- Three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic discovered a remarkably well-preserved copy of Superman No. 1, which sold at auction for a record-breaking $9.12 million.
- Everyone in Florida should be thankful for alligators. – via my dad
- What makes the world’s first bar joke funny? No one knows. – via @heidiyounggrasshopper
- I love this research into whether the mere presence of someone in a Batman costume makes people act nicer. (Spoiler: It does.)
- Why do NFL refs keep botching the overtime coin toss?!
- Clues by Sam is a daily brain teaser that manages to be both cute and maddening – via The Athletic
- On the evening of October 9, 1992, a meteor weighing more than two tons punctured the atmosphere. Sonic explosions accompanied its descent as it broke apart while screaming across the sky before a small chunk of it went through the trunk of a parked car in Peekskill, New York.
- Does Harrison Ford Know His Lines?
- The ultimate dad gift? A World War II Aircraft Advent Calendar
- War Is Over If You Want It:
- The people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least.
- Higher Ed’s Rush to Adopt AI Is about So Much More Than AI
The current maliciously-ignorant dotard running the most powerful nation-state in the history of mankind decided to demolish the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden (established by first lady Edith Roosevelt as the Colonial Garden in 1903) in addition to leveling the Rose Garden and felling two historic magnolia trees (commemorating Presidents Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt) adjacent to the East Wing in his craven lust to install a self-aggrandizing and pointless ballroom.- A 17-year-old U.S. citizen and high school senior was detained by immigration officers in Oregon on Nov. 21, 2025.
- Driver Denny Hamlin breaks down in tears as the first witness testifying at NASCAR antitrust trial
- Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was detained by ICE at a bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake. – via @phillewis
Posts tagged “logic”
The Scarlet M
I’ve been thinking lately that there should be some way to flag others on Facebook to remind yourself to ignore them. Of course you can unfriend people; I’m not talking about that. I’m primarily talking about friends of friends. I kind of like the idea of a scarlet M, for moron. Frequently I’ll read a
Fortune’s Formula
I am not even 100 pages into my latest William Poundstone book and I already know it’s going to be a favorite. Fortune’s Formula, The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street is the fourth Poundstone book I’ve read. The man is a genius of a writer. Labyrinths
In Theory
You really should read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by the late, great Douglas Adams. There’s a bit in there about Schrödinger’s cat that started me tumbling down a long road (many, many years ago) of trying to learn everything I could about physics, metaphysics, philosophy, blah blah blah. (Try to find a copy of
Philosophy Exam
This is a take-home exam from a Philosophy class I took in my 2nd year of college.
Game Theory
The bonus question @ sylloge.com is: “Does anyone know if there are an infinite number of chess games? If not, what the limit is?” The answers are “no” and “I couldn’t tell you off the top of my head, but I suspect it’s a great big number”. This is a topic tackled in Prisoner’s Dilemma