The Dailies

Word of the Day

Buffalo (n./v./adj.)

A large plains animal with massive shoulders, a big head, horns, tiny legs, and a small tail. A city in western New York. Something that's like that large plains animal or from that city. To confuse or fluster. And all this lets us make the most confusing sentence in the English language, Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. You're welcome.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

The Secret Life of Passwords

The long read of the week, a fascinating article about why we choose and use the passwords we do.

There is something mildly destructive about collecting people’s keepsakes. Observers disturb the things we measure. But with passwords, or other secrets, we ruin them in their very discussion. Virtually all the people who revealed their passwords to me said they planned to stop using them. And yet they divulged them all the same.
Tags ArticlesLong readsNew York TimesPasswordsKeepsakesBeing human

Happy Friday

Target Black Friday Speech

Part Blackwater, part 300, part St. Crispin's Day.