
Doctor Who thing: petition to name newly discovered planet “HD 106906 b” Gallifrey
Alas, the International Astronomical Union is unlikely to be open to the suggestion.

Alas, the International Astronomical Union is unlikely to be open to the suggestion.
Ebert’s death is, in the public sphere, a blow not only to his fans but to the very institution of mainstream arts criticism… if such a thing can be said to exist anymore now that he is gone.
I wish I had never heard about this, but I did, and now I can’t unhear it.