Mar 1, 2021 | Campaigns, Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
** LAST UPDATED 15th Nov 2023 **In the progressive, radical and activist communities there is a lot of knowledge and experience, and within certain circles it’s shared very well. I realised I haven’t seen a thorough collation of all the available free...
Jul 2, 2020 | Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Heckling is, or once was, the process of removing the knots from wool. Sheep are notoriously lackadaisical about their appearance, so before their wool can be turned into a nice warm jumper it must be combed. It’s easy to see how combing wool and teasing out the knots...
Jun 27, 2020 | Geekery, Lies, Truth & Lies |
“You the app whisperer.” “They needed something to explain my being with him in the first place.” “‘Beta tester with a wild talent’? Decent hook.” “That was the lede on a Wired article, but only because I was with...
Apr 28, 2019 | Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Contracrostipunctus Achilles has come to visit his friend and jogging companion, the Tortoise, at his home. Achilles: Heavens, you certainly have an admirable boomerang collection! Tortoise: Oh, pshaw. No better than that of any other Tortoise. And now, would you like...
Jun 30, 2018 | Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Probability, Time and the Heat of Black HolesOne of the biggest mysteries in modern physics is something that we experience literally every moment of our lives. Physics describes the world by means of formulas that tell us how things vary as a function of time, but it...
Jun 2, 2018 | Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
The Most Beautiful of Theories In his youth Albert Einstein spent a year loafing aimlessly. You don’t get anywhere by not “wasting” time—something, unfortunately, that the parents of teenagers tend frequently to forget. He was in Pavia. He had joined his family,...