Two peas and a bean. But who’s the bean? @gildashannon
Two peas and a bean. But who’s the bean? @gildashannon
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…
White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
This particular Code Switch episode on the explanatory comma is itself a kind of extended explanatory…
Three unforgettable moments in [my] hockey history
Where I grew up in Northern Alberta, hockey was a big deal. My big brother played…
Vicwest caterpillar, a springtime phenomenon
Some years we have more. Some years we have less.
Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In…
Reality testing, Dylan Marron and Every Single Word
If you ask white folks about the over-representation of white folks on screen, they will often…
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early…
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…