nine days in june: landmark US supreme court decisions of years past and upcoming cases during this busy time of the year
mcmodernslopecore: AI-generated architecture—via Miss Cellania
photovoltaic: a brief tutorial on how solar panels work—via Kottke
linguist fingerprints: every AI talks with an accent
i am not on harry mudd’s client list—stop talking about it, i don’t even know him: the Federation’s war with the Romulans was a total success
defender of the realm: profiles of medieval warrior women
dialog society: a trove of leaked documents reveals the activities of Peter Thiel’s secretive cult, prepping for WWIII with a breeding programme—see previously
spacex: a plan to deploy a million satellites in Earth orbit would ruin the night sky for everyone
parc güell: Antoni Gaudí’s 1926 failed housing estate has become one of Barcelona’s public spaces
51st state: rural Illinois citizens petition to eject Chicago and split into two polities—see also
synchronoptica
one year ago: the G7 in Alberta and the Israeli-Iran war (with synchronoptica) plus the Trump phone
two years ago: a synthesiser performance piece , OJ Simpson flees police (1994) plus tragic children’s names
three years ago: NASCAR celebrates Pride plus a werewolf exorcism (1983)
four years ago: Star Trek: TAS retcon, the Watergate break-in (1972) plus assorted links to revisit
five years ago: Iceland reforms its naming rules, ASCII standards published (1963), the musical stylings of the Sons of Kemet plus calendrical dating formats
six years ago: US supreme court erodes the Civil Rights Act, the East German uprising of 1953, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls plus Trump sues to stop publication of a tell-all exposé
