The Independent Variable
The Independent Variable
Kevin Humdrum
Welcome to The Independent Variable, the official linkblog of the interwebs covering culture, politics, sports, and tech since 2012.
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reactormag.comDinniman and MacFarlane will serve as executive producers on the project, with Chris Yost (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Cowboy Bebop) also on board as writer and executive producer.I thought the first book was a fun...
nytimes.comAfter a brilliant rookie season during which he emerged as a key part of the Cubs’ rotation and posted a 2.67 ERA, Horton was viewed as a big piece for a team that has World Series aspirations.Whelp… there goes our season....
nytimes.comThe Bulls had made the playoffs just once since the two men took over the front office in 2020.Even though the Bulls have been stuck in purgatory since this leadership team joined, I honestly didn't see this coming. The roster...
defector.comThe Marlins beat the Brewers 5-1. In all four situations where a player has hit for the Saint Cycle, their team has won the game. Sacrifice does not go unrewarded.This is the kind of sports journalism we are looking for...
comicsbeat.comFor this new edition of self-published Saturday, we take a look at two very different bat-evoking comics by Jim Mahfood and Jesse Lonergan.Love us some Self-Published comics, and Jim Mahfood and Jesse Lonergan are two of...
whoami.wikiThis is when I realized I was no longer working on a family history project. What I had been building, page by page, was a personal encyclopedia. A structured, browsable, interconnected account of my life compiled from the...
theringer.comIs there enough talent, especially high-end talent, to support two more teams? How will the talent dilution affect the quality of play? Especially now, at a time when a third of the league’s teams are barely competitive...
hollywoodreporter.comResponse to the series was mixed, with The Madison scoring a 60 percent positive rating among critics on Rotten Tomatoes and 74 percent among viewers.Oi vey. I made it through thirty minutes before I gave up and gave...
npr.orgHe will co-write a new movie with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee, and LOTR veteran screenwriter Philippa Boyens. Its working title is Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past.I like that they call his son a screenwriter even...
1picasso100euros.comNon-profit raffle. Buy a ticket for 100 euros for a chance to win a Picasso valued at 1 million euros. All proceeds go to Fondation Recherche Alzheimer, the leading organisation in France dedicated to research on...
mockdown.designFree browser-based ASCII wireframe editor. Design UI mockups, lo-fi prototypes, and text diagrams with drag-and-drop components — no signup required.This is extremely cool, although I have no idea what I'd actually use it...
mcsweeneys.netWhether you’re a frightened child wondering if your parents are teetering on the precipice of divorce, a hard-of-hearing person worried about missing the nuances of under-the-breath barbs, or simply fed up with listening to...
theverge.comThe new shopping features come a few weeks after a dustup in which influencers caught Instagram adding shopping links to their content without their permission. The “Shop the look” feature added links to cheap lookalike...
wired.comHamilton acknowledged that Hegseth has no legal authority to bar military contractors from using Anthropic for work unrelated to the Department of Defense. When asked by Lin why Hegseth would have posted that, Hamilton said, “I...
reactormag.comAmazon MGM Studios is adapting the comic book Monstress into an animated series, with Steven Maeda (One Piece, Lost, The X-Files) helming the project.Monstress is one of those books I've had on my bookshelf for years that I...