labyrinths, slop empires, and sovereignty paradoxes

Friday, September 18, 2026

My canopic jar held a dead man’s intestines for eternity.

1. “Athens” and “Achilles” aren’t Greek words
2. 50 million monthly pageviews from zombie news farms — and nobody noticed
3. Stanford replaced half a mouse’s brain with human cells — it still works
4. Egypt told its allies it had destroyed three-quarters of Israel’s air force — it was the other way around
5. How Cambodia’s pop golden age survived genocide
6. Japan now has over 100,000 centenarians — 88% are women