knock, knock, knock—who’s there: the authorship debate between William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson over the joke format
charlotte braun: the untimely demise of the Peanuts’ foil to Charlie Brown
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io: Juno space probe reveals a gigantic lava lake on the Jovian satellite’s surface
he mad: Trump has to sit quietly through court proceedings
occult chemistry: a 1908 theosophical text by Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater with diagrams by Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa
captive market: private equity comes after US prison commissaries
democracy dies in darkness: news media and the paywall dilemma
the colour of pomegranates: more on Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov
is this a red flag: the Jane Eyre edition
synchronoptica
one year ago: more efforts to offset Labour Day plus a hitch-hiking companion on a Martian rover
two years ago: another classic from Prince (1985), the burial place of the Red Baron plus Disney and the culture wars
three years ago: the Tomorrow Show with special guest, duplexes in the Rรผhrhgebiet plus a mystery photo
four years ago: the Principality of Hutt, the founding of Rome (753 BC), a curatorial showdown, MS DOS coding, oil prices go negative, Texas exploits a crisis plus the Sabre Dance
five years ago: Easter greetings plus a return visit to the Völkerschlachtdenkmal