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The Periodic Table of Elements lists the 118 chemical elements that make up everything in our world. Some you’re familiar with—Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, etc. Others maybe less so—Vanadium, Germanium, and Yttrium. According to the American Chemical Society, 44 of those 118 elements might disappear by century’s end. Enter the Periodic Table of Endangered Elements (shown […]

Tonight (well, since I’m posting this after midnight, technically last night) I was given the Hugo Award for Best Series, for “Old Man’s War.” It’s late and I’m simultaneously wired and about to collapse, so I will say more about it later. But suffice to say I am thrilled, and equally thrilled to have shared […]

Freida Parton is mourning her big sister Dolly, remembering the country icon who helped raise her and made her feel like she was enough. Continue reading…

Willem de Kooning, Untitled XI, 1975 #contemporaryart #artinstituteofchicago

Draft created: Aug 31, 2026 03:02 (UTC). If adobo doesn’t have a sour component that you can discern, then it’s not really Filipino adobo. It can still be delicious of course :-) And if you don’t like sour then that’s valid of course :-) I do still recommend trying on...

Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions.

Sunday, August 30, 2026 I've been watching Season 1 of The Pitt, and as its reviews said, it's great drama, and there are lots of episodes. I like shows like this because they're simulated communities, we come to know the characters, and think about them even when we're not...

Artificial intelligence companies regularly hire improv artists to help train their models — and give motivational sessions to their employees.

Seated Woman, 1879 #postimpressionism #cezanne

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, 1565 #bruegel #pieterbruegel

One of our founding myths is that of George Washington and the cherry tree.

The Red Clay Strays' Dolly Parton name-drop in "Stone's Throw" has nothing to do with a random country music reference. Continue reading…

With Trump now posting some lame AI slop on his fixation on renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, it's sort of fitting that there is something much better out there that he won't be reposting. via Demonflyingfox on YouTube. Though it came out on Friday, it already has several million views on various platforms.

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It was their calling I noticed first. A hearing. A sound, a cawing as if with some familiarity. Perhaps they were cousins to Ebony, Ash and Midnight — offspring of my corvid friends Onyx and Obsidian, denizens of the tree temples that mark the southeastern corner of Fort Mas...

OpenAI announced ChatGPT Work on July 9th, and have been furiously iterating on it ever since. It is an extraordinarily confusing and very powerful product. Here’s what I’ve figured out …

Morgan's viral piano flip looked like an onstage meltdown. His creative director, Justin Clough, now explains what was actually happening — and why Wallen was laughing afterward. Continue reading…

Seated Woman, 1879 #postimpressionism #cezanne

Trump on Iran: "We'll either win or they will do something"

Fox to Trump: You just showed me a construction project. And I saw as much joy with you doing that as I've ever seen

Tim Curry was a heck of a storyteller. Among other tales, he describes in this 2005 Fresh Air interview how he was mistaken for in imposter during a 1970s midnight showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and ejected from the theater.