big bounce: some astrophysicists suspect that things were happening in the Cosmos prior to the Big Bang—via Damn Interesting’s Curated Links
nogoodnik: Russia reactivates its bot and troll army to muddy the US mid-term elections
fivethirtyeight: mapping out when individual voting jurisdictions announce results
jazz harp: the musical stylings of Turiyasangitananda—a.k.a. Ms Alice Coltrane—via Messy Nessy Chic
false prophets: a denunciation of America’s Christian nationalism—via Miss Cellania
battleground states: artists reflect on the consequential American election
hero’s journey: avoiding the perils of the monomyth in storytelling
