“[A]ll it took for [Universal Pictures to commit] was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie and PJ van Sandwijk. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it), and came away with […]
For people born 1995-2010, emojis don’t mean what I thought they did. For example, I just learned this 🙂 is an extremely passive-aggressive smile. “This report is the most comprehensive deep-dive on Gen Z highlighting cultural trends and shifts, featuring a year’s […]
“Holdenstedt showed no mercy and scored a goal nearly every two minutes, as their opposition … watched on from a safe distance.” | learn more
I investigated private rail options for travel during Covid-19. I quickly learned that there’s mostly no such thing anymore, but one company did offer it as a special back in 2007. The price? About as much as a private jet […]
“Born in 1623, [Lady Margaret] Cavendish was an outspoken aristocrat who traveled in circles of scientific thinkers, and broke ground on proto-feminism, natural philosophy (the 17th century term for science), and social politics.” | learn more
Think about a pick-up truck with an open bed. You might want a cover for the bed. These are called Tonneau Covers in truck parlance. The word is a throwback to the era of horse-drawn carriages. | learn more
A lot of charts with inflection points that imply something changed in 1971. View with a healthy dose of skepticism, but also google August 15, 1971. | learn more
“A Russian photographer snuck into the world’s only nuclear-capable, ground-effect vehicle and captured rare images of its interior.” | learn more
“An American Airlines pilot reported a sighting of a man in a jetpack thousands of a feet in the air on Sunday, prompting an investigation by authorities.” | learn more
Skylar Tibbits is the founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT. His team’s work is incredible, and his TED talk is the coolest I’ve seen in a long time. He showcases how they created a system of underwater structures that […]