hotwired: an oral history of Wired! magazine and the choices made with its 1994 launch—via Kottke
enjoy it while you can: duo forms political action committee to appeal to inconsistent voters through ads on porn sites
affaire des poisons: a murder scandal with accusations of witchcraft in the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV
nutty narrows: a catenary suspension bridge built over a busy road in Washington state to give squirrels safe passage
oh brave new world with so many goodly creatures: Uranus’ moon Miranda may harbour a subsurface ocean
la jetรฉe: an influential time-travel movie made of still images
scope of practise: a new museum dedicated to the paranormal and Victorian spiritualism opens in Carmarthen’s Penuel chapel
if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed: a terrifying theory on the truth behind Trump and Johnson’s ‘little secret’ that defers the election to 11 December
ghost jobs: banking resumes for vacancies that don’t really exist are haunting already demoralised tech workers
synchronoptica
one year ago: Three Wishes for Cinderella (with synchronoptica), McDonald theogony plus assorted links to revisit
seven years ago: books and things, art entrรชpots plus assorted links worth revisiting
eight years ago: US sending troops to Norway to counter Russian aggression, mobile office space, high-fives plus synthehol
nine years ago: esotericism in the Third Reich plus advances in fusion power
ten years ago: Rome abandons the West
