Toph Tucker

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In the valley of the half-invented

On the occasion of the death of AltaVista, Timothy B.

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Pedantry eats itself

“Is there anything more American than America?” is not quite tautological, if you accept that languages like English routinely overload…

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Digital traction control

How can we engineer environments that support focus?

Toph Tucker5 min read

Yes, @Virgin1a, @Horse_ebooks is real

In 1897, a New York Sun editorial, later to become the most-reprinted in history, consoled a young girl who had lost faith in Santa Claus.

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Let’s fly

How to survive air travel

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The American Room

Behind the nation’s closed doors, with YouTube.

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The World Cup at work

If you were an evil genius scheming to increase the World Cup’s audience in the United States, what would you do?

Robin Sloan2 min read