Seven things

  1. Tom Tomorrow with quotes from Bill Kristol that were horrifyingly, terrifyingly wrong. Something I’ve always wondered: why do media experts get a complete pass on this?
  2. Want to roast your own coffee? No roaster? A popcorn popper does the trick.
  3. This is freaky. The comic strip For Better or For Worse? Online, the characters blink.
  4. Over 100 FAA badges are missing. Use one to chat with any pilot during your flight up in the cockpit, and enjoy the view. Or just wander around the secure parts of the airport looking for a pleasant place to sit. Two questions: 1) do badges have photos? 2) how often are the designs rotated, with all previous badges declared unusable?
  5. Coolest furniture ever made. It’s a bed, a sofa, a dining room table, and it looks like Legos.
  6. Hod Lipson evolves robots. Better yet, when the inevitable uprising against humanity starts, Cornell will be ground zero.
  7. Michael Pollan: humans are enslaved by the grasses, and why we should like it. Also some fascinating observations about farming and food production.

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