advisory committee on immunisation practises: following an attack on the Centres for Disease Control campus by a crazed gunman, RFK Jr forces out the CDC director and renders the government agency untrustworthy
nephilim: right wing antipathy for the Smithsonian began with a conspiracy theory that the national museum was hiding the bones of biblical giants in the basement
pick-a-brick: thanks to Trump tariffs, LEGO no longer shipping some items to North America
kodama: sacred trees in Japan and beyond—via Strange Company
the real macguffin: AI is only good for prioritising “me first” problems—not for solutions—see also
from west philly to west swig̴̙̕g̷̤̔͜y: audience scenes from Will Smith’s concerts are authentic by a YouTube experiment (previously) makes them look fake
best in show: a selection of entrants for London’s Natural History Museum’s annual Wildlife photographer awards—via Damn Interesting
executive overreach: appeals court rules that most of Trump’s reciprocal levies, enacting under emergency powers, are not legal—see previously
¡presente!: Smithsonian museum closes its Latino gallery, ostensibly in preparation for next year’s bicentennial celebrations—see previously
social security administration: chief data officer of the SSA abruptly resigns with a mass email that was memory-holed within half-an-hour, citing security concerns and a culture of panic and dread
synchronoptica
one year ago: the K-Pop Fab Four (with synchronopticæ) plus weird academic book jackets
fourteen years ago: moving beyond the incandescent bulb
