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One of the interesting things about having a 2×1 call sign is that you are one of only 26 people (or clubs) with that same format and prefix. Since I already had looked into the history of my new 2×1, I started wondering about the other...
At first glance, it is strange that Excel survived for decades. It is visually primitive. A blank grid of cells. No obvious workflow. No onboarding. Nothing about it suggests that investment banks use it to build billion-dollar financial...
Genuinely unsettling. This thing has been out for weeks and my local theater was almost full. I didn't know the director was a former YouTuber before I saw the movie, or that he was so young. I can clock some of that inexperience in...
Channeling the EgregoreOut 15th May on Medieval Prophecy Records The debut album from this Belgium outfit marries the uncanny, atmospheric mysticism of Beherit and Demoncy with a more symphonic ambition. It borrows the subtle, haunting...
Another Love Island USA season 8 cast member has been removed from the show for using the n-word in online videos. But the show didn't tell us why.
The 5-6 year olds Abby works with in Bellingham, Washington wrote this wonderful letter:Dear Grown-Ups,Kids need you to know:We can jump off tiny waterfalls.We can use shovels and real tools.We can help youWe can do hard thingsWe can...
Chris Isaak as FBI Agent Chester “Chet” Diamond in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) Vitals Chris Isaak as Chester “Chet” Desmond, FBI agent Deer Meadow, Washington, February 1988 Film: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Release Date:...
(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)I have mentioned before...
Sometimes the stories you guys send in with your wrecks are so perfect they don't need anything more from me. So, Steph S., take it away! It was my son's "half birthday" and he wanted a cake. Because I'm a modern mother, obviously I said...
I don’t think I can legitimately write that I am “on vacation”, given that the state of being on vacation presupposes another activity – often work-related – from which we have stepped away for a period of time, however long. But anyway:...
Session 322 was played on 3/14/26Morgana, wizard 10 (Rob)Borumar, Triton Thief 11 (Josh)Blotto, Goblin Fighter 8 (Lanse)Nick, Fighter 8 (Me)Koltic, Cleric 9 (Cindy)Aroon, Fighter 8 (NPC)Jameth, Fighter 8 (NPC)Lor’Koth, Dwarf 8 (NPC)After...
The first, of two, stories making up Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. iff vol. 3, "Three Killers," concern three women, Kurotsu Yui, Okada Miki and Fujishima Akiko, who have all fallen victim to Yamaguchi Senji – president of a predatory...
Vanessa Wolosz Under Review:Plastic, Prism, Void. Violet Allen. Littlepuss Press, May 2026. It’s possible that Violet Allen is totally allergic to binaries, to stability and boundaries and the very act of defining. Her debut novel,...
For the record, I don’t believe in management. I don’t believe one should have to manage people. I believe if you hire the right people, they don’t have to be managed — the work simply gets done. If you have people you have to manage,...
On June 18th, 2026 at Web3 Summit in Berlin I got to do two things I had been looking forward to for a while. The first was presentation on what I call The K-Hole Economy and the Permanent Underclass. The second was sitting down with...