industry said younger people were less inclined to go out raving...
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Days are long, but Years are short
On this day over a dozen years ago, we talked about filmmaker Sam Klemke's decades-long record...
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Your calculus textbook lied to you.
Torricelli's trumpet is not counterintuitive – There is nothing counterintuitive about an infinite shape with finite...
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Nerdforge
Martina makes things. A custom binding for The Lord of the Rings. A suit of armor...
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The Barbarians are coming
Laurie Anderson performing lyrics by C. P. Cavafy In November 2023, the Onassis Foundation organized a...
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Threat Level: MONDAY
It's a pitch-perfect combination of old-school shooter action, bombastic anime-style storytelling and Saturday Morning cartoon, and...
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Not exactly news and not exactly real – at least not yet
Outrageous Predictions 2025 [Saxo Bank; previously]PS Commentators' Predictions for 2025 [Project Syndicate] 12 Predictions for Life...
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WA-first artificial reef trial could help tackle coastal erosion
WA-first artificial reef trial could help tackle coastal erosion nationwide. As communities across Australia battle coastal...
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Clambake... gonna have a clambake
Kevin Foley rakes the red-hot, wooden embers from the iron, cobblestone-shaped ingots; sweat drips from his...
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Hero Dogs and more: We Rate Dogs Top Ten Dogs of the Year
The We Rate Dogs Top Ten Dogs of the Year The last 5 are the hero...
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024'Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976,...
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It’s impossible to tell if that’s the culprit
To me, blondeness has always felt like both a special power and a strange curse, a...
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3Blue1Brown explains topology
3Blue1Brown (previously) has released a new video: "This open problem taught me what topology is".This is...
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Building Code as Battleground
Our right to change the built environment begins in part with the right to change the...
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Rupert Goold's 'Macbeth'
Rupert Goold's 2010 film adaptation of his acclaimed theater production of Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart and...
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15 months, genocide and ethnic cleansing intensifying
During the holiday season, Israel burned northern Gaza's last functioning hospital; staff and patients removed. Israel...
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it's a gas
Methane is the main component of natural gas, so producers also have an incentive to capture...
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All nonsense thus... / Shall in thee centre, from thee circulate
We are at a moment in the history of the web in which the link itself...
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20 people in a two-bedroom apartment
20 people in a two-bedroom apartment: the growing health and safety risks of hot bedding. Sydney's...
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Canada Geese versus NZ Police
The eerie quiet period between Christmas and New Years can make for a slow day in...