4:30 AM

Why do I keep waking up at that time?

And there are birds. Chirping. Right outside my window. Argh.

The Brexitcast drinking game

As our own country is slowly dismantled piece by piece, I'm fascinated by the continuing train wreck of Brexit, mostly in admiration of the sort of British sense of humor that makes jokes while standing on the deck of the sinking ship. I'm sure there are many entertaining politcal podcasts in this respect, but this one is my favorite so far
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05299nl

Ellen Pao on how to make the tech industry more diverse

Of course, people with disabilities don't even get a mention here...
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190321-how-to-make-the-tech-industry-more-diverse

Why do we like magic when we know it's a trick?

Teller, of Penn and Teller, has been involved in studying the cognition of magic for decades, and my favorite academic on the subject is Barton Whaley, an MIT alum who became the father of "deception studies"
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47827346