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Gwern's "Stem Humor" Directory

Can you take an ox to Oxford?

All warfare is information warfare

The 45-year period when America got things done [video]

Things that should be considered essential vitamins but aren't

It's easier to build SpaceX than to fix Boeing [video]

The Concrete Pontoons of Bristol

The Weird and Wonderful Chemistry of Audioactive Decay (1986) [pdf]

The Trust Ratio

Read Something Wonderful (About Biology)

Kohler's New In-Toilet Camera for Analyzing Gut Health

We need to design new proteins [video]

Historically Accurate Airport Dioramas by AV Pro Designs

AI Friends Too Cheap to Meter

210 IQ Is Not Enough

You Aren't in the DSM

Forever Object: The Staple-Less Oceanus Brass Stapler

Variance of a Sum

Murphyjitsu (2018)

Writing Hack: Write It Just Like That

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