: Threats of mass violence at schools and places of worship On Monday, my son’s middle school informed us that it had instituted a lockdown, which is called …
: There is a lot of unfairness in the world and I get why this leads to nihilism. Like nothing exists …
: The person who receives it, may not want it. You may not have enough of it. But the most precious …
: It’s Monday. Like me, you probably have a lot of things to do this week. Like me, you’re probably …
: When someone offers praise: “you outdid yourself,” what they really mean is you exceeded …
: The rest of the day may be for architectures of concrete. The morning and the evening are for …
: Every nanosecond of life is more miraculous and more inexplicable that all of our made-up stories. …
: I saw this in Beijing a few years ago (on this day). With Germany in a must-win match today at the …
: England are up three goals over Iran in their first match of the FIFA World Cup, but the scoreline …
: If you are having a bad day, think about this— 100 years ago, no one knew what DNA was. 100 years …
: If you need your life to be well structured, or conversely prefer it completely chaotic, you should …
: I saw the Tamil movie Ponnayin Selvan-I yesterday. I’m not a Tamil speaker, and so I had not read …
: My experience is that you can know people for years and not know much about them when everything is …
: Exactly four years ago I was in Varanasi. How the world (and my life) changed since then!
: This is a wonderful long-read on the carnivorous Nepenthes plant: www.wired.com/story/nig…
: I think we can assume that those who complained about Twitter for years, will be the last to leave …
: If there can be mushroom risotto, then why can’t there be king oyster mushroom khichdi? Try it. It’s …
: Since it is late on Saturday, I’m under immense pressure to demonstrate my talent in the dying hours …
: My boss brought back some coffee for me from a microplantation in Antioquia, Colombia. I wish you …
: There’s nothing quite like succulent fruiting bodies of fungi sautéed in a little bit of olive oil.