Afflictor: Thinking the NRA Easter card was perhaps in poor taste.
- Ari Fleischer thinks no one notices his disrespect for the President.
- Old Print Articles: Gluttonous behavior (1887) + Bear-related practical joke (1894).
- Classic Photograph: George Ripley, When Brook Farm Was A Memory (1849).
- Featured Videos: Christian Marclay turns tables (1989) + William F. Buckley discusses morality with B.F. Skinner (1973) + Welcoming back baseball with a few oddities + John Zorn visited in his apartment + Amazing musicians jam on electric toy instruments + Margaret Dumont mocked one final time (1965) + Heart surgery broadcast on live TV (1958) + Orson Welles interviewed in the wake of Watergate (1974) + Fischer-Spassky rematch (1992) + Old technologies persist + Joni Mitchell performing “California” (1970) + Two John Cage performances + George Carlin on the dark side of advertising.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I just singlehandedly destroyed the barter system + Yes, I do want to give you a blow job + I somehow make murderous bears seem sympathetic + I purchased medication for my goldfish. No, seriously. + Psst…sand.
- Buzzfeed’s Jonah Peretti is influenced by Stanley Milgram’s experiments.
- Edward Luce considers the serious challenges currently facing America.
- Adam Curtis somehow connects nation-building and bodybuilding.
- Olivetti’s Programma 101 introduced personal computing in 1964.
- Design genius Ettore Sottsass examined the nature of his work in 1973.
- B.F. Skinner’s daughter defends her dad’s parenting skills.
- Yale psychologist Laurie Santos examines human and simian fiscal sense.
- E.O. Wilson explains yet again how humans are like ants.
- Gregory L. Matloff’ examines how we can deflect Earth-shattering asteroids.
- Evolutionary robotics uses futuristic tools to teach us about the past.
- Paleontologist Paul Barrett outlines the reemergence of dino-studies.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein waxing ominously about the technological age.
- Ben Ehrenreich examines death of print in the electronic age.
- Nam June Paik connected the world with videos before Youtube.
- Hollywood is reimagining itself as a green, urban enclave.
- Sam Anderson looks at the meaning of so-called “dumb” video games.
- Isaac Asimov’s 1989 essay looks at the relative nature of wrongness.
- Stephen Hawking adopts the iBrain to aid his communication.
- Luc Steels programs robots to learn their own language.
- Smart Sand grains combine to form objects.
- An Economist report on the possibility of flying cars.
- Teenager growing up in carnival discusses his intimate life.
- A note from 1899 about baby superstitions.
- A note from 1887 about risqué moving pictures.
- This week’s Afflictor’s keyphrase searches.