Goodbye bananas, you were too beautiful for this world.
The booming popularity of bananas throughout the 20th century is to blame for a disease epidemic that places their future in doubt.
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Sugai Ken, "Doujiri"
A lovely and intriguing new symphonic track and video: "Doujiri" by Sugai Ken.
Go jump in the allt
Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC—the two-person Montana company that has personal links to a major Trump donor and the Interior Dept. and that was awarded, circumventing competitive bidding, the contract to restore Puerto Rico's power—apologizes after a day of sparring with the San Juan mayor over
Anything Box
Whatever can fit in a box can fit in this box by Andrew Myers, who also created "Harmonic Oscillator," which we love.
Good morning, please don't arrest me.
The Senate voted to kill the fine print that opens banks and credit card companies to class-action lawsuits, instead forcing consumers to seek arbitration to resolve financial disputes. 1/17 Chinese President Xi Jinping, elevated to Mao status with the enshrinement of his words in the Communist Party of
Grid Corrections
The Jefferson Grid—Thomas Jefferson's method of segmenting newly acquired US territory into individual square miles—animated using images from Google Earth.
Be the raccoon.
Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees expires today, as the White House preps stricter refugee admission procedures. 1/21 The Pentagon provides a loose, detail-free timeline of the events in Niger, while local sources say US troops were almost certainly set up. 2/21 As the caliphate
Chasing the Blues
Tournament of Books Commentator and TMN Contributor Kevin Guilfoile has co-written a new movie, Chasing the Blues, about two rival record collectors in search of a legendary blues recording. The film is currently making the festival rounds, including the Austin Film Festival on Oct. 28 and Nov. 1 and
Someday we will sleep in lunar caves.
In dealing with drug laws and lobbyists, Congress is way out of its league, and the result is legislation that's stripping law enforcement of its power to protect Americans from prescription drug abuse. 1/17 Puerto Rico faced a pollution crisis even before Maria struck. Now with an
The world's first aerial, 360-degree video over Pyongyang
This video of Pyongyang from the air was shot by Singaporean photographer Aram Pan with clearance from North Korea's government. While some of Pan's material was—predictably—deleted by officials, he was allowed to keep around 90 percent of what he'd shot.