August 30
I desperately want to know what this magical afternoon of cricket was all about (it sounds amazing!), but I cannot make any sense out of this article. "Strokemaker Jonny Bairstow nick a daft dab" ??!?
The oldest carbon-dated evidence of humans in North American have been found in Idaho: 16,500 years old. They challenge "a long-held theory that North America's first humans arrived by crossing a land bridge connected to Asia".
August 29
Inside Bill's Brain, a 3-part Netflix documentary about Bill Gates. Looks quite hagiographic but I'll watch anyway.
August 28
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Rusty Brown, a new graphic novel from Chris Ware. Comes out Sept 24.
New research, including DNA evidence, shows that Aaron Burr had a secret family of color. "Aaron Burr fathered two children, John Pierre and a girl, Louisa Charlotte, with a woman of color named Mary Emmons, who hailed from Kolkata, India."
Brett Simmons releases NetNewsWire 5.0, an open source RSS reader for the Mac (iOS app forthcoming). Love that @kottke gets some love in the screenshots!
Hasbro now owns Death Row Records? Mr. Potato Head and Snoop Dogg, together at last.
Michael Bierut noticed that Succession neatly embodies the five basic types of horrible client. "[Roman] changes his mind every few minutes & always forgets to tell you he cancelled the project three weeks ago."
A list of modern dating proverbs. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and it's the only profile picture he'll ever use."
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"They thought college was too soon for lifelong love, so they scheduled their next date for a little later — 60 months." I pumped my fist at the appropriate point in this story.
Why are RVs so ugly? "RVs that are the province of people who have $200,000 to spare and who want the freedom to see the beauty of America but in the tackiest, most gas-hungry, and sanitized method possible."
buttsss is a "collection of beautiful round butt illustrations". The internet is still weird.
"Type Hike is a collaborative non-profit design project that celebrates and supports the outdoors through typography." All proceeds go to help protect and preserve the outdoors.
I love crab rangoon; here's where it came from. "The history of crab rangoon leads back to tiki culture."
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A global map of the orientation of airport runways. Wind and geography are factors in runway direction, but "most runways are aligned on the north-south axis".
Wowowow, there's going to be a 4th Matrix movie! Keanu Reeves & Carrie-Anne Moss are both in.
An engaging account of the excavation of a secret site in Wyoming teeming with fossils. "There's probably enough dinosaur material here to keep a thousand palaeontologists happy for a thousand years."
August 19
"Kind of Bloop is a chiptune tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, a track-by-track 8-bit reinterpretation of the bestselling jazz album of all time." Now available for free download.
August 17
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Cows contribute heavily to climate change but seaweed can help. "When added to cow feed at less than 2% of the dry matter, [it] completely knocks out methane production."
This is lovely and sweet. "When the local roller rink closed early this year, Doolady went and bought five extra pairs of skates 'hoping that someone would skate with me.'"
Trailer for A Hidden Life, directed by Terrence Malick. It's the story of an Austrian farmer who refused to fight for the Nazis in WWII under threat of execution.
August 15
You know who is really good at Ninja Warrior? Chimpanzees. Watch this one casually destroy a course in Japan.
The Antarctic Iceberg Tracking Database. The largest iceberg tracked had an area of 4000 sq. miles.
Lizzo does a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR. "How we feelin' at this tiny-ass desk?"
Scientists have discovered a cure for extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis. "Once, a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant TB meant quick death. A three-drug regimen cures most patients in just months."
August 14
Four Neutral Milk Hotel singles & EPs previously released on vinyl are now available as digital downloads. They're pay as you wish, with all proceeds going to the band.
Study finds NYC restaurant industry thriving after $15 minimum wage increase. "Contrary to fears of massive job losses, $20 Big Macs, and shuttered restaurants, we found a thriving industry."
Is Your Journalism a Luxury or Necessity? "We hear a chorus of hot tips for 'smarter living,' and near silence on how to survive in America. ... There is no Wirecutter for the poor."
This is a powerful piece: Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down. "The Old South may be your American Downton Abbey but it is our American Horror Story."
August 13
Ebola now appears curable. "For newly infected patients on one of the drugs, the mortality rate dropped to 6 percent."
More than 50% of Google searches result in zero clicks. That is, presumably people are getting their answers directly on the search page and not from the sites crawled. **BIG MIDDLE FINGER TO GOOGLE**
Scientists have identified (in mice) the proteins that control the birth of sound-detecting cells in the ear. This may lead to a regenerative therapeutic treatment for hearing loss.
Insects in the US are dying at record rates because *checks notes* humans are killing them with pesticides. "America's agricultural landscape is now 48 times more toxic...than it was 25 years ago."
Rebecca Boice, chef at Oakland's Flora, created a menu inspired by Robin Sloan's novel Sourdough. Here's an annotated look at the menu.
It's time to get rid of the lottery. "States should not rely on a scam to fund much-needed services."
August 12
Short teaser trailer featuring a first look at Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth in The Crown. Season 3 premieres Nov 17 on Netflix.
August 2
Incredible. Every Noise, an algorithmically-generated "map" of musical genres.
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