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Quick Links for December 2016

December 23
Best Gothamist pieces of 2016. Lots of good NYC-centric journalism here.
How "fruitcake" became an anti-gay slur
The Best And Worst User Interfaces Of 2016
How to design annoying alarms
How to make your own Die Hard Xmas tree ornament of John McClane crawling through an air duct
North Carolina's state government is so bad that the state "can no longer be classified as a full democracy"
2016: The Year in Space. It was a big year: Planet Nine, reusable rockets, gravitational waves, Starshot, etc.
Spiking Temperatures in the Arctic Startle Scientists; "startle" is not a word you wanna see in relation to climate
December 22
Facebook, in becoming the de facto gatekeeper for the open web, is bent on replacing it
"I was strong," he acknowledged. "Once I danced with six women in one night. September 17th, 1953."
The World Turned Upside Down, a geography quiz using oddly-oriented maps
The Ultimate Guide To Winning Your White Elephant Gift Exchange Using Game Theory
The Man Who Saved 200 Syrian Refugees; "I didn't want to be 80 years old and know that I did nothing"
The movie that doesn't exist and the Redditors who think it does
The top 10 video essays of 2016
My Last Day As a Surgeon. Didn't need a good cry this morning but got one anyway.
December 21
The 2016 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Before and after photos of Aleppo show the effects of the Syrian Civil War
Women Who Draw, an open directory of female professional illustrators
The NY Times celebrates the lives of those who died in 2016. Ali, Bowie, Ifill, Prince, Bill Cunningham, Scalia
Advice from A Swole Woman: "Start something right now, but don't start everything right now."
December 20
From @tedgioia, a list of The Best Online Essays of 2016
By the metric of IMDB pageviews, these were the top 10 movies in 2016. LOL.
Westworld recut into a single chronological timeline
December 19
Ten comedians pick the 50 funniest movies (some of these picks are...not great)
"If male physicians were as adept as females, some 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year"
The record of the Obama administration
December 16
Snopes investigates the Anderson family's holiday letter and finds it somewhat "FALSE."
The Boston Smart City Playbook
The 2017 Economic Report of the President
The best and worst of architecture in 2016 by @LangeAlexandra and @marklamster
December 15
The Greater New York City Region Must Plan for "Permanent Flooding"
The best longreads of 2016
An oral history of Apple's Mac vs PC ad campaign. This is a great, enjoyable read.
Terrorist Dylann Roof Found Guilty in Charleston Church Massacre
December 14
Finding North America's lost medieval city
Lots of nice work here: CSS Design Awards website of the year for 2016
Wait, the guy on the Quaker Oats can is named Larry??!? Larry the Quaker?
Amazon has made their first delivery via automated drone
This child is a *genius*
December 13
EPA report says fracking "can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances"
Google launches their self-driving car company
The best and worst branding of 2016
A deft skewering of the "gotta hear both sides" nonsense
The situation in Aleppo sounds horrifying; UN spokesman: there's been a "complete meltdown of humanity"
My President Was Black, a reflection on race and the Obama years by @tanehisicoates
December 12
Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self
How history's great authors request nudes; Shakespeare: "Deliver me thy bosom, oh beauty"
December 9
The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces
December 8
The New York Times Book of the Dead: a collection of classic obituaries from the NY Times
How GitHub cracked down on trolling and harassment on their site
Jealousy List 2016: 40 don't-miss stories the editors & writers of Bloomberg wished they'd published this year
December 7
How to Write a Thank-You Note by Leslie Harpold
A full-length bootleg recording of Hamilton on YouTube w/ the original cast (this is gonna get pulled soon)
Anil Dash is the new CEO of Fog Creek Software
Trend alert: anger rooms where you pay to smash stuff
December 6
Thornton Blackburn started the first taxi service in Canada in 1837. He was a fugitive from slavery in Kentucky.
Hear what dozens of American workers have to say about their jobs
Copycat recipes for homemade treats including DIY Reese's Cups, Oreos, and Klondike Bars
Caesarean births 'affecting human evolution'
December 5
When Robin Williams Comforted Me in the Airport After My Husband's Suicide (FYI: this will probably make you cry)
You're a Bee. This Is What It Feels Like.
Why I Am Changing the Name of Our Puppy-Burning Movement to "Alt-Warmth"
The Internet Review of 2016. Love (and am jealous of) this idea by @margarita
Solving gerrymandering with algorithmic districting
Airbnb agrees to drop their lawsuit against NYC as long as the city only fines hosts and not the company
December 4
Huge victory for the Standing Rock Sioux: the Dakota Access Pipeline plan has been blocked
December 2
Demonstrating how the length of the ruler influences the frequency of vibration (waaaaait for it)
The Rhythm of Food, using Google search trends to analyze food trends
Tinybop has a new app out today: Space
The case for abolishing high school football (because of head injuries)
In a new study, psilocybin helped cancer patients with severe anxiety and depression
Seven couples share how they manage their collective finances
Cheap produce in NYC's Chinatown is due to markets' direct connections w/ indie farms & distrib., not poor quality
December 1
Interesting speculation: early Windows games like Solitaire were designed to teach ppl how to use their mouse
Everything mattered: lessons from 2016's bizarre presidential election
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