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A plethora: Google has updated its satellite photos of Mariupol, clearly showing the destruction from Russia's invasion and subsequent siege. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Lisa Murkowsky (R-AK) have introduced legislation to force the Supreme Court—read: Justices Thomas (R$) and Gorsuch (R)—to adopt a binding code of ethics. Presumably a Democratic bill that would actually let Congress set the Court's ethical standards will come soon. On Monday, the city will cut down a bur oak they estimate has lived...

I'm on hold with my bank trying to sort out a transaction they seem to have deleted. I've also just sorted through a hundred or so stories in our project backlog, so while I'm mulling over the next 6 months of product development, I will read these: Via Schneier, credit-reporting service Experian patched a security hole in December that allowed anyone to view someone's credit report with "the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number." It turned out, an exciting software...

Leading off today's afternoon roundup, The Oatmeal (Matthew Inman) announced today that Netflix has a series in production based on his game Exploding Kittens. The premise: God and Satan come to Earth—in the bodies of cats. And freakin' Tom Ellis is one of the voices, because he's already played one of those parts. Meanwhile, in reality: A consumers group filed suit against Green Thumb Industries and three other Illinois-based cannabis companies under the Clayton Act, alleging collusion that has driven...

If you've enjoyed (or at least attempted) Tuesday's and Wednesday's pieces of this quiz from William Bart at the University of Minnesota, you get to finish it now: 21. All ashes are not poplars. All locusts are ashes. Therefore: (A) All locusts are not ashes (B) All ashes are poplars (C) All locusts are poplars (D) Some ashes are poplars (E) Some locusts are not ashes (F) All locusts are not poplars 22. If yeast rises then caustic potash is present and if mold growsthen limewater is present. Either...

Had fun yesterday? Try these next 10: 11. All dace are platy. Some dace are cod. Therefore: (A) All cod are not platy (B) Some cod are not platy (C) Some cod are platy (D) All platy are dace (E) All dace are not cod (F) Some dace are not cod 12. Some skinks are plastrons. All turtles are not skinks. Therefore: (A) All skinks are not plastrons (B) Some turtles are skinks (C) All turtles are plastrons (D) Some turtles are not plastrons (E) Some skinks are not plastrons (F) All skinks are turtles 13. If...

I found this quiz in a (virtual) pile of things from my first year at university. Have fun! Answers and more questions tomorrow. (The answers may surprise you, unless you really dig in to the logic.) 1. Either auxins are proteins or petioles grow on auxins. If auxins areproteins then petioles grow on auxins. Therefore: (A) Petioles grow on auxins (B) Either auxins are not proteins or petioles do not grow on auxins (C) If petioles grow on auxins then auxins are proteins (D) Auxins are not proteins (E)...

Over the weekend, I stooped down to give Cassie some pats while she slept on her bed in my office, and realized I had a cache of turn-of-the-century computer games on a lower shelf. Among them I found SimCity 4, from 2003. It turns out that SimCity 4, like many games from that era, relies on a thing called "SecuROM" which turned out to have sufficient security problems of its own that Microsoft decided not to support it in Windows 10. I didn't know this until I started researching why the game...

CityLab just alerted me to a card game that I am going to order as soon as I finish this post: The nail-biting drama of rush-hour congestion, shuttle bus transfers, and airport mix-ups—now in a deck of cards: It’s LOOP: The Elevated Card Game, developed by Chicago merchandiser Transit Tees. The game draws on the relatable pleasures and perils of using the Windy City’s elevated rapid-transit network, the venerable L; it’s a love letter to the joys of public transit, as well as an opportunity to mocking...

I mean, come on Google. No fair: Starting now until April 4, you can chomp fruit, avoid ghosts, and collect PAC-Dots along city streets in Google Maps worldwide—all as Ms. PAC-Maps. Just tap on the Ms. PAC-Maps icon on iOS and Android, or click the Ms. PAC-Maps button at the bottom left on desktop, to enter the maze and start chompin’. Sign in to save your top score on the leaderboard and share with friends. Here's Downtown Chicago: That's the Civic Opera Building on the upper left and LaSalle and...

Duke University business professor Jordan Etkin found evidence they might: "In general, tracking activity can increase how much people do," Etkin said. "But at the same time, measurement has these pernicious effects. Enjoyable activities can became almost like a job, by focusing on the outcomes of things that used to be fun." In another study, researchers had 310 participants read for eight minutes. One group read additional text that described reading as fun an enjoyable; for another group it was...