foreverware: Eerie, Indiana was the Stranger Things of the late 1990s
correlation is not causation: the mullet index of South American regime change—via Quantum of Sollazzo
yakity-yak: prolific toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb at 104—via Damn Interesting
the high price of exceptionalism: America’s problems are solved problems
classifieds: an appreciation of the enduring earnestness of Craigslist, one of the few remaining refugees of the early internet before everything was commodified
waggle dance: an optical compass inspired by bee navigators
business in front, party in back: an annual hairstyle competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg
mr burns: a post-electric play: post apocalyptic Simpsons stage show to have cinematic adaptation