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Out of necessity, lately it's been Grayfurnaceman ( https://www.youtube.com/user/grayfurnaceman ) for home HVAC/appliance repair and Scotty Kilmer ( https://www.youtube.com/user/sc…

You just jogged my memory about a "tomato transplant mystery" in Berton Roueche's Medical Detectives. Link to a summary of the original 1965 New Yorker essay: https://www.newyorker…

Awesome recommendations, thanks! Was able to find the Valerie Project soundtrack album on YouTube in its entirety. The first track or two is reminiscent of The Mars Volta without t…

In 2008 or so The Hot Club of San Franscisco[0] (gypsy jazz/hot jazz a la Django Reinhardt) played a live accompaniment to some work by the silent film actor/comedian Charley Bower…

Really sorry to read that. Hope things improve for you. My wife attempted suicide a few times last year. Thankfully things have stabilized since, but I had been contingency plannin…

Same here. I didn't even know it was an option (obviously didn't go to an Ivy League university)...

Nice to hear somebody mention pawpaws! Here's a short intro video/article: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/29/140894570/the...

Out of curiosity, did you have any published writing prior to working with/for SciFutures? I'm quite interested in contributing...

I posted something similar on HN nearly a year ago: https://www.fastcompany.com/3063187/scifutures-probes-your-c... It's a nice complement to this New Yorker article :-)

That sounds wonderful. Do you have any photos or writing about these experiences (or others)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences

https://longform.org/ Curated collections of long-form journalism. Edit: Forgot to add Codex 99, '...an occasionally updated website about art, design and history, except when it’s…

Your comment reminded me of the idea that "...crude oil is much too valuable to be burned as a fuel." http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7121.html

This is inspired by the "Which word begins with a "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?" submission on HN's front page right now. Two examples that come to mind: Sniper in Mah…