This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity Some good news in the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/opinion/2023-humanity-poverty-growth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Kk0.S9xd.5KfH0Q6GO_V1&hpgrp=k-abar&smid=url-share
There's a better English alphabethttps://youtu.be/D66LrlotvCA?si=TIrY2JkxKS7OibEa https://www.shavian.info/shavian_fonts/
Eggnog Project This is the sort of thing that used to appear a lot on the early Web back in the '90s, these sorts of random projects that just brought so much joy because of their random wackiness. https://eggnogproject.com/
The Dodo Bird: What ACTUALLY HappenedHuh. I thought dodos had lived in New Zealand. My bad. https://youtu.be/8Npavzk_PBA?si=p1Y3tQOiFLY5PLA2
Have any of you seen any geologists or whomeverspeculating about what the Great Lakes will look like in, say, 10,000 years?
Hey, folks!The person posting photos of model Lauren Alexis blocked me when I asked if he (probably a he) was actually Lauren Alexis — because, oddly, I couldn't find any of those photos online anywhere, but it was clearly Lauren Alexis. I mean, just so you...See More »
YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse caseA Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent....See More »
Today I learned The guy who wrote the song Christmas Wrapping, Chris Butler, owns and lives in Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home.
Today I learnedIn French, ChatGPT is pronounced in a way that sounds like "chat j'ai pété," which means "cat I farted."
Geography question How many Americans do you think believe that Hawaii is just off the coast of Texas?
Christmas on the Moon But of all the sad Yuletides of my life, the one I spent guarding $100,000 worth of explosives on the surface of the moon tops the list. https://longreads.com/2023/12/06/christmas-holidays-alone-not-home/
What will enter public domain in 2024? https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/