The Sunday Wisdomby Abhishek Chakraborty17 May 2026
I have lately become suspicious that some of the best moments of my life require me to first become extremely bad at being alive. This is not a heroic statement.
Psychology Blog16 May 2026
I just watched and thoroughly enjoyed the latest film adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. It got me thinking about the psychology of revenge. Why does payback feel so satisfying?
Coda Storyby Irina Matchavariani12 May 2026
On May 3, an unusual procession moved through Washington DC. Several hundred people walked beneath the monuments of the American capital carrying portraits of Red Army soldiers.
Travel Blog -by Matthew Kepnes6 May 2026
Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an...
Asterisk Magazineby Dan Bouk6 May 2026
I met Norm two decades ago. I recall him clothed in slacks and a button-down — I think it was the sort of shirt that featured a breast pocket expressly for carrying mechanical pencils.
Pure Hokumby Julian Simpson26 Apr 2026
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson I came across that quote for the first time earlier this year.
Palladium Magazineby Ben Landau-Taylor22 Apr 2026
For as long as any of us have been alive, we have seen an ever-changing series of popular predictions for how industrial technology is about to destroy civilization.
Asterisk Magazineby Jon Peterson22 Apr 2026
Historian Jon Peterson traces the route from Prussian military headquarters to Gary Gygax’s basement.
Palladium Magazineby Rudyard William Lynch16 Apr 2026
One of the things I’ve heard Americans say again and again is that “we don’t have an accent”—a statement which suggests that our culture is homogeneous and nondescript.
Grammarly Blogby Yolanda Wiggins16 Apr 2026
People talk about trust in education as if it’s one thing. Build it. Restore it. Protect it. That framing is understandable, but the research suggests it’s incomplete.
Coda Storyby Mark Sigetty Bøje16 Apr 2026
“They’re shooting smoke at protesters.” “They broke doors.” “They brought an armored vehicle.” In Aarhus, Denmark, Hemad Nazari lay in bed, refreshing his phone.
Palladium Magazineby James Poulos11 Apr 2026
The Faustian bargain was once a bad deal. The demon Mephistopheles offers you—a man in full at the dissatisfying limit of your great knowledge and success—even greater power and pleasure; you...
Palladium Magazineby Daniel Miller8 Apr 2026
If the 1990s were an era of post-historical melancholy and the 2000s an era of retromania in which the ghosts of styles from former decades were frantically revived and mobilized, the signature...
Radiolabby WNYC Studios3 Apr 2026
Apr 3, 2026 This week, in an episode we first aired in 2022, we flip the Disney story of life on its head thanks to a barrel of seawater, a 1970's-era computer and underwater geysers.
Palladium Magazineby Samuel Hammond2 Apr 2026
As a Canadian, studying the output of American think tanks has become something of an obsession for me.
Palladium Magazineby Fin de Pencier28 Mar 2026
The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. This sentiment is often attributed to Mustafa Barzani, the towering Kurdish nationalist leader who led multiple uprisings in Iraq, and reflects a long...
Palladium Magazineby Brian Balkus26 Mar 2026
We live in the wealthiest civilization in human history, yet we struggle to articulate, much less pursue, a compelling vision of what that civilization should become.
Smashing Securityby Graham Cluley26 Mar 2026
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in Bitcoin - signing his extortion emails...
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld25 Mar 2026
I first read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in college. I’ve read it at least a half dozen times since. I’ve listened to it on Audible twice.
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld22 Mar 2026
I was stretching next to a cactus this morning getting ready for a run thinking about the three books I read yesterday.
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