Cabinet of Marginalia

Cabinet of Marginalia

The margin is where the medieval scribe drew dragons and pulled faces while the main text held forth on theology. This is that margin. Cartoons, glossed quotations, curiosities from the literature, sketches from cottage and farm, fragments from the bookshelf, and the occasional act of irreverence aimed at the

The Compound That Forgot to be Interesting.

The Compound That Forgot to be Interesting.

The Compound That Forgot to Be Interesting — a field note on timing, context, and rejected purchase orders. In 1931 the Canadian chemist Richard H. F. Manske first synthesised N,N-dimethyltryptamine and entered it into a table of tryptamine derivatives without ever suspecting what it would become.

May 22, 2026

The Committee on Extraordinary Claims. Part 1

The Committee on Extraordinary Claims. Part 1

The margin is where the medieval scribe drew dragons and pulled faces while the main text held forth on theology. This is that margin.

May 13, 2026

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