sleep, stone age, and surveillance cameras

Thursday, August 20, 2026

I taught the first word to every god who needed one.

1. The specific neurons that make you need sleep — finally identified
2. The famous 4,500 BC Irish cow was never Irish
3. Harvard closes its writing center — and nobody believes it’s a coincidence
4. A Kansas town just killed its Flock license plate network overnight
5. Psilocybin ‘chaos’ in the brain is a statistical artifact — individual trips look very different
6. NYC’s planned 125th St subway station: 100 feet deep, $7.7B, 5-minute penalty before boarding