And other thoughts on how consumer drones are factoring into the war in Ukraine

Everybody who celebrates Christmas has a particular song, or perhaps an entire Christmas album, that rattles around eternally in their brain. Maybe you love The Eternal Christmas Song That Inhabits Your Mind, and how it begins to play in your mind more regularly, more insistently, as the days grow shorter

a social media network that makes your terrible uncles even more terrible and lets them see all your stuff was not going to stay cool for long

“Nor did the Eye seem to want the Aid of Glasses: as every Thing, that could be seen at all, was seen distinct.” - Thomas Baldwin, on the occasion of his first ascent into the air in 1785. In the late 18th century, the term “Aeronaut” was  reserved for the

Fridge magnets are our memories, in the form of plastic alligators.

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Using data to explain why some parts of the US are less cool than others.

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