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Just a year ago, the future of the largest American wilderness area east of the Mississippi River was in question, as biologists and conservationists feared that a dragline mining project on its southeastern fringes would tragically...
Yet another Wednesday, so another post of Boston-centric lists of shows, both impending (as in, within the next 7 days) and newly-scheduled (as in, announced over the previous 7 days). It doesn’t include everything, just those that are...
(From a short story by Chigozie Obioma, a professor at the University of Michigan, by the way.)
Remember what it was like to get a SIM card for your phone back in the day? Every time I arrived in a new country, I would go to a phone shop and spend around an hour or so signing up for a SIM card, filling out forms, handing over my...
Conan the Barbarian (Titan Books) #33A Roberto De La Torre Regular Release: Jul 29, 2026Cover: Jul 2026 Titan Comics Heroic Signatures THE BRAND NEW STORY ARC CURSED SHORES BEYOND BEGINS HEREConan and Valeria are pirates of the Red...
The Convenience Trap available Nov. 17, 2026.
From The Traveler: One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris, by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2026), Kindle pp. 276-278, 282-283: ‘I would be far more useful to the world if I were to embark on another great voyage,’...
I realized I've never shared my tattoos here. I have three, all on my right arm. My goal has always been to get that arm covered with different tattoos, but since they're a bit of a financial investment, I haven't quite achieved that...
Ever since I first heard him I knew that Joshua Ray Walker was one of the best singers and songwriters in the world right now. After seeing him live I am more and more convinced he is right up there with the very best active today....
Sleep is underrated.If you want to be happier, more productive, more creative, and healthier, sleep.Sleep is note a waste of time.Stop thinking of it as a luxury. Start treating it as a priority.
Do you feel it? Do you remember the feeling? You’re reading something: something new and complex. And you’re really trying—pushing through that strain in your brain. Do you feel that anymore? It’s a strange thing. As a programmer, it was...
From guarding our professional expertise to rethinking processes, some advice for using LLMs effectively and responsibly.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on May 10, 2019. The spiritual life for the Christian is not a mere horizontal path, but rather vertical and likened to a ladder— consisting of different levels of progression. Thus, the...
New-to-me sidewalk art in #SanFrancisco 's Upper Haight, Page Street near Lyon. A piece by Eclair Bandersnatch. In my pic, it looks like her hair eroded, but that's just my camera failing to depict glitter. Her hair had a lot of glitter....
I did not expect to receive such as overwhelming feedback and support on my trip to the Mon Refugee School. I am further touched by some of your contributions to the good cause. We have never met in person, but you still trust me with...