Afflictor: Imagining what Mitt Romney envisions when he thinks of the so-called 47%.
- Memo to British Royalty: Stop whining about that woman’s tits.
- If I had a Twitter Account, I would write tweets like this.
- Old Print Articles: Frenchman operates spider farm outside Philadelphia (1895) + Montana teetotaler forced by angry mob to drink liquor (1896).
- Featured Videos: Michael Parkinson patronizes Helen Mirren (1975) + TV production of King Lear starring Orson Welles (1953) + Gloves that say aloud what deaf people are signing + Industrial robot makes toil (and paychecks) disappear + Computerized ballet from Bell Labs (1965) + Work by pioneering computer artist Myron Krueger (1989).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I can help you, even if you don’t use fancy words like “urine” + I’d make a helluva dad + Having dead animals in my home is not freaky enough for me + I don’t bother with small complaints.
- Carl Hagenback’s odd childhood informed his insane zoos.
- Perhaps we should unloose synthetic biology experimentation.
- Miitt Romney’s senior strategist once took a raft of PEDs.
- An optimistic view of alterna-energies solving climate change.
- Katherine Boo discusses reporting about poverty for well-fed folks.
- Chris Anderson predicts a homebrew manufacturing revolution.
- Stephen Hawking lectures on space colonization.
- Paul Allen wants to reverse engineer the brain, knows it will take awhile.
- History retention was always porous, not only since social media.
- Will brain injuries doom professional football?
- The popularity of fermented foods in fine dining is growing.
- Contemplating the ethics of roboticized warfare.
- Biodegradable electronics can be made from silk.
- Imagining a workaround solution for global warming.
- Will Rogers name is remembered, but his dark wit is mostly not.
- A brief note from 1885 about a nosebleed.
- A brief note from 1901 about a 12-year-old kidnapper.
- A brief note from 1896 about a Colorado burial.
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