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Radiolab: Worst. Year. Ever : Throughline

What was the worst year to be alive on planet Earth? We make the case for 536 AD, which set off a cascade of catastrophes that is almost too horrible to imagine. A supervolcano. The disappearance of shadows. A failure of bread. Plague rats. Using evidence painstakingly gathered around the world – from Mongolian tree […]

The Explosion of Mount Hood

The motor launch tied up at the small-boat pier in Seeadler Harbor in New Guinea to disembark a dozen men from the ammunition carrier USS Mount Hood. The date was November 10, 1944. Led by the ship’s communications officer, Lieutenant Lester Hull Wallace, the group had several errands to run on shore before returning to […]

THE STRANGERS Spotted in Austin During SXSW

Published at: March 18, 2024, 7:04 p.m. CST by Barbarella  Hey, friends. Barbarella here. Spring festival season in Austin, Texas attracts a variety of people from all over the world to the city known for being a bit weird. This year, it wasn’t just musicians and filmmakers who made their way to Central Texas, but […]

Could The US BAN TikTok?!

On this week’s episode of the Android Central Podcast, Shruti Shekar, Nick Sutrich, and Jerry Hildenbrand discuss just how good the Honor Magic 6 Pro’s camera really is, why more people are buying the Galaxy S24 Plus, why US lawmakers want TikTok banned, how Apple acquiring DarwinAI could give Google Gemini some serious competition, and […]

I’m So Old: Web Edition

Time can be a funny thing. I still remember discovering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding. I still remember my first college programming course. I still remember my first day at my first coding job, then my first day at my second coding job, and then my first day at Mozilla. I still remember my first […]

The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch

Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above) by special artist Edwin Forbes, which Forbes labeled as “William J. Jackson, Sergt. Maj. 12th N.Y. Vol.—Sketched at Stoneman’s Switch, near Fredricksburg [sic], Va. Jan. 27th, 1863.” The young noncom has gazed back at us […]