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Linkfest #42: Phytomining, Adversarial Poetry, and Popping A Wheelie for 93 Miles
December 2, 2025
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, a collection of the most interesting items in science, culture and technology I...
Linkfest #41: The "Chthulucene", Doom on a Satellite, and The Ethics of Selling a Haunted House
November 11, 2025
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I offer up the finest nuggets of science, culture and technology that I...
Linkfest #40: "Microlightning", Quantum Navigation, and There Is Water At The Bottom Of The Ocean
October 9, 2025
Hail! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I offer up the finest items of science, culture and technology that I could...
Linkfest #39: "Xenoparity", Navajo Microchips, and In Defense of the Em-Dash
September 12, 2025
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — or, my next Linkfest, for which I rifle through the infinite stoop-sale vinyl-crates of the Internet,...
Linkfest #38: Garlic Hackers, the "Ignorosophere", and The Upside of Societal Collapse
August 19, 2025
Hello people! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I descend into the Plutonian mine-shafts of the Internet and bring...
Linkfest #37: "Wind Theft", an HTML Bomb, and the Rice Theory of Culture
July 30, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I comb through the endless branching shelves of the Internet in...
Linkfest #36: Moon Rice, Mountaineering in High Heels, and Why Birds Never Debate Economic Policy
July 10, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I scavenge through the thrift shops of the aer’y internet, looking...
Linkfest #35: Diasimocracy, Four Loko Collectors, and What It's Like To Survive A Grizzly Attack
May 23, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next “Linkfest”, in which I sift through the entirety of known cyberspace to find the finest...
Linkfest #34: Neanderthal Sunscreen, Triskaidekaphobia, and a Self-Zippering Zipper
May 1, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next “Linkfest”, in which I sift through the contents of the entire known Internet to extract...
Linkfest #33: Two-Hit Wonders, "Moonglass", and Trees That Love Getting Hit By Lightning
April 8, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next “Linkfest”, in which I do a psychogeographic crawl through the endless sub-basement...
Linkfest #32: Technofossils, "StickTok", and A Web Site You Update By Calling It
March 17, 2025
Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I carefully boil the entire Internet to produce a savory reduction...
Linkfest #31: Tactile Graphics, "Alexinomnia", and a To-Do App Controlled By Dice
February 23, 2025
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, a collection of the finest nuggets of science, culture and technology that...
Linkfest #30: Greyscale Gelato, the "Ott Derivimeter", and Vangelis' Ambient Music For Surgeries
January 20, 2025
Hello again! Time once again for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, for which I cruise the endless overpasses of the Global Information...
Linkfest #29: "Methanotropes", Sign-Language Poetry, and Why Saturn's About To Lose Its Rings
January 2, 2025
Why hey there, fellow prisoners of the Internet. It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — or, my latest “Linkfest”, in which I pan relentlessly for...
Linkfest #28: Neolithic Octopuses, Weeping Trees, and a Forty-Year-Old Snowman
December 18, 2024
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — or, my latest “Linkfest”, in which I painstakingly debone the entire Internet to extract its finest...
Linkfest #27: Aztec Death Whistles, "Supercircular" Solar, and Collateralized GPU Obligations
November 27, 2024
Why HELLO THERE. It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — or, "the opposite of doomscrolling”: A collection of the best stuff in science, culture and technology...
Linkfest #26: “Cryptophasia”, Wigner Crystals, and How van Gogh Mastered Turbulence
October 31, 2024
Hello hello! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — or, "the opposite of doomscrolling”, crammed full of the finest items of science, culture and technology...
Linkfest #25: The "Third Thumb", Prairie Strips, and Science Proves People Love Spoilers
October 7, 2024
Hello folks! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — i.e. "the opposite of doomscrolling”, in which I ceaselessly roam the Internet’s Plutonian shores to find...
Linkfest #24: Secret Cars, New Euripides, and "The Torino Impact Hazard Scale"
September 23, 2024
Hello there! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — i.e. "the opposite of doomscrolling”, in which I carefully and patiently boil the entire Internet to...
Linkfest #23: Zero-Dimensional Pong, "Null Island", and A Social Network For Whales
September 8, 2024
Hello all! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — i.e. "the opposite of doomscrolling”, in which I harvest the Intertubes for the finest material on science,...
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