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Last updated April 11, 2025. This list contains mentions of food and implied violence.
"As above, so below": An ancient slogan, translated over time and used by occultists. (Wikipedia)
As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music: Aging rapper and scholar A.D. Carson wonders if rap can be an all-ages game. (The Conversation)
Caduceus as a symbol of medicine: The staff with two snakes belonged to Hermes, not medicine, but has been confused with the staff with one snake since antiquity. (Wikipedia)
Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater: "[A] grass-roots theater group on the Cape whose purpose is to revive and extend the genre of radio mystery theater through a series of original mysteries and suspense thrillers." (CCRMT)
Carminative: This is a word meaning "fart medicine." (Wikipedia)
Crispy Anchovy Chili: Like chili crisp but anchovies. (Indo Groceries)
Flying ointment: A fabled medieval hallucinogenic drug made with human fat and toxic herbs. (Wikipedia)
For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back: Scholar Ana Lucia Araujo shares examples of violent resistance during the holidays. (The Conversation)
Full Rainbow: A daily little word game by Gyles Brandreth, an iconic English broadcaster. (Full Rainbow)
Hello Kitty algae: "Hello Kitty figures, presented as algae, are displayed inside the Japan Pavilion during a media tour Thursday before the official opening of Expo 2025 in Osaka." (Japan Today)
Historic Staircase at Youlbury House: Wealthy Victorian archaeologist Arthur Evans built a sprawling mansion that has been demolished, but small pieces survive on the grounds. (Wikimedia Commons)
The History of the Future: Scholar Matthew Cressler revisits the real timeline of the Star Trek version of history, including an apocalypse. (Contingent Magazine)
Inwood, Manhattan: The northernmost part of Manhattan was the last part to still have farms. (Wikipedia)
Linear A: A beautiful written language from ancient Crete that's still unsolved, despite sharing much with the solved system Linear B. (Wikipedia)
The Logic That Must Lie Behind a New Physics: An interview about what the likely future of physics implies about our world. "It means there’s something more fundamental, and that space-time only exists at our level as a kind of approximation." (Quanta Magazine)
The Mafu Cage: A cult horror movie from 1978 about a pair of codependent sisters and their pets. ()
Our big problem is not misinformation; it’s knowingness: "When new facts come to light, the knowing person is unperturbed. You may be shocked, but they knew all along." (Psyche/Aeon)
Our House: A 1980s TV show that I watched on extended satellite TV in the 90s, but have never heard anything about ever again, starring Shannen Doherty and Wilford Brimley. (Wikipedia)
Pink Disco: An online magazine about sex and sexuality in popular and literary culture. ()
Plautdietsch: A very niche historical dialect that lives on in specific Mennonite communities. (Wikipedia)
The Reluctant Bride: I hadn't seen this iconic painting, but you may have. (Wikipedia)
Richardsonian Romanesque: A decorated, arch-heavy 1880s architectural style that started in New England and spread into the Midwest. (Wikipedia)
San people: One of the oldest cultures on Earth, spread around south central Africa. (Wikipedia)
Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot: An MIT and OpenAI study finds some users show addiction symptoms like mood changes and withdrawal. (Futurism)
Volunteer (botany): Any plant that you did not plant there yourself. (Wikipedia)
What's wrong with AI-generated documentation: An interesting argument that software documentation needs a human touch in order to have direction, strategy, and understanding. (Passo.uno)
