269 entries for 2026

The Charlie Rose Paradox

[Webcams flatten people and their interactions.]

[Wise guests can turn dumb questions into insightful and informative answers.]

[Not showing their feet in the shot focuses on their face, hands, and fashion, and speaking as Greek busts.]

Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan (2018)

[This Sudanese pioneer is known for having electrified the tambur (lyre), creating a hypnotic, trance-like sound in the ’70s and ’80s. Notice the call-and-response pattern in the chorus.]

Xikipedia

pseudo social media feed that algorithmically shows you content from Simple Wikipedia.

available fully offline, and you can even install it as an app by clicking the install button.

[When you move somewhere on your own, you might wonder if you'll ever "fit in" or feel at home. As long as you look honestly at yourself and your needs, be your truest form and give it generously to others, you'll find where you belong.]

you a worm?

two worms find themselves

👎🏽: talking about people you never met

👍🏽: meet them, talk with them

If we knew as much about Haiti as we do about France, the world wouldn't be the way it is!

[Napoleon's bankruptcy from the Haitian revolution forced the sale of Louisiana territory to what we now call the United States; without this, it would be a third of the size today.]

SpaceX IPO + Inflation

[Stock offerings have historically been a way for the public to generate wealth by participating in a company's growth, but they can limit people's returns via IPO after decades of operation. Microsoft's price today is 750x from 1986. SpaceX's $1.8 trillion valuation after 24 years of operation is ninety-two times its yearly revenue, which means they would need to be eventually be worth over a quadrillion dollars to achieve similar returns.]

Mestre Manoel (Ypiranga de Pastinha) e Mestre Boca do Rio (Zimba)

trickery, humour, control, fluidity, theatre