Mar
02
Decline and Fall Free: Purge Night
Anakin Skywalker falls, leading us to ask: what does it really take to commit an atrocity?
18 min read
Saul Elbein
Mar
02
Decline and Fall: The Turning Point
Revenge of the Sith ends. We contemplate the nature of coups, purges, and what it actually means to fall.
51 min read
Dec
25
Festival of Fires
Difficult heroes, failed rebellions, and how to rebuild a religion
20 min read
Dec
16
Decline and Fall: Anatomy of a Tragedy
Revenge of the Sith premiers. The Iraq War goes sour. We contemplate legitimacy, interpersonal politics and
magic.
39 min read
Nov
25
Decline and Fall Annex: Kosher Torture
Disney's Andor has a lot to say about imperial rule — and the difficulties of overthrowing it.
19 min read
Nov
10
I Met A Traveler From An Online Land
What do lost cities and the modern internet have in common?
17 min read
Oct
31
Halloween Heat Death Spooktacular
We were working in the lab, late one night, when our eyes beheld an eerie sight
16 min read
Aug
15
The War on Invasive Species Is Making Things Worse: An Interview With Erick Lundgren
On feral ecologies, the failures of invasion biology, and the blurred lines between introduced and native species
30 min read
Jul
08
How Manners Can Save Us
10 min read
Feb
25
Decline And Fall: Phantom Menaces
An act of domestic terrorism highlights the cracks in 1990s America. The Star Wars Saga officially begins.
26 min read
