The other morning I got in my car for the drive to work and heard coming out of the radio the voice of Keith Richards, talking about the 40th anniversary re-release of “Exile on Main Street,” probably the greatest Stones album of all time. NPR did some great coverage of this cultural milestone. Here’s the…

Dr. Craig Venter and crew have designed the entire DNA of a cell, and caused it to live. It’s the first-ever wholly synthetic living cell. Excerpt: The researchers constructed a bacterium’s “genetic software” and transplanted it into a host cell. The resulting microbe then looked and behaved like the species “dictated” by the synthetic DNA.…

“Winston Smith” is an anonymous blogger and government social services employee who works with the underclass in the UK, helping people who are living in public housing. He hit the wall not long ago in an office discussion about the filthiness of the rooms in which clients live. Excerpt: One of my fellow Support Workers,…

MC Matt Fum Frisco passes along this hilarious video. Genius. Totally SFW, but if you’re a parent of small children, make sure you don’t have any coffee in your mouth, because it’s going to go all over the keyboard. I’m talking to you, leader of Team Bucko:

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