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Patchen Barss
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Journalist and author. Science, mathematics, emerging ideas. “The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius” available here: https://shorturl.at/ixUY9
Good pie or bad, pie consistently delivers more than it promises, unlike cake, which promises more than it delivers.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I grew up in rural Nova Scotia. The Milky Way was available every clear night. There were many things I didn't fully appreciate as a kid about Lunenburg County, but the night sky wasn't one of them — I always knew it was magic, and that that magic was actually science.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Nope! That would diminish its annoyingness.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I’ve been getting these too, and I’ve realized they’re messing with my ability to pitch freelance work - I start to worry my pitches sound like an LLM, and I get paralyzed trying to reestablish my natural voice.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’d like to hear more about this semicolon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I use Voice Memos (iPhone app) and Trint (cloud based automatic transcription service). No complaints.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have opinions on this! The rarity of blue pigment is super-interesting, but everything blue to the human eye is "true blue." Blue eyes, blue skies, and blueberry pies are all blue for different reasons (and yes, pies are more purple than blue) but inasmuch as they're blue, they're true blue.
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also “no more stars.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Swingle Singers: All the Swingle Ladies.
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel the same way about BOOZEMOBILE.
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sorry, man. It’s maddening. Hope it’s mild and you have a full recovery.
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I did a tab test several years ago that confirmed I’m the opposite of a supertaster. Bitter barely registers for me. I feel like the large and stark differences in taste experiences are underappreciated, especially in areas like restaurant and wine reviews.
October 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Can’t we do both?
October 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I use “twin.”
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Jobs, gigs, laughs. Been a while, but there have been good things.
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM