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Nearly a decade ago I asked the question: when will the first American college or university charge more than $100,000 per year to attend? Today I’d like to revisit that question by checking on the subsequent reality. NB: I’ve been...
I can’t say that work is changing more in this decade than other decades. I can say two major forces have hit many workers in this decade and the impact of those forces have made work challenging for workers, to say the least. The first...
I never want to hear Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" again. No, I'll rephrase that: I don't need to hear Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" again. I'm done. I've heard every single variation on it, every version, a different chord arrangement,...
Good morning! Hello from Lake Michigan. I’m writing this from somewhere called South Beach (no, not that one): a dispatch from nowhere that somehow feels like everything. One of the best things about Portland was its proximity to the...
Filip Kostic is an artist based in Los Angeles.Founded in 2021, Do Not Research is a non-profit arts organization. You can help to support our work:Filip Kostic’s artist lecture, Content Collapse, performed at the Ujazdowski Castle...
We see a great shot of a Montgomery-class cruiser (USS Montgomery C-9, Detroit C-10, or Marblehead C-11) conducting an “arm and away” landing party boat drill in Hampton Roads circa 1901. Note the five whale boats are carrying about 100~...
Ayami Suzuki & Rob Noyes - Classic Fevers and ChillsRecorded and released in limited quantities a few years back, this excellent collab between vocalist Ayami Suzu and guitarist Rob Noyes recently got a vinyl edition via Feeding Tube...
While the big S-boots (E boats in Allied parlance) were a crown jewel of the Kriegsmarine during WWII (and with other countries well after), a class that sort of slipped through the historical cracks was the Leichte Schnellboote (LS)...
How about these great RAF images from Ford Island at Pearl during last month’s RIMPAC? U.S. Navy and partner nation ships dock at Ford Island and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026, July 3,...
A smattering of boat names found in NOAA's Marine Cadastre data set. Source: NOAA. Visualization: Jon Keegan/Beautiful Public Data.In the vast ocean of government datasets that I trawl through, I am always on the lookout for moments...
All this week on NBC's You Don't Say!, it's the battle of the doctors, as Dr. Joyce Brothers takes on Dr. Frank Baxter. Who is Dr. Frank Baxter? Well, in 1965 you would have recognized him. According to the always-reliable Wikipedia,...
2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I track my short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is the week of Aug 2 – Aug 9. Stats Stories Finished: 3 Submissions Currently Out: 10 Submissions...
Glory and Ruin’s People then ended their foray into new lands. Following river back to the Mountain they carried their dead on wains. Child god greeted them with sorrow and praise. Both sides were equally shown. The People regaled Glory...
Here's a quick data snapshot that a friend was kind enough to share. The friend manages a smaller progressive sender email list, and he brought this out when we happened to be chatting about the new APRF feedback standard. Right now,...
An Australian budget airline is coming under fire after offering its customers a new way to make flying less stressful.That new way?Paying for overhead storage:Jetstar says the decision followed feedback from both passengers and airline...