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The cars keep lurching to the far right.

Tracing English Back to Its Oldest Known Ancestor: An Introduction to Proto-Indo-European

Producer Tony Visconti Breaks Down the Making of David Bowie’s Classic “Heroes,” Track by Track

Why Are the Names of British Towns & Cities So Hard to Pronounce?: A Humorous But Informative Primer

Spotted on the web.

another Nazi salute at CPAC

Optical Poems by Oskar Fischinger: Discover the Avant-Garde Animator Despised by Hitler & Dissed by Disney

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes. The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations. What happens when you put 19 year olds in charge. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

How long does it take to put a nation into a spiral? About a month, it turns out.

A deep dive into DOGE data discovers a disturbing directory of discrepancies, distortions, delusions, and deception. Dismal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

60 Free Film Noir Movies. Watch 'em online

The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled--MIT Technology Review Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come. www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

Hear the Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune by David Matthews (1977)

Am I looking forward to flying? Hell no. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Saturday Night Live’s Iconic Studio

How Do You Use AI in Your Daily Life? Share the Applications That Have Made a Big Difference We're trying to see if people use AI in meaningful ways (or not). Please add any insights on our site/blog post.

Happy for Canada. Congrats on defeating the US. www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...

The First Work of Science Fiction: Read Lucian’s 2nd-Century Space Travelogue A True Story

The Architectural History of the Louvre: 800 Years in Three Minutes

McConnell had the chance to stop Trump after Jan 6. He lost his nerve.

The framers of the Constitution planned for many things—but not for the day when every branch of government would be filled with lackeys, doormats and sycophants.

Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints

Has SpaceX Done Anything NASA Hasn’t? Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains His “Feud” with Elon Musk

Experience Footage of Roaring 1920s Berlin, Restored & Colorized with Artificial Intelligence

Watch David Byrne Lead a Massive Choir in Singing David Bowie’s “Heroes”

Look, Pence's little spine is growing.

Is this streaming free everywhere? Or is it geo-restricted? Thanks for any insights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiEx...

Hear the Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune by David Matthews (1977)

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Producer Tony Visconti Breaks Down the Making of David Bowie’s Classic “Heroes,” Track by Track

I think it goes something like: The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

When William S. Burroughs Appeared on Saturday Night Live: His First TV Appearance (1981)

Why Are the Names of British Towns & Cities So Hard to Pronounce?: A Humorous But Informative Primer

Interesting speech by Vince Gilligan, who is clearly chagrined over the bad-fan response to Walter White: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...

Ray Bradbury Reveals the True Meaning of Fahrenheit 451: It’s Not About Censorship, But People “Being Turned Into Morons by TV”

Elon should use his remarkable "genius" to get planes to fly without crashing--you know, just like they did for the last 100 years until DOGE started dismantling things.

The plane crashes are likely the first visible effects of DOGE. Expect the cracks to show in other parts of the government soon.

We're on our fifth plane crash since Trump's inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

Jane Austen Used Pins to Edit Her Manuscripts: Before the Word Processor & White-Out

Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night Live Is Crafted Every Week. Now you can know how the SNL sausage gets made.

Brian Eno Explores What Art Does in a New Book Co-Written with Artist Bette A www.openculture.com/2025/02/bria...

Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk’

Watch the Historic First Episode of Saturday Night Live with Host George Carlin (1975). It's now online.

This should make everyone feel safe flying.

Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Other Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn. Such a classy bunch. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Meet Jesse Welles, the Folk Singer Who Turns News into Folk Music, Writing Songs on Elections, Plane Crashes, Ozempic & More

Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump say it should absolve their child-porn charges, too www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...