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Cory Manento2023/06/071 min read

How Soon Is Yesterday?

Whether it’s Tenet, The Terminator, or 13 Going on 30, time travel is a staple across modern fiction, showing up in every genre. So, as the future continues to turn into the ...
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Cory Manento2023/04/051 min read

(Doomsday) Rule #12: Bounty Paper Towels

How stocked is your pantry? No, we’re not looking to crash at your place for a few days until we get back on our feet; it’s more of a “we just binged The Last of Us, and we feel ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/09/211 min read

Mosey to the Moon or Maneuver to Mars?

With Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, a recession looming, and QAnon QAnoning, it seems like a good time for a vacation. While a trip to a different universe would be nice, the inner ...
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Cory Manento2022/04/061 min read

Let's Get Metaphysical

Imagine it’s the year 2072 and Elon Musk’s granddaughter, ƒœ-58µ2, has just invented teleportation. (Though, given the progress on those flying cars we were promised, we should ...
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Cory Manento2021/10/061 min read

Ghosting is a Real Problem

We’ve officially entered the most magical time of the year when it becomes socially acceptable to watch terrible horror films. But how many Americans are actually seeing dead ...
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Jordan Boeder2021/09/24< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Ultimate Superhero Faceoff

For centuries (well, maybe decades) people have been captivated by the age-old question: Who is the most powerful superhero of them all? Using sets of randomly generated teams of ...
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Cory Manento2021/09/241 min read

With Great Power Comes Great Sentimentality

What would be your superhero origin story? If a film was made about it, would it be one of those ones where they spend half the movie showing you slowly discovering how to use ...
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Jordan Boeder2021/08/131 min read

Astronauts or A$$tronauts

Space travel = cool. Billionaires = lame. Space traveling billionaires = meh. For 43% of Americans, seeing Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson launch themselves into space was thought ...
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Cory Manento2021/06/041 min read

I Want to Believe

2021 is the year of acronyms: SPAC. NFT. And joining the ranks is another acronym classic — UFOs (aka, UAPs) — which are making their once-a-decade appearance in the news cycle. ...
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