BlogFlockVisualizations of census data. Texans stay put more than any other state.
Migrations between US states
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"This task was very simple as well as very hard. In every course, at every level, every semester—in every single class, multiple times every week—I taught close reading." —Johanna Winant for Boston Review
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Pluribus ad vs. mental health
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Report someone's schizophrenic sister checked herself into a hospital because she thought she was having an episode. Instead, it was an ad for a TV show on her fridge display
2025 Christmas Links From Feeling Listless
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[xmas] Christmas Links 2025 … Once again, Stuart over at Feeling Listless is collecting seasonal links. Here’s last year’s links.
Rehearsals For The Big One
M. Syd Rosen | History Workshop | 4th December 2025 | U
An unassuming cul-de-sac in the heart of London’s former Jewish East End, Hare Marsh largely comprises one single building: a former dairy warehouse turned vintage shop which, after lengthy renovations, now houses flats, a bar, and an on-site…
The Midnight Shift
Lucas Vaqueiro | Urban Omnibus | 3rd December 2025 | U
New York City has a constant din. Its soundtrack is a dense composition of traffic rumbling, people babbling, buses roaring, and sirens wailing. The result can be cacophonic: an indistinct urban chatter with no discernible single voice.
Interpreting this…
How To Actually Feed America
Caroline Sutton | Slow Boring | 28th November 2025 | U
Good intentions matter, but good systems turn generosity into abundance.
We hope all of our U.S. readers enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving yesterday. Today we’re sharing a guest post from our Assistant Editor Caroline Sutton on an innovative system for…
Lifelong Quest To Create A Lettuce Cigarette
Mark Hay | Atlas Obscura | 13th March 2025 | U
Puzant Torigian holds a head of lettuce in a Texas field. Bill Bradly / Courtesy of the Deaf Smith County Library
In 1997—at the height of a wave of exposés, lawsuits, and public outrage against the tobacco industry—Puzant…
There Is No Language Instinct
Vyvyan Evans | Aeon | 4th December 2014 | U
Real talk
For decades, the idea of a language instinct has dominated linguistics. It is simple, powerful and completely wrong
by Vyvyan Evans
Imagine you’re a traveller in a strange land. A local approaches you and starts jabbering away in…
AI DA followup
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My county prosecutor got caught filing AI slop with the court. Here's the milquetoast response about how they pinkie-swear to do better
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