02

Jan

A Heart as Big as a Whale

01

Jan

Rich legacy / Hidden knowledge

Kim Kelly pays her respects; close encounters with Amy Chu

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01

Jan

My Friend Raj Persuades Me That Moby-Dick Is Already in My Life

01

Jan

The Bones of Gåshamna

30

Dec

Cocktail hour / Hour of reckoning

Laurie Woolever hoists Moby-Dick themed cocktails; memories of Mike F with Luke O’Neil; S.I. Rosenbaum on whaling and origins

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30

Dec

Quick Eternity

30

Dec

Killers

30

Dec

In post memoriam

29

Dec

Big talk / Loud noise

Tal Lavin and Jack Pendarvis talk Moby-Dick; the titanic style of John Bonham, by Misha Angrist

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29

Dec

Cetacean Solo

29

Dec

Pursuit of the White Whale

26

Dec

Whale hunt

Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud

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26

Dec

Bedtime Story

24

Dec

Mug shot

Trevor Alixopulos vs. modern life

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24

Dec

Little Buddy

23

Dec

Vision blurred / Seeing good

The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films

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23

Dec

Have Yourself a Hallmark Little Christmas

23

Dec

Blind Spots

22

Dec

Happening now

Cultural reckonings in a new short story by Sam Thielman

issue-467

22

Dec

Modern Times

19

Dec

Discomfort shopping

Anna Merlan aboard the Titanic (Museum Shop)

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19

Dec

A Gift Shop to Remember

19

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 29: Vote!

18

Dec

A message from the Flaming Hydra Holiday Bear™

17

Dec

Monster flicks

Annalee Newitz on (real) bad guy movies, and a new Reader Poll

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17

Dec

Movies that Dictators Love

17

Dec

READER POLL! Choose Your Favorite Flaming Hydra Blogs

16

Dec

Naive noël

Tod Seelie reflects on long-ago SantaCons

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16

Dec

Ten Thousand Santas

16

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 29

15

Dec

Love story / Green day

Rax King remembers Rob Reiner; the metamorphosis of Amy Chu

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15

Dec

Becoming Kermit

15

Dec

A Wonderful Life

12

Dec

Give me Memphis, Tennessee

Jack and Ace at the end of the road

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12

Dec

Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 14

12

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 28: Vote!

11

Dec

Lost and found

S.I. Rosenbaum returns with the second installment of TEETH BEACH

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11

Dec

TEETH BEACH: The River Gave Me a Bead

10

Dec

Fearful symmetry / Lost connection

Nathan Munn on the sinister side of robot assistants; Brian Hioe has destroyed his phone

issue-460

10

Dec

Cell Deathwatch

10

Dec

You, Robot

09

Dec

Cold cash / Hot mess

What Jennie Rose Halperin learned from Joi Ito; introducing a new column, News on Fire

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09

Dec

Where the Money Comes From

09

Dec

NEWS ON FIRE

09

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 28

08

Dec

Personhood for everyone

jj skolnik on autonomy and sovereignty

issue-458

08

Dec

Children Deserve Better

05

Dec

Crimes forgiven

Jídé Salawu worries about his hometown

issue-457

05

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 27: Vote!

05

Dec

Insult and Impunity in Nigeria

04

Dec

The mighty jungle

David Moore visits the new Rousseau exhibit

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04

Dec

The World of Pure Imagination

03

Dec

Leaving home / Coming back

Laurie Woolever’s bureaucratic burden; enjoying a family trip with John Saward

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03

Dec

FAFSA Is Breaking Me

03

Dec

Home for the Holiday

02

Dec

San Francisco treat / Ohio players

Rax King on ‘The Last Waltz’, and J.D. Connor reflects on U.S. presidents and TV histories

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02

Dec

‘The Last Waltz’ Is a Hell of a Movie

02

Dec

Let’s Remember Some Presidents

02

Dec

HYDRANYM No. 27

01

Dec

Essex girl

Leila Brillson has a party 4 u

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01

Dec

Travels with Charli

28

Nov

Every day / A new world

Miles Klee is a camera

issue-452

28

Nov

Everyone Else's Diary

28

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 26: Vote!

26

Nov

True thanks

A holiday comic from Trevor Alixopulos

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26

Nov

Armed with Gratitude

25

Nov

Salad days / Happy hours

Carrie Frye and Edith Zimmerman on The Hairpin archives; old-fashioned barhopping with Anna Merlan

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25

Nov

Women Laughing Again On The Internet

25

Nov

The Fabulous Fern Bar

25

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 26

24

Nov

Freedom flowing

Zito Madu reflects on a turbulent youth

issue-449

24

Nov

Chi from the Cosmos

21

Nov

Bill of goods / Feline fame

Felipe De La Hoz on immigrants’ regrets; Ace and Jack on Hollywood cats

issue-448

21

Nov

“I shouldn’t have done this.”

21

Nov

Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 13

21

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 25: Vote!

20

Nov

Settling accounts

Jonathan M. Katz and Maria Bustillos connect the geopolitico-cultural dots

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20

Nov

Yakkin’ About the Bad Writers

19

Nov

Carpe omnia

Brian Hioe hasn’t got all the time in the world

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19

Nov

FOMO’s Arrow

18

Nov

Poor minds / Rich memories

Zach Rabiroff on tech bro sadness, and Harry Siegel revisits his father’s archives

issue-445

18

Nov

Musk and Epstein in Hell

18

Nov

Time Warp, Again (1976-1994)

18

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 25

17

Nov

On the shoreline

S.I. Rosenbaum debuts a new graphic memoir of devastation and love

issue-444

17

Nov

TEETH BEACH: A Stranger Told Me a Secret

14

Nov

Troubled troves

Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures

issue-443

14

Nov

Brutish or Elusive Museums

14

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 24: Vote!

13

Nov

Fit check

Tal Lavin’s wardrobe metamorphosis

issue-442

13

Nov

New Clothes

12

Nov

Vanished route

Nathan Munn’s long way home

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12

Nov

Three Days of Going West

11

Nov

Diagnosis defined

Misha Angrist on how language shapes medical treatment

issue-440

11

Nov

To Name a Rare Disease

11

Nov

HYDRANYM No. 24

10

Nov

Man complaining / Man explaining

New fiction from Colin McGowan; frontiers in masculinity, considered by Maria Bustillos

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10

Nov

Alone in the Manosphere

10

Nov

The Parameters

07

Nov

Dead can dance / Lyrics live

Tod Seelie’s exquisite photos of New Orleans, and a poem from the olden time by Harry Siegel

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