it cuts up a man’s youth and vigour most horribly: Jane Austen invented the wellness guy
maplewashing: the deceptive practise of making things seem more Canadian than they actually are narrowly beat out “elbows up” for Canadian English Dictionary’s inaugural Word of the Year
antipodes: Rothera Antarctic research station gets a new Royal Mail postbox genai.mil: Pentagon installs a chatbot on all DOD computers—immediately concludes that Hegseth is a war-criminal—via Super Punch
dayton accords: a look back at the peace negotiations to end the war in after the collapse of Yugoslavia three decades on
cut spelng: English orthographer Christopher Upward’s failed proposal for language reform through elimination of redundant letters—see previously, see also
little wars: HG Wells’ contribution to table top role play games
synchronoptica
one year ago: Vince Collins celebrates the US bicentennial (with synchronopticรฆ), Intershop (1962) plus assorted links worth revisiting
thirteen years ago: IKEA instructions for that dapper monkey
sixteen years ago: drug money helped banks weather the Great Recession
