America The last survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots NPR interviewed Olivia Hooker, 103, who may be the last surviving witness of the Tulsa Race Riots. In under 24 hours white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters.
Science Did we just discover the 'sterile neutrino'? We may have another fundamental discovery OR another false alarm regarding another theorized particle - the so-called "sterile neutrino".
Sports The Stupidest Game in NBA Finals History Questionable refs, an historic mental error, flagrant fouls and everything is horrible.
Travel Let's chase an eclipse Hey folks! Long time, no see. I’ve been off plotting some big things that I hope will bring a bit of joy and wonder to the world. 🎉
Art The amazing, endless battle between rural Eastern European partisan fighters, demons, mecha, and werewolves Jakub "Mr Werewolf" Rozalski is a great painter with one hell of an imagination.
WebDev Off with their head! The decoupled CMS model There has been increasing buzz recently around 'headless' or 'decoupled' content management systems. In short, remove the presentational aspects of your content management system in favor of robust API support [1]. ALA On
Comedy Gene Wilder, master of the comedic pause Raging Cinema pays tribute to the late Gene Wilder and his use of the comedic pause. On Twitter, Edgar Wright, who knows a thing or two about funny, called for a moment of silence for Wilder.
QuickBits Your December Reading List A collection of links updated regularly. This time we talk about Rogue One, Nietzche's writing style and Pokemon Go updates.
Sports Unorthodox: Steph Curry, Donald Trump & Leicester City succeed for exactly the same reason They’re playing against ancient and predictable strategies. In turn, their opponents are up against novel tactics which throw away just about all assumptions of “how the game is played”.
