The reason why "we" are "still so obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes" (© all news outlets) is that we, as a society, even now, still haven't learned that the worst people in the world should not be turned into celebrities.

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Judge Dredd continues to be one of the most prescient comics of all time. From a story in a 1986 issue.

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Thank you very much to the Shackleton Autumn School for inviting me to speak about my Fitzjames research. His friendship with John Barrow featured prominently in my talk. Such an amazing weekend, looking forward to next year! My book should be done by then. [Pic by Marv] #NavalHistory

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Started watching Below. Josh Hartnett, while decent-looking and all, isn’t really convincing as a 49-year-old fisherman. Needs more weathering

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I‘ve been going through my Franklin expedition probate archive again because I want to post that within the next couple of weeks, and there’s a discrepancy in Philip Reddington‘s (Erebus) marriage record that interested me so I started poking around his family tree.

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