Ideas I want to write about

Discovered in Southern Italy, Tarantism was a dancing mania believed to be induced by the bite of a wolf spider. The majority insisted that any victim had to act out a frenzied dance to prevent death. The dance, the Tarantella, adopted a folk style and 6/8 time, featuring tambourines and multiple, highly necessary flirtatious interactions between... See more

What does politics become when the crowd never goes home?

111.8 million daily active users and “two-thirds of all U.S. kids between 9 and 12”

“mentions of A24 in dating profiles surged 65% over the past year.” Once again, taste is valuable, even if you’re just borrowing it for matches.

While Pop Mart sales are dropping, Kodak is relying on a blind box strategy to reinvigorate the brand.

At least three churches used AI-generated clips of Charlie Kirk in services last weekend as AI slop proliferates and becomes increasingly infused with religious messaging. (I wrote about this growing phenomenon a few weeks ago before Kirk’s death).

Mega churches and Christian fundamentalists have long embraced digital technology in order to spread... See more

The human heart is an idol factory.

Why Christians Should Be Leftists , Phil Christman

Submitted by (a different) Chris.

“if people are to be expected to put up with turning on a computer to read a screen, they must be rewarded with deep and extremely up-to-date information that they can explore at will... They need an opportunity for personal involvement that goes far beyond that offered through the letters-to-the-editor pages of print magazines”

– Bill Gates,... See more