Wikipedia never ceases to impress me. Take this: a long list of events bound to happen someday. Like, 8 billion years from now, the sun will turn into a “white dwarf”. You better be prepared.

From Weekly Filet #67, in May 2012.

Timeline of the Far Future

Wikipedia

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

Trial runs for fascism are in full flow

The Irish Times

«I just want to know how my sons died» – bringing home Bosnia’s dead

Mosaic

Is Coding the New Literacy?

Mother Jones

You May Want to Marry My Husband

The New York Times

Explore more →

Explore collections

Making Sense of the Climate Crisis 41 links Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence 40 links All-time favourites 20 links The Stuff Our Modern World Runs On 13 links The Art of Thinking (Differently) 29 links Bingeworthy Podcasts & Episodes 36 links Stories, too good to put down 16 links

Book recommendations

2025 Book Club Books curious minds wished they discovered sooner Our most popular crowd-curated book recommendations thus far. Read the post →

Weekly Filet Book Club All recommendations from previous editions, at a glance. Find your next read → 📚 David's Bookshelf The books that shaped how I see the world and inform how I think and act. Browse the bookshelf →