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Stereolab at Central Park Summerstage 1995. I used to attend random Summerstage performances since I live nearby. I was not familiar with Stereolab at the time (but I did know a bit about John Cale who opened for them). The general vibe was one of "awe". Enjoy! youtu.be/JN9WGGGg-j8?...

Does blowing out someone else's candle make yours shine more brightly?

Stereophonic, groovalistic, realistic, superalistic. You can find it all on your radio.

The Upper West Side of New York has a memorial to the civil rights activists Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner murdered by the KKK in Mississippi in 1964. Unfortunately it's underwhelming and obscure.

They're eating the science. They're eating the history.

Chef recommends… www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lGN...

Stupidity is the original weapon of mass destruction

Apparently letting your daughter die of a preventable disease is "God's will" in Texas. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

I think I found some waste at the Federal Government.

Every billionaire is a policy that’s gone wrong

Make that make sense

I just found the most perfect word in the English language — unfortunately. enantiodromia The process by which something becomes its opposite: applied esp. to the adoption by an individual or community of a set of beliefs opposite to those held at an earlier stage. www.oed.com/dictionary/e...

Søren Kierkegaard put in charge of renaming US Government Departments. Starts with Health and Human Services.

Polio, measles, HIV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2, E coli, listeria, etc. celebrating right now www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

We're having a real winter in New York for once

We are not alone

Elon is the Captain now. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Ask DeepSeek, "Who is Chiang Kaishek?" It behaves oddly when you do.

How much time and money will we waste changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico on government websites, letterheads, buildings, etc.?

I was going to go to Jupiter to get more stupider, but decided it wasn't worth the trouble. There's plenty of more stupider here on Earth.