The Fandom wiki has interesting fan theories about the hidden meanings behind some of my favourite childhood cartoon TV shows: Pinky and the Brain [https://fantheories.fandom.com/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain] > Pinky is the Genius And The Brain is Insane >

Interesting video [https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0931jtk/the-nuclear-lighthouses-built-by-the-soviets-in-the-arctic] from the BBC on autonomous lighthouses built by the Soviets that were powered by small nuclear batteries. I didn't know nuclear batteries were a thing. It seems like they basically convert heat

ArsTechnica on the cool space things [https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/there-are-an-insane-amount-of-cool-space-things-happening-in-2021/] set to happen this year.

Like many I've found the quality of our decision making process to be extremely poor during the pandemic – around subjects like masks, social distancing, and vaccines. Some of this low quality reasoning has come from experts who should have known better. A

What news didn't make it onto the public consciousness in 2020:

This 2 year old Reddit post came up on HN recently: Most of What You Read on the Internet is Written by Insane People [https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most_of_what_you_read_on_the_internet_is_written/] . The argument

A virtual tour of the insides of Amazon fulfillment centers:

We're in a golden age of podcasts. Here are three I recommend for people interested in understanding how the world works: * EconTalk. * Over 700 episodes on a variety of subjects: healthcare, technology, philosophy, science, finance, and of course economics. The focus is

This [https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/12/18/a-beginners-guide-to-italian-ghost-towns-selling-1-euro-houses/] is an interesting scheme by the Italian government to revitalize small towns and villages in rural Italy. Abandoned homes are sold for 1 euro, the catch being that the owner is required to renovate the

Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase "The medium is the message" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message] in his 1964 book Understanding Media. The idea being that the medium used to communicate the message determines the kinds of messages

The former CTO of Microsoft Nathan Myhrvold built a special camera to take stunning photographs of snowflakes. Photos here [https://smosa.com/cool-ultra-high-resolution-photos-of-snowflakes-because-science/] and here [http://www.nathanmyhrvold.com/index.php/travel/essay/snowflakes-and-sun-dogs]. An interview with Nathan about his photography is here [https: