All entries tagged “misc”

2023

April 3

Mixed Messages Last week’s episode of Ted Lasso resurfaced a 51-year-old Italian pop song that’s the perfect anthem for the generative AI boom. read more

October 31

Creepy Houses To me, nothing says “haunted” like a tumbledown house with a mansard roof. Turns… read more

May 17

Junk in the (Space) Trunk Some ominous news from the crowded sky above our heads. read more
March 12

The Sound of Mars The Perseverance rover has returned the first-ever audio recordings from the… read more

September 5

Facebook: The Bug Is the Feature “This fall’s election promises to be chaotic, nerve-wracking, and potentially calamitous. Lies will be flying everywhere, and Facebook will distribute many of them. And in response, Facebook plans to do… not that much.” read more
August 3
August 2

Freedom House and the Birth of the Paramedic I knew plenty of folks who worked in… read more
June 28
April 27
April 18

Coronavirus and Climate Change The Roosevelt Institute’s director of climate policy, writing in the New… read more

December 15

How Russia Invaded the U.S. Election Blockbuster reporting from the New York Times paints the fullest… read more
August 23

Tim Cook’s Fifth Anniversary Longer public interviews with Apple’s top leadership are less rare these days,… read more

March 29

A Town Called Agloe A fictional town disappears from Google Maps, nearly a century after mapmakers slipped it into their work to guard against copycats. read more
March 27

Interview With the Attacker Chris Coyier interviews the attacker who used social engineering techniques to… read more
February 17

The Glomar Response A lost Russian submarine, the CIA, and a Howard Hughes cover story. Radiolab explores the covert origins and Kafkaesque legal underpinnings of the classic “non-denial denial.” read more