flu season: experimentation with gene-editing tools suggest CRISPR may be able to stop the virus from replicating—see also
i want my mtv: a service that rebroadcasts the cable channel from its first day until they stopped playing music, including vintage commercials—via MetaFilter
l’etat, c’est moi: Trump makes the case for his own impeachment with his Mar-a-Lago press conference on Venezuela
fire with fire: stopping a rogue AI with an instinct for self-preservation may call for turning off the internet—or more drastic measures
a day of love: a plaque commemorating Washington, DC police for their actions during the Capitol insurrection has gone missing on this fifth anniversary—see below, see also
monkeybranching: Gen Z dating and relationship terminology
donroe doctrine: Denmark demands Trump quit his designs on seizing Greenland, risks the end of NATO
gomrath: a forgotten psychedelic masterpiece rediscovered fifty years on
home-brew: researchers develop a vaccine deliverable by beer
synchronoptica
one year ago: European Cultural Capitals (with synchronopticรฆ), certifying the vote of the electoral college plus the coat of arms of Denmark changed to signal Greenland is not for sale
twelve years ago: repeating history’s mistakes
thirteen years ago: cocoa and Christmas chocolates plus the threshold of discoverability for actors
fourteen years ago: debates over fluoridated water plus American empire
sixteen years ago: boxing up the Christmas stuff
seventeen years ago: a faded superpower
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