In every city, there are painted signs on telephone poles. In Portland, Kate Bingaman-Burt texted one of the numbers and conversed with them about the craft of sign making.
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Texting the number on the sign
In every city, there are painted signs on telephone poles. In Portland, Kate Bingaman-Burt texted one of the numbers and conversed with them about the craft of sign making.
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What does a coxswain do?
A friend of mine has a daughter who will be on a collegiate, Division I rowing team as a coxswain. It’s been interesting hearing about the recruiting process and what they do on a boat–they’re the brains. “They’re pretty much in charge of the whole race,” says Tom Sanford, the Director of Rowing at Marist.…
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Automobile polo
There was a time in the early event of the automobile, polo matches were held. Cars. A ball. A person with a mallet hitting said ball.
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The case for memes as a new form of comics
There is an argument to be made that memes, the visual kind, are a new form of comics. Communicating an idea or argument in an unexpected way. In a 21st century context, “meme” refers to a piece of online content that spikes in popularity and gets passed from user to user, i.e., going viral. These…
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ChatGPT as a therapeutic tool
Can ChatGPT act as a therapeutic tool? Possibly, but you still have to recognize it for what it is. As ChatGPT became an intellectual partner, I felt emotions I hadn’t expected: warmth, frustration, connection, even anger. Sometimes the exchange sparked more than insight — it gave me an emotional charge. Not because the machine was…
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What modern kids want
Children want to meet up in person, no screens or supervision. But because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones. One reason kids retreat to their phones is they…
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Cranes adopt a goose
Cuteness overload: a pair of cranes adopted a goose after it hatched.
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2025 Tiny Award nominees
For all of the AI slop and corporate influence on the web, weird and fun and unique things still exist. The Tiny Awards attempt to capture this.
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All the theories about why the stock market keeps going up
There are a lot of theories about why the stock market keeps going up, but none of them completely explain it. As the stock market soars ever higher, the theories of why it rises have suffered the opposite fate. One by one, every favored explanation of what could be going on has been undermined by…
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Denmark will stop delivering letters
At the end of 2025, Denmark will stop delivering mail letters and functioning fully on packages. 100 million letters are still flowing through the system today, but nowhere near the peak of 1.8 billion nearly 25 years ago. It sounds like third-party companies will fill the gap, but at what cost?