

Global Thermonuclear War.


Global Thermonuclear War.


I had a really good pizza topped with stinging nettle once. (It doesn’t sting after cooking.)


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What I’ve got in my pocket.


To paraphrase Keynes—in the long run no one survives.
But the difference in life expectancy based on income will continue to widen.


Tang-era Sogdian dance music.


Time zones were originally mandated for the sake of railroads: before trains each town used its own local time, and each locality refused to change their clocks to match anyone else’s. So time zones were set by the federal government because there was little chance that every town in the country would reach a consensus otherwise.
When DST was introduced much later, time zones were already an accepted thing—so the federal government gave states the discretion to adopt DST or not. But they have to take it or leave it: they can’t make it year-round because that would effectively move them to a different time zone, which is still the prerogative of the federal government.


Reflective inner surface that can double as a solar cooker.


It would be unbelievable if they hadn’t caught it on film!


If stop-motion counts, then the train chase from Wallace and Grommit: The Wrong Trousers.


Even if your claim were correct… with every infection the pathogen potentially gets better at infecting humans, and you’re giving it another opportunity to improve and spread to others.
Entire species have been wiped out because natural immunity doesn’t always outpace pathogens’ ability to adapt—letting nature take its course has no predictable winner.


Those who benefit from the way the police currently operate are incentivized to preserve the status quo—mental illness and all.


A cockle is a type of shellfish. I don’t know how the association with the heart was formed, but it must be old—the Latin name for the order is “Cardiida”.


The “baby boom” (whence Boomers) was called that because it was a huge demographic spike that has given that birth cohort disproportionate political and cultural power ever since—and the generation most negatively impacted by that was the immediately-following Gen X. (Even now, after decades of an increasing mortality rate, Boomers still outnumber Gen X by about 8 million.)


CSI (and other shows that distort the public’s understanding of the criminal justice system—see the CSI effect).


From Stand By Me:
Ace: “What are you gonna do? Shoot us all?”
Gordy: “No, Ace. Just you.”


Cucumbers or radishes?


You could specialize in types of crime the cops don’t usually get involved in, like corporate wage theft.
I ate the last one yesterday.
Did you really expect me to resist?