Almost a good as every new brain is Ravi’s anticipatory delight/dread and subsequent reaction.

Because this is former Gawker and he has an R by his name. Period.

Yeah one would assume that, but really I would imagine it is just to have the lowest price option on ticket websites, and raising the rates on standard economy flights. Coming soon click on lowest fare and it’s basically a flight on the wing of a plane with optional seatbelts.

Actually.

I always skip opening cutscenes if they don’t let me to go options before starting the game and to turn on the cutscenes. I guess their opening cutscene wasn’t important enough for me to enjoy then. Options always come first in a game. It is rather annoying when the game starts AUTOMATICALLY before I have been able to…

No, a twist would be if he was an African-American woman in disguise the whole time...

The lore reasons are just a backwards way of justifying it. In reality, it’s because Ingress portals are supposed to be unique landmarks. Statues, parks, churches, etc. Sometimes commercial businesses were made portals, but only if there was something somewhat unique or interesting about it.

This is excellent. Thank you.

can you spot the drowning kid? It’s really hard! http://spotthedrowningchild.com/

Red Dead Redemption 2.

I think Olen’s point is being seriously misstated with poor effect—it isn’t specifically about a Starbucks latte, it is about considering the long term effects of regular indulgences that you delude yourself into thinking are minor. The headline (and the rest of the press around this from other places) seems to have a…

Remember the Cant!

I JUST YESTERDAY finished watching season 1! Ho boy, waiting until 2017 for more must be what the belters feel like when waiting for their water shipment.

The most common objection to direct democracy, is that it turns a country into a tragedy of commons type scenario. The winning candidate is likely to be the one promising the to distribute the greatest portion of the treasury, and voters have no incentive to pick a fiscally responsible candidate.

Nonsense, Guns are banned in all sorts of places. UCLA for one example.

How the F does a spam comment get approved but loyal io9'ers wait days for one?

I love the Tommy Bahama chairs. They’re backpacks, which is a feature I didn’t know I needed but now absolutely can’t live without. Come with a pillow. Wide seat which is great when kids are piling into it. Cup holder. Zippable cooler thing in the back. Sturdy and holds up to a lot of abuse.

I love the Tommy Bahama chairs. They’re backpacks, which is a feature I didn’t know I needed but now absolutely…

I was so sure that this list was going to include “how does the Force work?” with the answer being “midichlorians”: the question no one wanted answered, plus the answer that no one wanted.

If X-Wing is a knife fight on a dance floor, Armada is 1000 guns at 1000 paces while sipping a nice cup of tea.