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AddWoke 2 is Woke 1 with an honest relation to power.
A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.
William Shatner was excited to go to space last year. He didn't realize he'd be overwhelmed with sadness and go through "the strongest feelings of grief" that he'd ever experienced.
Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.
By Lee Vinsel
I'm reposting this essay I wrote in 2021 because the online blogging platform Medium has apparently changed its policies and people are having trouble accessing the original. Hopefully, I'll find a better, more durable solution soon. I'm reposting it unaltered, even though I would unsurprisingly do some
Why aren't the Greens offering a stronger challenge to the political establishment?
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.
On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.
World War II has faded into movies, anecdotes, and archives that nobody cares about anymore. Are we finally losing the war?
The photographer who snapped the photos of the Artemis II crew’s return to Earth spent years honing his craft on a Navy aircraft carrier.