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“Humans are weird. I try, really I do, to get you guys. But I’ve got golden-age tech from a half dozen civilizations on this station, and y’all burned them down rather than just relax and enjoy it.” —Argus, *Kitty Cat Kill Sat*
Omg 🙈🙈🙈 dodging stray spoilers left and right, reading about Rudolph Fisher and Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins and Chester Himes! I'd think it was obvious, to not spoiler mystery novels!
Best problem to have: forcing myself to keep reading this anthology, resisting the urge to start reading everything else Rudolph Fisher wrote 👀🤩
His two stories that open *The New Negro* are ❤️🔥🌪️⚡️: "City of Refuge" (green stockings 💚) and "Vestiges" (“Harlem—city of the devil—outpost of hell”)
His two stories that open *The New Negro* are ❤️🔥🌪️⚡️: "City of Refuge" (green stockings 💚) and "Vestiges" (“Harlem—city of the devil—outpost of hell”)
Harlem's Renaissance Man - Mystery Writers of America - New York Chapter
The Golden Age of detective fiction coincided with a different sort of Golden Age among African-Americans: The Harlem Renaissance. Arguably no-one could have been described better as a Renaissance Man...
www.mwany.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Omg 🙈🙈🙈 dodging stray spoilers left and right, reading about Rudolph Fisher and Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins and Chester Himes! I'd think it was obvious, to not spoiler mystery novels!
Forgetting New York World Fair via the Harlem Renaissance. Away from "dawn of a new day" nonsense to Alain Locke's *The New Negro* gold:
“Negro life is not only establishing new contacts and founding new centers, it is finding a new soul. There is a fresh spiritual and cultural focusing” (1925)
“Negro life is not only establishing new contacts and founding new centers, it is finding a new soul. There is a fresh spiritual and cultural focusing” (1925)
February 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Forgetting New York World Fair via the Harlem Renaissance. Away from "dawn of a new day" nonsense to Alain Locke's *The New Negro* gold:
“Negro life is not only establishing new contacts and founding new centers, it is finding a new soul. There is a fresh spiritual and cultural focusing” (1925)
“Negro life is not only establishing new contacts and founding new centers, it is finding a new soul. There is a fresh spiritual and cultural focusing” (1925)
Thought about this brilliant post as I read Dr Keri Watson's book chapter on how eugenics and ableism was everywhere in the Art Deco exhibits of the 1930s World Fairs:
"exercise was a performance of masculinity that helped assuage the social and economic fears associated with the Great Depression"
"exercise was a performance of masculinity that helped assuage the social and economic fears associated with the Great Depression"
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Thought about this brilliant post as I read Dr Keri Watson's book chapter on how eugenics and ableism was everywhere in the Art Deco exhibits of the 1930s World Fairs:
"exercise was a performance of masculinity that helped assuage the social and economic fears associated with the Great Depression"
"exercise was a performance of masculinity that helped assuage the social and economic fears associated with the Great Depression"
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It's not just a heist. It's a rescue mission.
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It's not just a heist. It's a rescue mission.
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
I was flipping through Kurzgesagt‘s ten year art book trying to figure out why I felt so anesthetized and empty. This is why. Kurzgesagt never asks why various societies they feature no longer exist, avoiding discussing colonial predation and extinction—the opposite of Relooted.
Can’t wait to play!
Can’t wait to play!
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I was flipping through Kurzgesagt‘s ten year art book trying to figure out why I felt so anesthetized and empty. This is why. Kurzgesagt never asks why various societies they feature no longer exist, avoiding discussing colonial predation and extinction—the opposite of Relooted.
Can’t wait to play!
Can’t wait to play!
I TOOK 136 SCREENSHOTS through all 45 episodes of "Twelve Kingdoms"! And interestingly, though there's some great scenery in it, I think in retrospect what the artists did really well in that show was the animal designs. I didn't save any of those so, here's more scenery!
Animal designs were 🔥 tho!
Animal designs were 🔥 tho!
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I TOOK 136 SCREENSHOTS through all 45 episodes of "Twelve Kingdoms"! And interestingly, though there's some great scenery in it, I think in retrospect what the artists did really well in that show was the animal designs. I didn't save any of those so, here's more scenery!
Animal designs were 🔥 tho!
Animal designs were 🔥 tho!
Reading from this 2015 Slate article about
> "jurors who, not unreasonably, believed that scientists in white coats knew what they were talking about"
and thinking a lot about the people who think that math and science are objective while humanities are subjective.
(Unpaywalled archive.ph/bEq1W)
> "jurors who, not unreasonably, believed that scientists in white coats knew what they were talking about"
and thinking a lot about the people who think that math and science are objective while humanities are subjective.
(Unpaywalled archive.ph/bEq1W)
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Reading from this 2015 Slate article about
> "jurors who, not unreasonably, believed that scientists in white coats knew what they were talking about"
and thinking a lot about the people who think that math and science are objective while humanities are subjective.
(Unpaywalled archive.ph/bEq1W)
> "jurors who, not unreasonably, believed that scientists in white coats knew what they were talking about"
and thinking a lot about the people who think that math and science are objective while humanities are subjective.
(Unpaywalled archive.ph/bEq1W)
This upsetting excerpt from Coe, et al., "Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs" (7th ed) 🤕
The warmth and respect for Indigenous peoples I'd come to expect from Edwin Barnhart's lectures and Graeber–Wengrow's book lulled me into forgetting what history professors tend to be like
The warmth and respect for Indigenous peoples I'd come to expect from Edwin Barnhart's lectures and Graeber–Wengrow's book lulled me into forgetting what history professors tend to be like
Forgot how insufferably colonially dismissive academics can be—
“[Mesoamericans were isolated] from the simpler cultivating societies of the American Southwest and Southeast by the desert wastes of northern Mexico, through which only semi-nomadic, hunting aborigines ranged in pre-Spanish times.”
⁉️
“[Mesoamericans were isolated] from the simpler cultivating societies of the American Southwest and Southeast by the desert wastes of northern Mexico, through which only semi-nomadic, hunting aborigines ranged in pre-Spanish times.”
⁉️
February 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This upsetting excerpt from Coe, et al., "Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs" (7th ed) 🤕
The warmth and respect for Indigenous peoples I'd come to expect from Edwin Barnhart's lectures and Graeber–Wengrow's book lulled me into forgetting what history professors tend to be like
The warmth and respect for Indigenous peoples I'd come to expect from Edwin Barnhart's lectures and Graeber–Wengrow's book lulled me into forgetting what history professors tend to be like
These "five courses" posts reminded me my officemate from 10~ years ago fired my imagination by mentioning a "linguistics of Southeast Asia" class and I'm now reading
> There is no commonly used system of romanization for Thai. —Cliff Goddard, *The Languages of East and Southeast Asia*
😮🤔
> There is no commonly used system of romanization for Thai. —Cliff Goddard, *The Languages of East and Southeast Asia*
😮🤔
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
These "five courses" posts reminded me my officemate from 10~ years ago fired my imagination by mentioning a "linguistics of Southeast Asia" class and I'm now reading
> There is no commonly used system of romanization for Thai. —Cliff Goddard, *The Languages of East and Southeast Asia*
😮🤔
> There is no commonly used system of romanization for Thai. —Cliff Goddard, *The Languages of East and Southeast Asia*
😮🤔
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Has anyone looked at the "nonspecific statement = criticism" linguistic construction? e.g.
"Those were choices they made."
"That's a thing you can wear."
"That was an action he took."
Realizing this one has slipped into the discourse repertoire without much fanfare.
"Those were choices they made."
"That's a thing you can wear."
"That was an action he took."
Realizing this one has slipped into the discourse repertoire without much fanfare.
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Has anyone looked at the "nonspecific statement = criticism" linguistic construction? e.g.
"Those were choices they made."
"That's a thing you can wear."
"That was an action he took."
Realizing this one has slipped into the discourse repertoire without much fanfare.
"Those were choices they made."
"That's a thing you can wear."
"That was an action he took."
Realizing this one has slipped into the discourse repertoire without much fanfare.
“Stories, well, I’ve heard them too. Half of them are either made up or exaggerated. No, Dandilion. The world is changing. Something's coming to an end.”
—Andrzej Sapkowski, *The Last Wish*
—Andrzej Sapkowski, *The Last Wish*
February 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM
“Stories, well, I’ve heard them too. Half of them are either made up or exaggerated. No, Dandilion. The world is changing. Something's coming to an end.”
—Andrzej Sapkowski, *The Last Wish*
—Andrzej Sapkowski, *The Last Wish*
The sheer competence of Murderbot, Trese, the Witcher, Chihaya, is one reason I love these stories. Not infallible, not arrogant, just hella competent
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The sheer competence of Murderbot, Trese, the Witcher, Chihaya, is one reason I love these stories. Not infallible, not arrogant, just hella competent
Because of the young kids, I know the names of several charismatic megafauna in Japanese (さい 🦏、ゾウ 🐘、キリン 🦒) and because of me, they know a lot of workplace vocabulary like “coworker” 同僚 and “tax” 税金 and”fake sick day” 仮病
January 31, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Because of the young kids, I know the names of several charismatic megafauna in Japanese (さい 🦏、ゾウ 🐘、キリン 🦒) and because of me, they know a lot of workplace vocabulary like “coworker” 同僚 and “tax” 税金 and”fake sick day” 仮病
'my "thinking" time was devoted mainly to activities that were essentially clerical or mechanical: searching, calculating, plotting, transforming, determining the logical or dynamic consequences of a set of assumptions or hypotheses, preparing the way for a decision or an insight' —Licklider (1960)
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM
'my "thinking" time was devoted mainly to activities that were essentially clerical or mechanical: searching, calculating, plotting, transforming, determining the logical or dynamic consequences of a set of assumptions or hypotheses, preparing the way for a decision or an insight' —Licklider (1960)
What an (accidental?) manifesto!
> There are some important million-person apps, but most of them just destroy civil society, melt our brains, and arrange chauffeurs for individual cheeseburgers. Applications that solve real problems for people will be owned by the people they solve problems for.
> There are some important million-person apps, but most of them just destroy civil society, melt our brains, and arrange chauffeurs for individual cheeseburgers. Applications that solve real problems for people will be owned by the people they solve problems for.
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
What an (accidental?) manifesto!
> There are some important million-person apps, but most of them just destroy civil society, melt our brains, and arrange chauffeurs for individual cheeseburgers. Applications that solve real problems for people will be owned by the people they solve problems for.
> There are some important million-person apps, but most of them just destroy civil society, melt our brains, and arrange chauffeurs for individual cheeseburgers. Applications that solve real problems for people will be owned by the people they solve problems for.
Kotono Kato's *Altair* makes *three* superb manga set in Central Asia, all by women mangaka!
- Altair: Ottoman~esque kodansha.us/series/altai...
- Kaoru Mori's *Bride's Story*: Anatolia–Central Asia yenpress.com/series/a-bri...
- Hiromu Arakawa's *Arslan*: Persia~esque kodansha.us/series/the-h...
- Altair: Ottoman~esque kodansha.us/series/altai...
- Kaoru Mori's *Bride's Story*: Anatolia–Central Asia yenpress.com/series/a-bri...
- Hiromu Arakawa's *Arslan*: Persia~esque kodansha.us/series/the-h...
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Kotono Kato's *Altair* makes *three* superb manga set in Central Asia, all by women mangaka!
- Altair: Ottoman~esque kodansha.us/series/altai...
- Kaoru Mori's *Bride's Story*: Anatolia–Central Asia yenpress.com/series/a-bri...
- Hiromu Arakawa's *Arslan*: Persia~esque kodansha.us/series/the-h...
- Altair: Ottoman~esque kodansha.us/series/altai...
- Kaoru Mori's *Bride's Story*: Anatolia–Central Asia yenpress.com/series/a-bri...
- Hiromu Arakawa's *Arslan*: Persia~esque kodansha.us/series/the-h...
I too haven’t had cornbread and when I saw the Jamaican jerk spot had it as a side I took it as a sign.
1. Amazing 🤩
2. Spiked my blood glucose to 166, even tho I doused it in the butter 😬
3. Will eat again 🤤
1. Amazing 🤩
2. Spiked my blood glucose to 166, even tho I doused it in the butter 😬
3. Will eat again 🤤
New Zealand trying cornbread and pound cake for the first time. In every video and in every city there's a Black woman feeding this man and he be just as happy as I don't what 😂😂😂
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I too haven’t had cornbread and when I saw the Jamaican jerk spot had it as a side I took it as a sign.
1. Amazing 🤩
2. Spiked my blood glucose to 166, even tho I doused it in the butter 😬
3. Will eat again 🤤
1. Amazing 🤩
2. Spiked my blood glucose to 166, even tho I doused it in the butter 😬
3. Will eat again 🤤
Escaflowne is such a love letter to geographies. Coastal Japanese towns. Medieval forest towns. Bustling trading cities on the coast. Tropical cities surrounded by rice paddies.
It's also a paean to sunrises and sunsets. An endless Ghibli-grade parade of skyscapes
It's also a paean to sunrises and sunsets. An endless Ghibli-grade parade of skyscapes
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Escaflowne is such a love letter to geographies. Coastal Japanese towns. Medieval forest towns. Bustling trading cities on the coast. Tropical cities surrounded by rice paddies.
It's also a paean to sunrises and sunsets. An endless Ghibli-grade parade of skyscapes
It's also a paean to sunrises and sunsets. An endless Ghibli-grade parade of skyscapes
Always love how sparkly 🌟✨ Sirius ✨🌟 is. Those frequent green sparks, chef kiss
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Always love how sparkly 🌟✨ Sirius ✨🌟 is. Those frequent green sparks, chef kiss
There’s this well-known fallacy in dev called “I could build it in a weekend”: Dan Luu danluu.com/sounds-easy/ and Steve Yegge steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have... have excellent rebuttals
My uncharitable take is, Truell and team are doing this—“did it in a week—and it’s getting a pass cuz 🫧
My uncharitable take is, Truell and team are doing this—“did it in a week—and it’s getting a pass cuz 🫧
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
There’s this well-known fallacy in dev called “I could build it in a weekend”: Dan Luu danluu.com/sounds-easy/ and Steve Yegge steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have... have excellent rebuttals
My uncharitable take is, Truell and team are doing this—“did it in a week—and it’s getting a pass cuz 🫧
My uncharitable take is, Truell and team are doing this—“did it in a week—and it’s getting a pass cuz 🫧
This. Is. An actual building. In New York. Called the General Electric Building. 🤯🤯🤯 the mind fails.
Via Chris Hytha's brilliant drone-based floor-by-floor composite orthographic image highrises.hythacg.com/building/gen... in a collection of dozens of similarly jaw-dropping Art Deco high-rise tops
Via Chris Hytha's brilliant drone-based floor-by-floor composite orthographic image highrises.hythacg.com/building/gen... in a collection of dozens of similarly jaw-dropping Art Deco high-rise tops
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
This. Is. An actual building. In New York. Called the General Electric Building. 🤯🤯🤯 the mind fails.
Via Chris Hytha's brilliant drone-based floor-by-floor composite orthographic image highrises.hythacg.com/building/gen... in a collection of dozens of similarly jaw-dropping Art Deco high-rise tops
Via Chris Hytha's brilliant drone-based floor-by-floor composite orthographic image highrises.hythacg.com/building/gen... in a collection of dozens of similarly jaw-dropping Art Deco high-rise tops
I am at a loss. I bought and devoured all the following Milestone Returns comics in 24 hours and am in withdrawal. So so so good
- Static Shock Season 1
- Icon & Rocket Season 1
- Duo
- Hardware Season 1
- Icon vs Hardware
- Blood Syndicate Season 1
Eagerly awaiting more electrifying stories
- Static Shock Season 1
- Icon & Rocket Season 1
- Duo
- Hardware Season 1
- Icon vs Hardware
- Blood Syndicate Season 1
Eagerly awaiting more electrifying stories
January 11, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I am at a loss. I bought and devoured all the following Milestone Returns comics in 24 hours and am in withdrawal. So so so good
- Static Shock Season 1
- Icon & Rocket Season 1
- Duo
- Hardware Season 1
- Icon vs Hardware
- Blood Syndicate Season 1
Eagerly awaiting more electrifying stories
- Static Shock Season 1
- Icon & Rocket Season 1
- Duo
- Hardware Season 1
- Icon vs Hardware
- Blood Syndicate Season 1
Eagerly awaiting more electrifying stories
‘I said ‘The plural of anecdote is data” some time in the 1969-70 academic year while teaching a graduate seminar at Stanford. The occasion was a student’s dismissal of a simple factual statement — by another student or me — as a mere anecdote. The quotation was my rejoinder.’
—Raymond Wolfinger
—Raymond Wolfinger
freakonomics.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
‘I said ‘The plural of anecdote is data” some time in the 1969-70 academic year while teaching a graduate seminar at Stanford. The occasion was a student’s dismissal of a simple factual statement — by another student or me — as a mere anecdote. The quotation was my rejoinder.’
—Raymond Wolfinger
—Raymond Wolfinger