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The LA Times looks back on “Day of the Locust.” For some reason, placebos seem to be getting more effective. Take THAT science and medical advances! Atlas Obscura is a…
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Adaptive re-use of crashed starships. If presenting Wuthering Heights like a new Stephenie Meyer gets people reading, does it matter? Scientists draw squid using its 150 million-year-old fossilised ink. A…
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Howard Hughes’ un-flyable plane makes for a pretty great boat. One bank is letting people with good credit deposit checks by phone. Ohio is a piano for some reason. Trying…
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Back in the saddle When Journey Round My Skull decides to clear out its image vaults, we are all the better for it. A plant that eats rats. Yes. Plant.…
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Not really sure what these are, but they sure are pretty. Faces from The Wire. Don’t know what to tweet? You’re welcome. Bicycle “ticketed” for being badass and unique. A…
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Filling in for Dan this week, I feel almost as though I’ve become him. This man stole identities using Limewire. My method is superior. If anyone wants to try and…
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It’s day four of me filling in for Dan, and I’m starting to think he may have died. This man can probably help me with my future, provided it doesn’t…
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This is day three of me filling in for Dan. His absence is making me jittery. It turns out breast milk is good for babies. In other news, being stabbed…
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I’m filling in for Dan this week while he’s away. I hope he’s having fun and remembering to think of me. I’m certainly thinking about him. Comics legend Al Columbia…
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Dan is gone this week. I couldn’t believe it when he emailed me and asked me to fill in here. I’ve been waiting for his friendship since the first time…
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Dan and Stephen are both going to be out of town next week. It’s ok, we’ll make it through this. A little hometown pride: San Francisco turning toxic site into…
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Is your time too valuable to spend doing errands and chores (obviously if you are reading this it is)? Might we suggest “instead men?” “How Is America Going to End?“…