Headlines of the Week
- What to Watch on Super Bowl Sunday That Isn’t the Goddamn Super Bowl (not a fan of their options but…)
Nonbookish Linkage
- Further proof that we’re a nation of ignoramuses
- How slavery was written out of the Declaration of Independence
- One billion years are missing
- Octopuses are from space (those who watch Resident Alien already know this)
- Are courts “informationally disabled”?
- I always wondered why teacher training schools were called “normal” schools
Bookish Linkage
- Looking for weird old books?
- Does reading from screens damage reading comprehension?
People finally realized that if God truly existed, he was a real bastard.
Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth