• Phish At The Las Vegas Sphere Blew My Mind. Here’s What I Hope The Band Does Next

    Sometimes, you really do have to pinch yourself. For us Phish fans, now’s the time to sit back, bask in the present, and soak up the fact that, yep, life’s pretty surreal right now. That thought hit me repeatedly during Phish’s sold-out run at the Las Vegas Sphere, where they were absolutely on fire. The […]

  • OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022

    How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art.

  • An isolation state of mind

    It was April of 1998, a week before my birthday, when my wife Karen asked what my plans were for my birthday. I automatically replied “none really” since we had just moved to a tiny rental house. Karen replied by pointing out that it had been four years since my dad Louie Beltran died (1994) and I had not had a birthday party since.

  • A Lifetime Sentence: Imprisoned Minds

    Hector Manuel Rodriguez Incarcerated people’s mental health is ignored.

  • Who Is Minding the Store in World Affairs?

    Many conservatives are of the mind that the U.S. should not involve itself in foreign conflicts, pointing specifically to the war in Ukraine and the ongoing conflict involving Israel, Hamas, and now Iran. The argument is that the United States has enough problems at home, specifically with its porous borders.

  • Brewing dark days ahead

    Zaldarriaga credited this “bayanihan spirit” of the ILP in abating a much serious power supply shortage problem since Meralco started it ten years ago.

  • Batman: Dark Age #2 Review

    Every now and then, even the most immersive story can occasionally remind its readers that they are reading a work of fiction. This usually happens when something unlikely to happen in the real wor

  • If photons have mass, could they explain dark matter?

    When it comes to the Universe, there are some things we can be confident are out there based on what we observe. We know that the Universe was hotter, denser, and more uniform in the distant past. We know that the stars and galaxies in the Universe have grown up and evolved as the Universe has aged. We know that gravitation has formed the large-scale structure in the Universe, and that structure has grown more complex over time. And we also know how much normal matter, altogether, is present in...

  • Aaron Rodgers Has More on His Mind Than Football. A Lot More.

    Aaron Rodgers, perhaps the most gifted N.F.L. quarterback of his generation, spent a week last month in Costa Rica with a handful of fellow pro football players in search of transformation. At a mountain retreat with views of the Pacific Ocean, they drank a psychedelic brew under the watchful eyes of a Yawanawa shaman and a documentary film crew. Soon a news flash from back home — and then another — pierced the vibe. First, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate for president, said...

  • Mind Over Miles: 24 Hour Challenge

    It was 11:25 this past Sunday morning. Chilly, gloomy, and a few hours after a constant downpour throughout the night had finally ended. Truly, it was the perfect morning to []

  • Cartoon: Band A dancing DisCo in darkness

    Cartoon: Band A dancing DisCo in darkness

  • Google Drive goes to the dark side.

    Google is finally rolling out support for dark mode on Google Drive. Over the next two weeks, all personal and Workspace users will have the option to work in the dark by going to Drive > Appearance > Dark. [Attachment: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vDrct9RUAP_jlnERfeIacmV5i6w=/0x0:1600x900/1600x900/filters:focal(800x450:801x451)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25403067/Dark_mode_now_available_in_Google_Drive_web.jpeg]