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Quick Links for February 2017

February 28
Meet The Man Who Stopped Thousands Of People Becoming HIV-Positive (by showing ppl how to buy cheap PrEP)
This new robot is coming for your jobs, ballet dancers, parkour performers, and Segway tour operators
If you're looking to watch Best Picture winner Moonlight, it's now available for streaming online
February 27
Are passengers deplaning a domestic flight legally obligated to show their IDs to Border Protection agents? (A: No)
Two people are paying SpaceX to fly them to the Moon next year (not landing, but still!!)
Excellent understated burn: "But within a year, rather than do good, Singhal had gotten a top job at Uber."
The Life Timeline from The Atlantic. "Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Amazon."
If I fall in love with you, I will _____. But this time, I will _____.
A millennial reviews Seinfeld; it's a "send-up of the New York Clintonian bourgeois upper class of the 1990s"
February 24
Footage from new Super Mario game clearly shows that Mario isn't a human being
February 23
Study: strict US voter ID laws are racially discriminatory
One of the world's best collections of maps lies underused in Milwaukee, WI
MLKSHK is shutting down. Goodbye old friend, thanks for everything.
February 22
I don't care about this white supremacist troll at all, but this piece by @PennyRed is FIRE
Maps of a single square mile shows the differences in street networks in cities
Sure, "readable" books are easy to get through, but are they good literature?
February 21
Someone trained Google's machine learning software to turn illustrations of cats, bldgs, and handbags into photos
Surprise Maps: Showing the Unexpected
Ballet dancers spin clockwise while athletes (gymnasts, figure skaters, divers) tend to spin counter-clockwise
"Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal"
February 20
New book: Michael F-ing Bay: The Unheralded Genius in Michael Bay's Films
On the difficulties of authority: Eponymous Laws as Persuasion Tools and Other Tricks for Robbing Walmart
Celebrating Design Without Contending With It, a thoughtful critique of Netflix's Abstract series on design
February 19
Evidence that Uber is a garbage company, part 28,302
February 17
A handy timeline of Donald Trump's Russian connections
The company you work for is not your friend, so here's how to look out for yourself in the workplace
The Internet Archive is a finalist for a $100 million grant to provide free digital books to libraries & classrooms
Tomorrow (Feb 18), the excellent Hidden Figures will screen for free in several cities in the US
Oh super, Robert De Niro is an anti-vaxxer now
February 15
The NY Times celebrates 75 years of crossword puzzles
In which backwards country do girls as young as 12 still get married? (Spoiler: it's The United States.)
6 months later, Rio Olympics venues are already abandoned
February 14
21 stupid lifehacks (this is dumb/brilliant)
What if the purpose of love is to get us out of relationships, not into them? (Happy Valentine's Day!)
Humans of the Year, a new series about people moving humanity forward (partic. in science & tech)
Shining – DJ Khaled feat. Beyonce & Jay Z
February 13
A short history on how John Waters' Simpsons episode got made and why it was important to LGBT culture
This almost perfectly describes my anxiety about talking on the phone
A history of the falling cost of light, from wood fires to the LED
February 12
In the US, husbands are deadlier than terrorists
February 10
Looking forward to this one: Meehan's Bartender Manual from PDT's @mixography
Spelltower, an addictive little game that's like a cross between Boggle and Candy Crush (also available on iOS)
The Magic iPod: drag-n-drop remixes of 00s hip-hop hits with 00s indie hits (some of these work *really* well)
Later this year, a goal will be reached: satellite photos of everywhere on Earth every single day
The Wirecutter lists their favorite phone/tablet learning apps for kids
February 9
This is weak sauce. Speech is protected from government censorship, it has nothing to do w/ hosting online stores.
A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months
Noted public educator Hans Rosling passed away earlier this week
This Friday, the east coast of the US will be able to see a full moon, a lunar eclipse and a comet
MLB is considering starting extra innings with runner on second base (to speed up games)
Mosquitos are evolving resistance to the CRISPR/gene drive technique, jeopardizing its use in eradicating malaria
Murray's Cheese sold the Bleecker flagship store to grocery giant Kroger's (so, just the bldg, not the co?)
LVMH (Louis Vuitton's parent company) may have just bought streetwear brand Supreme for $500 million
February 8
How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning; the US could soon see major measles outbreaks (goddammit this makes me so mad)
Activists are proposing a general strike for 2/17/17 against the Republican admin.; no working or buying anything.
Department of Homeland Security: U.S. Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords
Stagehand is a new iOS game; they call it a "reverse platformer". I have played this, it is fun & clever (& hard).
With new amendment, Russia & Putin all but sanction annual wife-beatings (kids too!)
These teens snuck into Super Bowl LI using a ladder. Nice "security" you've got there.
February 7
On Thursday, areas near the North Pole are predicted to be ***50 to 60 degrees warmer than normal***
The Unlikely Odds of Making It Big, a data visualization about indie music groups making it (or more likely, not)
Democrats Confront Lefty Fake News
Missed this while I was gone: @badastronomer moved his blog from Slate to Syfy
February 6
A growing list of American companies built by 1st or 2nd generation immigrants (Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.)
The Children of 1917, a Kickstarter project that aims to interview Russians born in 1917
Thinking about Thinking about Seymour, a symposium about the ideas and research of the legendary Seymour Papert
President Obama donated over $1 million to charity while in office (mostly to children's & veteren's causes)
Trailer for season 2 of Stranger Things
Pretty good take on the Super Bowl. While the Falcons sprinted to an early lead, the Pats won the marathon.
February 3
A new @MissyElliott documentary is in the works, trailer and all
"I Work From Home" by @cnissan for @NewYorker — your mileage may very, but I badly needed this today
Teju Cole on the relationship between photography and time
February 1
The misunderstood genius of Russell Westbrook
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