washington state: the incorporated polity was originally to be named Colombia after its chief river but people feared it would be confused with the national capital district, so gave it the name of the city that comprises DC hemi-finals: strange alignment of the last eight World Cup national teams
mr pibb is aspirational—he’s currently in med school: sodas with a doctorate
zero-sum game: circular deals and a shameless Ponzi scheme sends everyone to the moon
false equivalence: political tribalism and the whataboutism of the Right for the Left
a show about nothing: a scrolly-telling of the history of the sitcom Seinfeld—see previously here and here—via Web Curios
wake up neo: a signet ring with OLED display shows the cascading green code from The Matrix
aprรจs moi, le dรฉluge: a forecasting tool for sea-level rise to drown the world
separated by a common language: what North Americans call a cookie, the British call a biscuit—and what Americans call a biscuit has no exact counterpart in UK cuisine. Discuss.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the Terracotta Army (with synchronoptica) plus assorted links to revisit
two years ago: double-click jargon, more on the zombification of the legacy web plus Biden vows to stay in the US presidential race
three years ago: a secret weather modification programme for Vietnam, a ska special plus more links to enjoy
four years ago: the Hollywood Bowl, Avogadro’s Number plus US vs USSR in chess championship (1972)
five years ago: a stone ship in Sweden
six years ago: the Ehrenburg of Ehrenbach
