Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors.

Cheating a bit, but another great harrowing one from a few years ago, by @mattribel.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/sun-st...

I think about this all the time: After the Civil War, they needed to connect the northern and southern railroads, which ran on different-sized tracks. They rounded up 30,000 guys to move every track south of the Mason-Dixon Line by a few inches. National infrastructure project, done in 36 hours.

The Condo From Hell, NIH Disease Detectives, and the Most Popular Dog in Politics: Washingtonian’s Favorite Longreads of 2023 - Washingtonian The holiday season is here again, which can only mean one thing: amid the jingling bells and frenzied shopping and way, way too many college football bowl games, you may find yourself wanting to check...

It's year-end list szn, and a couple of my 2024 features made the best of @washingtonian.bsky.social — one piece on the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at NIH, and another about what we talk about when we talk about vaccine injury.

www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/18/t...