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Happy Independence Day, superhero-style!

Although the concept of the superhero is as old as the Epic of Gilgamesh, superheroes as we know them today are…

4 years ago

This is just to say: This is my favorite version of the “Anakin/Padme” meme

In case you forgot the poem on which this gag is based, here it is — William Carlos Williams’ This is…

4 years ago

Cryptocurrency rap video of the day

If you watch only one cryptocurrency rap video, make it this one: Dog Money!

5 years ago

My favorite tweet about Elon Musk’s upcoming appearance on “Saturday Night Live”

Pictured clockwise from bottom: Pocket Doge, Flax the Style Destroyer, Gamora Montana, and Edge-Lord.

5 years ago

THIS IS THE MAY.

While the expressions “May the Fourth be with you” and “Revenge of the Fifth” are quite good, nothing quite captures…

5 years ago

It’s April 30, 2021 — Happy Goblinization Day!

The future is here! According to Shadowrun, the role-playing game for nerds who don’t want to choose between Dungeons & Dragons…

5 years ago

The Filter Menace (or: If Darth Vader and the Emperor communicated via Zoom)

Need context? Start here: Mortified Lawyer Appears in Court as a Cat, Blames Zoom Filter.

5 years ago

Virtual meetings are basically modern séances

The only real difference is that you don’t have full-grown adults speaking in a dead 8-year-old’s voice in virtual meetings.…

5 years ago