On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor (2002)(mcsweeneys.net)33 points by EndXA 2 years ago | 39 comments
Ernest Hemingway vs. William Faulkner (2017)(edamurray.com)28 points by fnord77 3 years ago | 17 comments
The Hofmann Wobble: Wikipedia and the problem of historical memory(harpers.org)31 points by pepys 2 years ago | 14 comments
Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids(mcsweeneys.net)139 points by Geekette 4 months ago | 110 comments