Author Archives: Stan Flouride

This wonderful piece of guerilla art called a Toynbee Tile is made of cut pieces of vinyl linoleum set in some sort of tar, roofing cement, or epoxy. They have been appearing in streets in North and South America since … Continue reading →

Spotted in the Market Street Safeway parking lot, a clearly sentient creature that is studying humans as they interact and acquire sustenance at the store. Are they actually a flora version of the fauna known as Snuffleupagus? Aliens? The Leafy … Continue reading →

(via Daily Kos by member Brainwrap)

The GOP finds itself trapped in a marriage that has not only gone bad but is coming apart in full public view. After five decades of shrewd strategy, the Republican coalition Richard Nixon put together in 1968—welcoming the segregationist white … Continue reading →

Jerry Siegel with San people in the Kalahari Desert LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—A study of the sleeping habits of present-day hunter-gatherers suggests that human ancestors had similar sleep patterns to people living in today’s industrialized world. Jerome Siegel of the University … Continue reading →