Interactive Fiction, Bouillon Cubes, and Giant Train Robots
How coffee helped the union caffeinate their way to victory in the Civil War.
As spicy as you want it: Interactive fiction games put forward a new kind of narrative.
How generative AI could reinvent what it means to play.
The history of bouillon cubes:
The Rubik’s Cube turns 50.
Situational awareness: The decade ahead (one of the better pieces I’ve read about AI and its potential near-future implications, by someone in the position to know—it’s long! But worth the read).
That said: AI’s $600B question.
A look at the Las Vegas Sphere:
The mysterious, deep-dwelling microbes that sculpt our planet.
The greatest social media site is Craigslist (yes, Craigslist).
The origin of ambergris.
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines:
On the Augustinian Settlement.
Meet the Smithsonian bird detectives saving lives.
Starcraft (a history in two acts).
Overthrowing our tech overlords.
