Wednesday, 7 June 2017
amplifying random noise
this week’s popular posts
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Not being wholly unfamiliar with official presidential statements, it was more than a bit jarring and sobering to see, via Boing Boing , tha... -
On this day, at some time after 15:00 local time, James “Jimmy” Riddle Hoffa, American labour activist and president of the International ... -
Delving the depths of Wikipedia , we learn that in Dutch, with a much more contemporary and relatable mishearing than the seventeenth centu... -
ieepa : class action lawsuit from small businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs could prove to be a significant challenge to his economic mod... -
Although failing to secure a ten percent flat tariff on European as the UK had reached—despite Brussels’ belief it could achieve the same ... -
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Language Log directs our attention to the obituary and encomium of the recently departed satirist noted for his nimble lyrics and insuff... -
Although unclear how the US president could interfere with the multi-billion dollar development project already allocated by the Washington... -
eight limes, no more : a list is a map, a compass, a prayer—via MetaFilter ะบะปััะตะฒัะบะฐั ัะพะฟะบะฐ : volcanic eruption in Russia’s far east set... -
Via Clive Thompson’s latest Linkfest —with back links to previous research on the topic, we return to the subject of growing crops undernea... -
Robin Bates at the irreplaceable Better Living through Beowulf invites us to try to understand the mentality and modus operandi of Trump ...