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Put two massive galaxy clusters into collision and you have an astronomical laboratory for the study of dark matter, that much discussed and controversial form of matter that does not…

In most memoirs that I have read, people may share their experiences and say that x or y is not uncommon for people who, say, have sex addiction; however, that’s…

Time is a strange thing.What I mean is a second is only a second and a minute is only a minute. Better yet, to take this further, an hour is…

Crystal-clear and cold. A mourning dove calls from the woods’ edge. A small patch of sun appears among the bracken, making a drought-struck frond twice as yellow.

As the 2024 Olympics Games are about to start in Paris today, let’s look back to the time when Ash Ketchum was the Indigo League torchbearer. The clip shows Ash…

#100DayToOffload I've reached my lifetime limit of pretending that Republicans can love Trump AND Jesus at the same time

When I said Democrats wanted another 1964, that included a desire for the kind campaign that LBJ ran, unapologetically aggressive and most of all, willing to call a spade a…

Abstract architectural detail of San Antonio, Texas' Tobin Center for Performing Arts. The post Striking first appeared on 75CentralPhotography.

The above is a drawing by Howard Brodie, an artist James Jones much admired.  The distinctive way the Allied commanders organized the campaign for Guadalcanal, coupled with certain features intrinsic…

I will always be grateful to QAnon cranks for making “sex trafficking” rhetoric unpalatable to anyone outside of the MAGA cult, thus causing the moral panic to implode.  Oh, we…

One of my local schools, just down the road, is the Creative Computing Institute, part of University of the Arts London. I was honoured to be a judge at the…

Book of the Day: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (1987) Movie of the Day: Presumed Innocent (Harrison Ford – 1990) TV Series of the Day: Presumed Innocent (Jake Gyllenhaal –…

26th July 2024 Often the criminal cases that feature prominently in the news are really not interesting from a legal(istic) perspective. One could quite happily commentate on interesting legal issues…

This is the second part of a fiction serial, in 725 words. It was snowing lightly, and he wrapped his old coat around tightly against the cold easterly wind. Rachel…

Matt Birchler writing about Math Notes in iPadOS 18: …while I can academically understand why they’re so impressive and that some people will get massive use out of them, they…

Find Me Falling (2024) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five). Rated TV-MA, for mild profanity and suicidal contentAvailable via: NetflixBy Derrick BangHarry Connick Jr. is perfectly cast in this quirky little rom-com. I’ve no…

On the last Friday of each month I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. Note: Regular readers may…

Just as we need regular physical training to keep from physical decline, we also need regular training in our daily work. In this post, I reflect on the parallels between…

There’s a very good Scot Squad scene about the digging up of a time capsule where every item in it is now excruciating — such as a Gary Glitter LP,…

As ever behind the curve, I’m only now reading Rebecca F. Kuang’s Yellowface and I’m not going to feed some kind of global metanarrative by presuming to comment on its…