Linkfest #46: "Curse Tablets", a Robot Cellist, and Why Geologists Always Die In Movies
Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, for which I sift through the endless vinyl-crates of the Internet, hunting for...
Linkfest #45: Hallucinopedia, Salmon on Cocaine, and How Phil Collins Accidentally Invented Gated Reverb
Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I scroll through the endless Borgesian microfiche of the Internet,...
Linkfest #44: Microchimerism, Sonic-Boom Duct Tape, and the Hidden Tetris Champion
Hello there! It’s time again for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest Linkfest, for which I have sifted through the entire dang Internet, top to...
Linkfest #43: Archaeoacoustics, "Nocotourism", and the 8-bit Backrooms
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Linkfest #42: Phytomining, Adversarial Poetry, and Popping A Wheelie for 93 Miles
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
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
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Linkfest #39: "Xenoparity", Navajo Microchips, and In Defense of the Em-Dash
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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,...
Linkfest #22: Dragon Biology, Soviet Food Kiosks, and Duran Duran's "Rio" Model Finally Discovered
Heyo! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — your latest “Linkfest”, in which I comb the endless glitching stacks of the cyberspace to find the...
Linkfest #21: Wooden satellites, "Post-Binary" Fonts, and A New Way To Dice An Onion
Well hello there. It’s time! Once again! For the best part of the week: "The opposite of doomscrolling”. Here’s your next “Linkfest”, jammed full of the...
Linkfest #20: Pointillist Bubble-Wrap, the Poetry Camera, and Pythons As A Low-Emissions Food
Why hello there! If you're opening this email, you know what time it is. It's time for "the opposite of doomscrolling"! 🎉 It’s been a while, but I’m back in...
Linkfest #19: "Flop Rock", Contranyms, and The Weirdly Violent History of the Michelin Man
What time is it? Why, it's time for "the opposite of doomscrolling"! 🌞 Here's your next Linkfest -- the finest thought-stuff I could find during my...
Linkfest #18: Infinite Crafting, the "Reverse Sprinkler" problem, and A Gearbox That Will Outlive The Universe
It's time for "the opposite of doomscrolling", people! 🌞 Here's your next Linkfest -- the best reading material I could find while scavenging the vasty...
Linkfest #17: Medieval Fighting Snails, "Loud Budgeting", and How To Power A Car With Plastic Garbage
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Linkfest #16: Visible Birdsong, Braille Ambigrams, and the "Extended Groth Strip"
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Linkfest #15: Altruistic pigs, the "Truetown Discharge", and the CIA's guide to wrecking meetings
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Linkfest #14: Indoor Clouds, a Ferrofluid Synthesizer, and Why Left-Handed Badminton Players Have an Edge
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Linkfest #13: 17th-century ChatGPT, the "Merovingian" knot, and CT scans of knockoff Airpods
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Linkfest #12: Tyromancy, "Point Nemo", and Why Movie Villains Never Use Iphones
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Linkfest #11: Oyster Insomnia, the "Mel Spectogram", and Why Antarctic Researchers Are Developing Their Own Accent
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Linkfest #10: The "marshmallow" shot, Reverse Tetris, and why high-fantasy heroes don't use gunpowder
Welcome back to the Linkfest! I had to take a break for a few months -- for my next book (on micromobility) I bicycled across the United States: 4,150 miles....
Linkfest #9: "Kaktovik Numerals", the McDonalds Fries Theorum, and Why Global Warming Means More Home Runs
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Linkfest #8: Orthopraxic robots, "floatovoltaics", and why ancient painters drew impossible shadows
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