whales, rathouses, and civilization's drift

Monday, November 2, 2026

People sang to me when they wanted a baby.

1. 100+ hidden stories carved into Hamburg’s City Hall
2. What humpback whales can teach us about alien communication
3. Noah Smith on why Star Trek’s utopia still matters
4. City canceled Flock’s license-plate contract — Flock just ignored it
5. Proton CEO called security testing ‘loser thinking’ — the real scandal isn’t AI
6. Apollo 14 smuggled ~2,000 tree seeds to the Moon — they’re still growing