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Nov
18
Decline and Fall: History and Star Wars with Patrick Wyman

Decline and Fall: History and Star Wars with Patrick Wyman

A lively interview on processes of empire, the violence of frontiers, and the role of history in invented worlds.
23 min read
Nov
11
Pissing on Sea Turtles

Pissing on Sea Turtles

16 min read
Oct
29
The Internet Is The Real Monster

The Internet Is The Real Monster

Horror artist Trevor Henderson talks context collapse, escaped creations, and keeping the mystery in horror.
17 min read
Oct
21
Decline and Fall: The Long (Star) War

Decline and Fall: The Long (Star) War

An account of the Long Star War, how it began and how everybody, in the end, lost.
19 min read
Oct
14
Consuming Across Categories

Consuming Across Categories

Come for the Roman mines and Māori land practices. Stay for fruit eating crocodiles and macabre diets of tortoises.
15 min read
Oct
07
The Art of the Mashup

The Art of the Mashup

Ten song mashups, the joys of fusion, and the key to a perfect curry
20 min read
Sep
30
How (Not) To Domesticate A Cassowary

How (Not) To Domesticate A Cassowary

Domestication, archeology, and the world's most formidable bird.
12 min read
Sep
23
World's Finest, Forever and Ever

World's Finest, Forever and Ever

The real difference between Superman and Batman lies not in backstory or costume, but in how they're allowed to change.
15 min read
Sep
09

Decline and Fall: The Military Makes The State

Dispatches from the Armenian drone war, and an introduction to Decline and Fall.
19 min read
Sep
02
Your Skeleton is Nonbinary, Too

Your Skeleton is Nonbinary, Too

A team of archeologists has called a 13th century body nonbinary. The truth may be considerably more complicated.
15 min read