Allusionist 61: In Your Hand
Since it caught on a couple of hundred years ago, graphology - analysing handwriting to deduce characteristics of the writer - has struggled to be taken seriously as a practice.…
Mean Girls, a Horror Story
As we shuttle back and forth between the past and the present, it’s the act of looking back that scares us the most.
Guidelines for Appeasing Kim of the Hundred Hands
To make an offering, be sure to visit the actual statue of Kim of the Hundred Hands. She is not honored if you visit a replica statue. The real Kim…
Tardigrades: ‘Water bears’ stuck on the moon after crash
Tiny animals called tardigrades are thought to have survived a crash-landing on the moon. The moon might now be home to thousands of planet Earth’s most indestructible animals. Tardigrades -…
Ghosts – Believer Magazine
Last year I became fascinated with an artificial intelligence model that was being trained to write human-like text. The model was called GPT-3, short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 3; if…
I Tackled My Climate Anxiety by Becoming a Parks Department Super Steward
One weed at a time. I was astonished to learn how impactful fighting for trees really is. According to this New York City tree map, one London plane tree near…
How wellness culture is toxic for people with chronic illness
Wellness culture is toxic for people with chronic illness or pain. Influencers use shame and sexism in medicine to scam sick people. I understand the attractiveness of the wellness industry…
Sell This Book!
Corporate publishing wants to turn all readers into renters. We’re trying to stop them. Maybe you’ve noticed how things keep disappearing—or stop working—when you “buy” them online from big platforms…
Census 2020: Michigan has a few areas of growth, wide swaths of decline | Bridge Michigan
Western Michigan and southeast suburbs are growing gangbusters, but Detroit, the U.P. and Thumb continue to lose residents.
How the Pandemic Now Ends
Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will be over one day—but the way there is different now. But although vaccinated individuals are well protected,…