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Sunday Morning Post-Rapture Links
* Pharyngula, buzzkill, makes the whole “Rapture” craze this weekend seem a lot less funny. At least we’ll always have alternative_eschatology.jpg. * The headline reads: “Utah law makes acting sexy...
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One One-Hundredth of One Percent
As Politico reported, “Most Americans think public broadcasting receives a much larger share of the federal budget than it actually does,” according to a poll conducted for CNN last year. The results...
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Tuesday Links
* David Graeber teaches my superheroes module in one long go at the New Inquiry. * Affirmative action and the fantasy of “merit” comes to the Supreme Court. Buckle up. * The wisdom of markets:...
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Weekend Links! So Many!
* Harris Wittels has died. I really loved his appearances on Earwolf, but the one I keep thinking about is his appearance on “You Made It Weird” last November, where he spoke about his addiction at...
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Monday Morning Links!
* The first cut of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ was over 3 hours long. I’m sure that would have solved all the problems. * Science Fiction and the Urban Crisis. * In short, riots aren’t counterproductive...
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Tuesday Links, So Many
* Special issue of Modern Language Quarterly on “Our Obstinate Future” from Ryan Vu and Sharif Youssef. Historicizing the concept of the inevitable in literature presents many challenges. For...
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Sunday Morning Links!
* Picard trailer! Disco trailer! Short Trek! It’s truly a Golden Age. * Some new poems from Jaimee up at her website. * State DOT orders homeless to leave encampment under I-794 overpass in downtown...
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* Caroll Spinney, puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird of ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 85. My own mini Twitter thread. Meanwhile, in the other universe… Such was the appeal of Big Bird that NASA asked Mr....
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Wednesday Links!
* SFFTV 13.2 is out! It’s a great issue with some really great essays on wast and District 9, monster theory and Monsters, race and Arrival, and feminism and Ex Machina, but I want to put a special...
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