Experimental History

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

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16:36 • Adam Mastroianni

Fake it ‘til you make it (and then keep faking it)

links ‘n’ updates

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13 Oct 21:24 • Adam Mastroianni

Claude, don’t touch my lump

OR: the secret key to permanent happiness

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29 Sep 14:48 • Adam Mastroianni

The Strangest Idea in the World

coming soon to a bookshelf near you

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15 Sep 12:57 • Adam Mastroianni

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy

OR: hey buddy, your teeth are falling out

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25 Aug 14:42 • Adam Mastroianni

Actually good advice

don’t tell someone they look like Beaker from The Muppets, etc.

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18 Aug 15:33 • Adam Mastroianni

I like 'em thick

OR: an apology to my English teachers

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05 Aug 15:15 • Adam Mastroianni

Incentives are for losers

OR: you must look at this fish and go insane

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21 Jul 14:48 • Adam Mastroianni

Blog Jamboree 2026: The Winners

yeehaw

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08 Jul 16:10 • Adam Mastroianni

The Decline of Deviance 2

2 Decline, 2 Deviance

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23 Jun 15:57 • Adam Mastroianni

The most wonderful thing that happened to Tommy McHugh

..."was having a stroke while doing a poo"

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09 Jun 16:58 • Adam Mastroianni

Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

OR: The Great Switcheroo

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26 May 16:02 • Adam Mastroianni

Only insane people use the internet

OR: hit me with your Honda

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12 May 13:23 • Adam Mastroianni

Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them!

OR: crock pots and lightning bolts

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28 Apr 17:48 • Adam Mastroianni

The 3rd Annual Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree

yeehaw

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14 Apr 16:16 • Adam Mastroianni

Nothing ever dies. It merely becomes embarrassing.

OR: the Halo theory of science

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31 Mar 16:05 • Adam Mastroianni

Infinite midwit

OR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I'd be dead already

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17 Mar 13:33 • Adam Mastroianni

Help I'm being persecuted

OR: rubberneckers anonymous

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03 Mar 17:47 • Adam Mastroianni

The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do

OR: the long overdue forest fire

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17 Feb 16:15 • Adam Mastroianni

I swear the UFO is coming any minute

Links 'n' updates

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03 Feb 16:28 • Adam Mastroianni

Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II

OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

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27 Jan 16:22 • Adam Mastroianni

I know your secret

11 notes on turning unknowns into knowns

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20 Jan 18:55 • Adam Mastroianni

Text is king

read on, queen

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06 Jan 16:45 • Adam Mastroianni

How to be less awkward

a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction

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09 Dec 17:46 • Adam Mastroianni

The drug that taught me how much I should suffer

OR: grindset and bedrot

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25 Nov 19:17 • Adam Mastroianni

Secrets of the ancient memelords

OR: pedants 'n' pinheads

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12 Nov 00:45 • Adam Mastroianni

You say potato, I say leprosy

Links 'n' updates for Fall 2025

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28 Oct 2025 • Adam Mastroianni

The Decline of Deviance

Where has all the weirdness gone?

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14 Oct 2025 • Adam Mastroianni

Bamboozle me, daddy

OR: The triple-decker fallacy