# small town (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover small town. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Very Involved Process of Naming a Drug](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/22/The-Very-Involved-Process-of-Naming-a-Drug/) _2026-08-22 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ If you ever watch regular TV anymore, you are exposed to drugs constantly, because pharmaceutical companies buy all the ad space. You don't know what they are for, but you hear the names constantly: Tremfya, Rinvoq, Cialis, Dupixent, Skyrizi, and you can't actually ask your doctor if any are right for you because she'd probably laugh. The best drug name I've heard is Flonase, which tells you… ## [The Freckleton Air Disaster: When a Test Flight Killed 38 Schoolchildren](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/The-Freckleton-Air-Disaster-When-a-Test-Flight-Killed-38-Schoolchildren/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ August 23rd, 1944, was only the second day of the school year at Holy Trinity School in Freckleton, Lancashire, England. The youngest students, aged four to six, were taught in a separate section of the school called the infants wing. The 41 young students had two teachers: Louisa Hulme, who was teaching her last class before retiring, and Jennie Hall, who had just started her first teaching job.… ## [Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rock, Paper, Scissors](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know-About-Rock-Paper-Scissors/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Rock breaks scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock. When I was a kid, I favored using a rock most of the time, because in my childhood logic the rock at least never got destroyed. I wasn't very good at the game. The game you know and love originated in Japan, although it was a variation on a more ancient Chinese game. The Japanese relabeled the objects and gestures into something that… ## [Surprisingly, the Most Isolated Spot in Earth Has a Lot Going On](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Surprisingly-the-Most-Isolated-Spot-in-Earth-Has-a-Lot-Going-On/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The most remote spot on earth lies in the middle of the widest part of the Pacific Ocean, 1,670 miles (2,688 kilometers) from the nearest three tiny uninhabited islands. This is Point Nemo, which is the Latin word for "nobody." The nearest inhabited places are more than 2,000 miles away. In fact, the closest anyone gets to Point Nemo is when the ISS flies over it, because no shipping routes go… ## [Volvo Island](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/21/Volvo-Island/) _2026-08-21 · John Farrier · Neatorama_ On the outskirts of Ottawa, Illinois, there's a tiny island on a lake. Sitting on that lake is a 2001 S80 Volvo sedan. WCIA News tells us that the property is an artificial lake formed from a flooded mine. The lake used to have a peninsula. After parking the car on the tip of the peninsula, the owner used a excavator to turn the peninsula into an island. The owner operates two car repair shops. He… ## [High-Paying Careers You Never Considered Doing (and Probably Never Will)](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/High-Paying-Careers-You-Never-Considered-Doing-and-Probably-Never-Will/) _2026-08-21 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Chill Dude Explains titled this video High-Paying Jobs Nobody Applies For, but that's contradicted by the very first job, which has a waiting list of applicants. Still, these are unusual jobs that pay well because they are dangerous, difficult, very unpleasant, and/or require lots of talent and training. When you see the descriptions, you'll remind yourself that money isn't everything. And even… ## [Seven Misconceptions About the Charles Manson and His Murderous Followers](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/Seven-Misconceptions-About-the-Charles-Manson-and-His-Murderous-Followers/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Embed from Getty Images Fifty-seven years after the Tate/LaBianca murders, people are still intrigued, or even obsessed, with the Manson Family. Nine people were killed in the summer of 1969 in horrific manner. As the case unfolded, it had all the salacious buzzwords to get it into the headlines: murder, movie star, sex, cult, hippies, celebrities, pregnant, runaways, drugs, revolution, etc. etc.… ## [How the Wavy Windows Paradox Works](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/20/How-the-Wavy-Windows-Paradox-Works/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Have you ever looked at a large city office building and noticed how wavy the windows are? Did you wonder if they looked that wavy from the inside? No, I can't say that I've wondered about that, mainly because there are no such buildings in my small town, although I have briefly noticed that waviness on city trips. Once inside the building, the view is fine, but I never connected those… ## [Pop Culture Misquotes You've Been Using All Your Life](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/Pop-Culture-Misquotes-Youve-Been-Using-All-Your-Life/) _2026-08-20 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ When we make pop culture references, there are certain phrases that everyone understands, even when they never happened in the first place. A longer quote gets turned into a shorter meme that encompasses an idea. When someone says, "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do," you know they are referring to Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy and his not-so-perfect English. But he never said that exact line;… ## [Robot Romance is a Roller Coaster Ride in \Love Bytes\](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/Robot-Romance-is-a-Roller-Coaster-Ride-in-iLove-Bytesi/) _2026-08-19 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ In a post-apocalyptic world, a scavenger robot learns about human life from the detritus we left behind. What is happiness, and what is required to be happy? A companion, of course, according to ancient women's magazines. He finds such a companion, but this is animated science fiction, so we have to suspend our disbelief about power requirements. Just go with it, because it's funny. He can move,… ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sUPYxROOzFQB) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [A Swiss Community is in Danger from Thawing Permafrost](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/19/A-Swiss-Community-is-in-Danger-from-Thawing-Permafrost/) _2026-08-19 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The term "permafrost" is becoming an anachronism as climate change is affecting the way the world works. Last year, the Swiss village of Blatten was evacuated ahead of a glacier collapse that destroyed the town. A different kind of danger is looming over Kandersteg, which lies below a rock formation called Spitze Stei. It is a mountain of rock that is held together by permafrost. But that… ## [Till Death](https://www.sherryning.com/p/till-death) _2026-08-19 · Sherry Ning · Marzchipane_ On infinite freedom being the progenitor of willing limitation; the ultimate realisation of love being giving its infinitude to one person; and optionality being only meaningful when it is wilfully circumscribed ## [I like 'em thick](https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-thick) _2026-08-19 · Adam Mastroianni · Marzchipane_ On the nature of good art as responsive to your efforts, of full of choices, and requiring sacrifice; and then on the fading of criticism and the rise of poptimism; and on longevity as the key marker of greatness ## ['Men are Slaves to the Women Here'](https://www.ggd.world/p/men-are-slaves-to-the-women-here) _2026-08-19 · Alice Evans · Marzchipane_ On foreigners' perceptions of gender relations in 17C-19C Europe as vastly more egalitarian and free ## [Why I'm Staying Out Of The Substack Religion Debate](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/why-im-staying-out-of-the-substack) _2026-08-19 · Scott Alexander · Marzchipane_ On the similarities between religion and conspiracy theories, and simplicity vs complexity ## [I'm a man who likes to talk](https://www.thechatner.com/p/im-a-man-who-likes-to-talk) _2026-08-19 · thechatner · Marzchipane_ On talking to kids, and talking to people, and the goodness of work and conversation ## [An Honest Trailer for James Gunn's \Supergirl\](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/18/An-Honest-Trailer-for-James-Gunns-iSupergirli/) _2026-08-18 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ The second film in the new DC Universe features Superman's younger cousin from Krypton. Supergirl was released in June, and soon proved to be a box office bomb. The movie needed to gross around $315 million to break even, but only made $126.3 million during its theatrical run. Supergirl in this movie is Kara Zor-El, a rebellious 23-year-old who drinks too much after the destruction of her home… ## [The Sailor's Eyeball: How Large Can a Single Cell Be?](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/18/The-Sailors-Eyeball-How-Large-Can-a-Single-Cell-Be/) _2026-08-18 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ We think of cells as very tiny, whether they are part of a larger organism like humans, or a single unit like bacteria. But single cell organisms can grow large enough to be seen, or even as big as an eyeball. Meet Valonia ventricosa , a single cell algae that can grow centimeters wide. They are round and green and found in the ocean, which is why they got the name the sailor's eyeball. They are… ## [What did Indian Women make of Victorian England?](https://www.ggd.world/p/what-did-indian-women-make-of-victorian) _2026-08-18 · Alice Evans · Marzchipane_ On a comparative analysis of the social and cultural roles for women in England and colonial India, focusing on greater education, independence, and gender intermingling ## [What a Linguist Can Tell us About Baby Talk](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/17/What-a-Linguist-Can-Tell-us-About-Baby-Talk/) _2026-08-17 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Your mother told you not to use baby talk, but that's when you were old enough to use regular speech. She changed her mind when you had children of your own. We just can't help ourselves when we talk to a baby. But what is baby talk? One kind is just gibberish, when the speaker is imitating baby sounds that aren't real words, which is useless. The other is "parentese," or "infant directed speech"… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ziOZLSpvEggz) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [The Town with a Traffic Light That Only Turns Green Once a Year](https://www.neatorama.com/2026/08/17/The-Town-with-a-Traffic-Light-That-Only-Turns-Green-Once-a-Year/) _2026-08-17 · Miss Cellania · Neatorama_ Embed from Getty Images If you're from a very small town, you've probably made jokes about having only one traffic light, and no one pays attention to it. Himakajima is a small island of the coast of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Himakajima is also the name of the town on the island, which has about 1600 people. You can walk all the way around the island in about 90 minutes, and you don't really need… ## [I Cried So Hard I Laughed](https://everyoneisagirl.substack.com/p/i-cried-so-hard-i-laughed) _2026-08-17 · Tessa Sagner · Marzchipane_ On the deep connection between tragedy and comedy in pop culture, from Futurama to Mitski ## [In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley (1961–2026), with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years](https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/) _2026-08-11 · Stephen Wolfram · Marzchipane_ On the life and death of Wolfram's wife: heartbreakingly written and tender ## [What Nobody Teaches You About The Holocaust](https://mamathemagazine.com/what-nobody-teaches-you-about-the-holocaust/) _2026-08-10 · Barry Weiss · Marzchipane_ On the vast majority of Jews who died in the Holocaust being murdered in the hundreds of thousands by their friends and neighbours on the Eastern Front, and on our continual focus on the concentration camps as a result of the single evil and survivorship bias ## [Your Book Review: Breakdown In Pakistan](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/breakdown-in-pakistan) _2026-08-10 · Scott Alexander · Marzchipane_ On the nature of top-down NGOs, and the complexity of nation-building: flooding grassroots organisations with money and resources can destabilise and hollow them out, so any such interventions have to be extremely carefully considered ## [More Bounce to the Ounce!](https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/more-bounce-to-the-ounce) _2026-08-10 · Maciej Cegłowski · Marzchipane_ On the nuclear pulse rocket, its history, its science and feasibility, and on its beauty ## [explain to me how gears are machined!](https://kremlin.enterprises/post/616163773634494464/explain-to-me-how-gears-are-machined) _2026-08-10 · @kremlin · Marzchipane_ On the incredible precision engineering behind gear machining, in particular the pressures and tolerances involved ## [Rains Over Babel](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/movies/rains_over_babel) _2026-07-28 · Marzchipane_ I watched this at the independent cinema on the 28th of July, 2026. It's a Colombian magical-realism film about a nightclub in Colombia called Babel, which is Purgatory, and a few characters who converge on it one night. It's a fundamentally queer film, with storylines about a pastor's son hiding… ## [Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually](https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/immortality-sounds-pretty-good-actually) _2026-07-27 · Paul Bloom · Marzchipane_ On counterarguments for arguments against immortality, including not getting bored, not having goals, and incoherent 'every story has an end' claims ## [We can guess what intergalactic war would look like. And strangely, it matters.](https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/war-in-space/) _2026-07-27 · Robert Wilbin · Marzchipane_ On how the attack-defence balance shifts in an interstellar theatre, different types of space-based weapons and defences, and civilisational strategies for survival ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KO7M0pj4ymV0) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Suspicious Discontinuities](https://danluu.com/discontinuities/) _2026-07-27 · Dan Luu · Marzchipane_ On how thresholding effects can cause odd-looking shifts in otherwise smooth distributions, from p-hacking to voting, grades, birth months, and so on ## [The Glass Backbone: Why the Army's Logistics Will Break in the Next War](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-glass-backbone-why-the-armys-logistics-will-break-in-the-next-war/) _2026-07-27 · Jonathan Buckland · Marzchipane_ On the ongoing operational failure of the US Army to sufficiently prioritise logistics, supply, and sustainment as theatres become nonlinear and distributed ## [the door close button](https://computer.rip/2023-03-13-the-door-close-button.html) _2026-07-27 · J. B. Crawford · Marzchipane_ On why lift door close buttons don't seem to work, and a deep-dive into the programming flow behind them ## [The Empresa de China & the Hapsburg Bid for World Supremacy](https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/the-empresa-de-china-and-the-hapsburg-bid-for-world-supremacy/) _2026-07-27 · Nathan Goldwag · Marzchipane_ On the fascinating global politics of the 15th century, including the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, South America, Japan, and China ## [The Beam Engine](https://glinscott.github.io/beam-engine/) _2026-07-26 · Gary Linscott · Marzchipane_ On the machine that made the first Industrial Revolution possible: the beam engine, with interactive animations ## [The Sheep Detectives](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/movies/the_sheep_detectives) _2026-07-25 · Marzchipane_ I watched this on the plane from Guangzhou to Heathrow on the 25th of July, 2026. This was a lighthearted romp, a whodunnit set in a small town, centering on a flock of sheep trying to solve the murder of their shepherd.… ## [Lady Bird](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/movies/lady_bird) _2026-07-25 · Marzchipane_ I watched this on the plane from Sydney to Guangzhou on the 25th of July, 2026. It's a very sweet bildungsroman starring Saorise Ronan, set in a small town in America, and I really loved it!… ## [Good Will Hunting](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/movies/good_will_hunting) _2026-07-25 · Marzchipane_ I watched this on the plane from Sydney to Guangzhou on the 25th of July, 2026. I can't believe I haven't watched this before, are you Kidding Me.… ## [Conversations With Friends](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/books/conversations_with_friends) _2026-07-24 · Marzchipane_ Like all of Rooney's novels, this was almost compulsively readable, and I finished it almost obsessively over two days in Sydney in July 2026.… ## [Dune Messiah](https://marzchipane.com/reviews/books/dune_messiah) _2026-07-19 · Marzchipane_ I read this over a few days in Sydney in July, 2026. The original Dune is an acclaimed masterpiece: a treatise on power, religion, economics, and ecology, dressed in wildly imaginative worldbuilding, written with a distinctively circumlocutive style which wraps its nuggets of information in cloaks… ## [The Fall and Rise of Screwworm](https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-fall-and-rise-of-screwworm) _2026-07-14 · construction-physics · Marzchipane_ On the absolute scourge that was screwworm, the extensive government efforts to eradicate or halt it, and its immediate resurgence after funding was cancelled ## [Confining Insiders, Raping Outsiders](https://www.ggd.world/p/confining-insiders-raping-outsiders) _2026-07-14 · Alice Evans · Marzchipane_ On the pattern of internal female seclusion and external exploitation and rape, repeated across societies through time, and how in the modern world some states have developed capacity to reduce this, while others have institutionalised it