documentary A short documentary from 1968 shows first computer animation of people Mark Frauenfelder

Science Today (Thursday): Sasha Sagan and Ann Druyan in conversation with David Pescovitz David Pescovitz

psychology How to think positively and why it's so hard to do that David Pescovitz

Science Optimists live longer David Pescovitz

Science Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. Wish you were here. David Pescovitz

optimism Watch Bill Gates play "How much does the world suck?" Caroline Siede

podcasts Erik Davis's Expanding Mind podcast: the Voyager Record, Institute for the Future, and optimism David Pescovitz

happy mutants New York 2140: Kim Stanley Robinson dreams vivid about weathering climate crisis Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Now in the UK! Pre-order signed copies of the first edition hardcover of Walkaway, my first adult novel since Makers Cory Doctorow

books Percy Jackson and the Olympians adaptation looks not awful Grant St. Clair

Omegle The tragic downfall of a website meant to connect us Natalie Dressed

politics Trump plans to deploy military on Inauguration Day, seize government agencies, and purge critics Mark Frauenfelder

books Cory Doctorow's next audiobook, The Lost Cause, launches on Kickstarter Rob Beschizza

new age People who believe in "manifesting" to "cosmically attract" success are more likely to go bankrupt, science shows David Pescovitz

religion The first Orthodox Jew in a Major League Baseball organization Ruben Bolling

Science Superconductor claim debunked — more likely "a type of magnet" Ruben Bolling

Science Some optimism about the claim of a room-temperature superconductor Ruben Bolling

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

san francisco Owner surrenders two major San Francisco hotels to lender, citing concerns of high office vacancy, 'street conditions,' and weak convention calendar Rusty Blazenhoff

mit Mark Rober launches flying graduation cap at MIT commencement Rusty Blazenhoff