xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline
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A Sunny, Funny View of Old Age
In If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, a new documentary airing on HBO, acclaimed nonagenarians including Carl Reiner and Betty White challenge…
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The recent revelations by the whistleblower Edward Snowden were fascinating. But they - and all the reactions to them - had one enormous assumption at their…
Fuck Yeah Warrior Women, obsidian-sphere: Forgotten today, the Sumuru...
Forgotten today, the Sumuru series was (after starting out as a short lived radio series in 1946) made up of shortnovels by Sax Rohmer, the creator of Fu Manchu...
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He told Brooks to take his stack of prints and divide them in two by any arbitrary means (composition, subject matter, color, etc.). If a pattern emerges you hadn't previous seen, you have a new project (photo essay, book, article). If no pattern emerges, do it again using another arbitrary means of dividing in two. Keep doing this over and over until patterns do emerge. [The Bayles Exercise -- CJ Chilvers]*https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/the-bayles-exercise(
Portion control via vessel size is a secret to success and happiness. Seth's Blog: A drop in the bucket
Micro.blog Help - What's next
Now that Micro.blog is available to Kickstarter backers, we’re working on many improvements leading up to the public launch. Here are some of the features and…
Perspective | Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies.
Globalization and technology aren't the only factors crushing the heartland.
I have a pre-existing condition. I do things “the right way”.
It made good business sense. That didn’t mean it was right.
What If Climate Scientists Are Guessing Wrong?
Photo: Sushavan Nandy/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Newest New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, a conservative refugee from the increasingly Trumpist Wall…
Traveller RPG, Firefly, Dumarest, Vatta's War... are they all "Star Punk"? - Charlie's Diary
^^^ Me again. M Harold Page . The writer with the swords and some books in print, rather than the one with the cats and a metric tonne of books in print (plus…
Day One
A writer writes. Always. Part of the daily ritual (and it must become a ritual) is journaling. Journaling apps are a dime a dozen and most amount to little more…
If you really respect Trump voters, tell them the truth
Struggling communities deserve help, but nostalgia economics won’t work.
The Folly of Jiro
That’s tragic, not inspiring. As noble as you may believe your pursuit of excellence is, it means nothing if you go home at night to people who do not recognize…
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The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing – 15 Minutes in the Morning
Matt Haughey Internet nerd writing about internet nerdery, mostly. Apr 17 The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing Tim Carmody is guest hosting…
So I know there have been some game changing...
Here’s one off the top of my head that is overlooked:Eric van Lustbader’s thriller novel, Ninja. It’s amazing to think about, butbefore the early 1980s, nobody…
What's your general opinion on League of...
I loved it, of course! America’s Best Comics was noidle boast. League was always interesting to me in that the point of writing it was right in the text: “the…
André Staltz - An off-grid social network
Scuttlebutt is slang for gossip, particularly among sailors. It is also the name of a peer-to-peer system ideal for social graphs, identity and messaging.…
Something We Can All Agree On (Wisconsin Supper Clubs)
You don't need to take a political or artistic stand to make a huge impact with a photo book. When people ask about what photo book made the most impact…
The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them
Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible…
How Many Times Does Braid-Tugging and Skirt-Smoothing Happen in The Wheel of Time?
You’re a few books into Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time epic fantasy series and then you realize… the characters in this series tug their hair braids a lot . More…
50 Years Later, Heinz Approves Don Draper's 'Pass the Heinz' Ads and Is Actually Running Them
It was a compelling idea, even if the client wasn’t convinced at the time. Fifty years ago, in the fictional world of Mad Men, Don Draper pitched a daring ad…
Anthony Bourdain Does Not Want to Owe Anybody Even a Single Dollar | Wealthsimple
Before he was the guy from Parts Unknown, he was 44, never had a savings account, hadn't filed taxes in 10 years, and was AWOL on his AmEx bill. That turned out…
I saw you posted something about Slam Bradley, who...
Youknow, I’ve heard a few comics histories call the pre-superhero era of comicsthe “Platinum Age.” Here’s something interesting: for a decade after Zero Hour,…
