Journalist. Contributing Ed, Scientific American. Senior Fellow, Emory Univ Center for the Study of Human Health. Books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Stories: https://authory.com/marynmckenna. Location: points on the 44th parallel.
Anchor: Finally, tonight, this news — Anchor: [finger to earpiece] Anchor: Wait, we're getting an update to this story. At least one of the rusted, dense, 160-year-old objects is the traveler's brain.
News Ticker[NBC] TSA DISCOVERS FIVE STOLEN CIVIL WAR-ERA CANNONBALLS IN A TRAVELER’S LUGGAGE IN ALABAMA
Maybe we should all buy books. Any books, I don't care. (I mean, buy mine, but this isn't about me.) Visit an antique store. Go on Abebooks.com. Buy anything that looks interesting and old. Have a personal physical library. Save them for humanity while you can.
AbeBooks | Shop for Books, Art & CollectiblesDiscover a wonderful selection of rare and collectible books, used copies, signed and first editions and more, from booksellers located around the world.abebooks.comShiro SiriusI don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them
A dreadful loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Glen HansardWith broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning. We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time. . Photo by Mikolaj Rotowski
Endorse.
Dorian LynskeyI've written a few books and checked all the quotes (deleting some bangers because I doubted their authenticity) and if you're letting fabricated ones slip through then you're cutting corners in an egregious way. It is not the copy-editor's job to check every source, it's yours. Do the damn work
This is what the internet was for and maybe someday we'll decide to choose surprise and delight again. A dying man created a (fake but real!) internet radio station to endlessly play the recordings made by his basement band. At Maine news source The Bollard: bollardhead.substack.com/p/the-show-t...
The Show That Never EndsThe Movie, a band that barely existed, achieves internet immortalitybollardhead.substack.comOnce more for the folks who joined late: Food safety is a food waste issue,
Stone Cold Jane AustenNew contamination just dropped
Last week, while marooned on the ATL west-side perimeter next to an impenetrable wall of semis barreling at 75+mph, I heard myself say 2 things. 1: "I understand why people think they need ever-bigger SUVs." 2" "But eventually everyone will be driving tanks." And, well, here we are.
RafiNot only should this be illegal but if you have ever put down a deposit a vehicle like this you should lose your drivers license, right to vote, and right to bear arms, and be ineligible to take out bank loans or credit cards.
California has excellent disease detection bc: 1) the state government believes in public health and funds it AND 2) it's the home of Kaiser Permanente, a private health system with excellent patient care AND unified records that can be plumbed for data. socialized medicine and public health x2!
Fucking Bitch Kate 🪷California never stopped testing and the only California cases are linked to international travel at this time! Thank you California 🌞 www.latimes.com/california/s...