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Quantum Bullshit Detector

from WIRED Revolt! Scientists Say They’re Sick of Quantum Computing’s Hype A Twitter account called Quantum Bullshit Detector reflects some researchers’ angst about overhyped claims and other troubling trends. by SOPHIA CHEN This spring, a mysterious figure by the name of Quantum Bullshit Detector strolled onto the Twitter scene. Posting anonymously, they began to comment on purported breakthroughs in quantum […]

When Cutting The Cord Can Be Bad

from The Atlantic How the Loss of the Landline Is Changing Family Life by  Julia Cho My tween will never know the sound of me calling her name from another room after the phone rings. She’ll never sit on our kitchen floor, refrigerator humming in the background, twisting a cord around her finger while talking […]

Sam & Aaron Taylor-Johnson Fight

from TIME Magazine Why Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Fought to Get A Million Little Pieces in Front of Audiences BY SAM LANSKY “Do what you want with it.” That was more or less what James Frey told the director Sam Taylor-Johnson when she and her husband, the Golden Globe-winning actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, approached him about bringing Frey’s 2003 book A Million […]

QUEEN & SLIM – More Than Outlaws

from The Morganton News-Herald ‘Queen & Slim’ is more than an “outlaws on the run” story by Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post “Queen & Slim” is a movie we’ve seen before, whether in the form of “Bonnie and Clyde” or “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” Two attractive outlaws on the lam, running from the […]

Go, Homunculus!

from SCIENCE 2.0 The Origin And Evolution Of The Homunculus By News Staff How did the most famous concept devised in neurobiology–the homunculus of neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield – originate? Some answers derive from assessing Penfield’s archives at the Osler Library of McGill University, as well as the only known copy from which the beginnings of the homunculus may […]

The $120,000 Cavendish

from The Miami Herald Someone ate the $120,000 banana at Art Basel. Some quick thinking saved the day BY HOWARD COHEN AND SIOBHAN MORRISSEY Someone ate a really expensive snack at Art Basel Saturday afternoon — to the tune of $120,000. For one banana. By now you have probably heard of the now world-famous banana duct-taped […]

Lena Waithe Rising

from The Washington Blade Rising queer star Lena Waithe drops trailer for new series Lena Waithe, the out lesbian woman of color who has been among those at the forefront in the struggle to bring more visibility and representation to the entertainment industry, is on a roll as 2019 comes to a close. On the […]

3BlackDot Launches MisBits

from Venture Beat 3BlackDot unveils MisBits combat game set in a sandbox cartoon world by DEAN TAKAHASHI 3BlackDot is unveiling its MisBits, which is a multiplayer combat game set in a sandbox cartoon world. The PC title is entering closed beta testing now and should launch on Steam in 2020. In the game, toys have taken over a […]

3BlackDot Launches MISBITS

from Venture Beat 3BlackDot unveils MisBits combat game set in a sandbox cartoon world by DEAN TAKAHASHI 3BlackDot is unveiling its MisBits, which is a multiplayer combat game set in a sandbox cartoon world. The PC title is entering closed beta testing now and should launch on Steam in 2020. In the game, toys have taken over a […]

Interview with A MILLION LITTLE PIECES Direct Sam Taylor-Johnson

from We Got This Covered Exclusive Interview: Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Talks A Million Little Pieces By Luke Parker Collaborating for the first time since 2009’s Nowhere Boy, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are bringing A Million Little Pieces to the screen, a passion project which the married couple wrote together. Sam, who also directed the film, has had a special […]