The card paradox

Years ago in high school I read about a possibly apocryphal university professor who had lost his mind thinking about a puzzle written on two sides of a piece of paper. The card paradox. Turning it over in my mind, I recently realized I could have saved him.

When I was in high school years ago I read about a university professor had gone insane thinking about a puzzle.

Front: The sentence on the other side of this card is True.
Back: The sentence on the other side of this card is False.

It's stuck around in the background over the…

— argc (@tookalito) September 9, 2025

Kate and Allie and Ted

There was a discussion about plumbers lately. Years ago a TV show called Kate & Allie had a plumber named Ted as a secondary character. A Kate & Allie reboot with a more prominent Ted could interesting

There has been some discourse about plumbers lately.

I can only think about one time a plumber was portrayed as a character on a tv show. Ironically it was the feminist show Kate & Allie which had Ted as a secondary cast member. Ted was a plumber and somewhat ambiguous love…

— argc (@tookalito) September 3, 2025