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for Seattlites, an example of why i'm not so into The Stranger anymore (facebook, sorry)


Star Trek is the MCU's future?


a discussion of Medieval attitudes toward witchcraft through the lens of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves


discussion of Larry Niven vs Joanna Russ circa 1985. i wish Joanna Russ was more entertaining reading for me. oh well.


McSweeney's: if women wrote men the way men write women


six degrees of Sephora


how Game of Thrones explains white people


Victorian sewer tech: the stinkpipe


Old Man Murray and the origins of Gamergate

and the follow-up:
what happened to the women who built the video game industry?


We Wear Culture: digitized access to the history of clothing and its intersection with culture


how Marvel fought to make sure that the X-men are not legally human


getting your science stuff through airport security


Martin Landau was once a cartoonist (and hawt)


reference reading and watching material for the Starfinder RPG - a list that is interesting in both inclusion and omission...


ermagherd the Japanese drone camera on ISS is super-cute


Google Glass where it belongs: the factory floor


how fear and outrage are profitable for media companies


newly discovered photos of Mt St Helens eruption as seen from Portland


one of the better pieces about the fear of a female Doctor Who


lots of data debunking the "Irish slaves" meme


research on how keyboarding is impacting kanji writing skills in Japan


why the attempted ban on trans folks in the military should concern everyone


honest tourism ads for US states


i'm playing the world's tiniest violin


scary smart things pets have done


smartphones and teens' mental health


a costume designer breaks down why Belle's ballgown in the live action Beauty and the Beast felt underwhelming