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Quick Links for November 2015

November 30
George Lucas still asserting that Greedo shot first
A high spec reproduction of the iconic British Rail Corporate Identity Manual
The vocal ranges of pop singers. Mariah Carey, Prince, and Steven Tyler are near the top. But #1 is surprising...
100 years on, the Economist celebrates Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity
Very tall buildings are being built at a great rate in NYC, the familiar skyline will change greatly in next 10 yrs
Whoa, Amazon releases more details and videos about their drone delivery program. The drones are huge!
November 29
Kobe Bryant announces his retirement from basketball with a poem
November 27
If you choose to holiday shop at Amazon today, you can use this link to support @kottke while doing so. Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! "Fuck turkey. Turkey is not a good-tasting bird."
November 24
Want to learn how to enjoy a cold dark winter? Take a page from the Norwegians.
November 20
A pair of twins were separated at 6 mo old; one was raised Jewish, the other joined the Hitler Youth
Adele's new album is out, but it won't be streaming on Spotify or Apple Music so I guess we'll all just buy it
Congratulations to @tanehisicoates on winning the National Book Award for Between the World and Me
November 19
The Awl's Matt Buchanan on how the latest Cool Way to Brew Good Coffee is just plain ol' drip
China from above: aerial views of the world's most populous country
November 18
New York Magazine's close examination of the past and present of a single block in Brooklyn
November 17
Why Rdio died
Super bummed about @rdio shutting down :(
14 interesting thoughts about media and the internet from @rickyvanveen
November 16
Paul Krugman: "When President Obama describes climate change as the greatest threat we face, he's exactly right"
Bernie Sanders is right: climate change makes terrorism worse
The Math Behind the Rolling Shutter Phenomenon
The excellent @ibogost has a new book out: How to Talk about Videogames
November 12
Kiernan Shipka reviews all the Bobby Drapers she worked with on Mad Men
Nostalgia, simplicity, and marketing: Dr. Seuss still dominates the children's bestseller lists
November 11
No, I'm not crying, you're crying, shut up!
"Future Forms is a collection of space-age electronics, primarily dating from the 1960s to the 1980s."
November 10
Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
Aziz Ansari on Acting, Race and Hollywood
While you watch this 60 sec clip, the Earth will have moved 8200 miles around the galactic center
November 9
Google is open sourcing its artificial intelligence engine
Time, Inc. is donating its archive to the New York Historical Society
November 5
If you didn't already know, Serena Williams is a superhero
Suck, Again is a newsletter that sends out Suck's daily post exactly 20 years after it was first published
Animated map showing a week's worth of precipitation over the whole Earth
The Ubiquitous Roving Plants of the Starship Enterprise
Old money and documents from the 18th & 19th centuries were discovered in bird nests in a Russian church
The new apples are out! Like for eating, not for computing. When fruit becomes #brands.
November 4
Polio might be eradicated from the world in just three years. How? Vaccines. Vaccines. Vaccines.
Wes Anderson's next film is a stop motion animated movie about dogs. What the...??
Sad but true: Bill Murray's comeback has been over for several years now
Ok, Adele seems like a completely delightful person
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