"Digital Technology Invaded Our Lives. Now Women May Pay For It."
https://hbr.org/2022/05/cautionary-tales-from-cryptoland
Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
Ex-Philadelphia officer charged with murder in killing of 12-year-old
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/02/philadelphia-officer-murder-charge-siderio/
Psaki to cede White House lectern to her history-making deputy, Karine Jean-Pierre
https://thequietus.com/articles/31482-new-cd-vinyl-hybrid-format-unveiled
New CD-Vinyl Hybrid Format For Audio Unveiled
Its founder, musician T Bone Burnett, has described it as "the pinnacle of recorded sound"
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Don't see how this is a better storage format then a flac or wav file on a disk.
Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/05/covid-excess-global-deaths-nearly-15-million/
This is some cool stuff.
I want it.
https://news.mit.edu/2022/low-power-thin-loudspeaker-0426
"Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61097386
This is both crazy and sad.
"Rivalry between stars of a unique accordion-based style of music in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has sparked years of deadly gang warfare that has turned the tiny country into the murder capital of the continent."
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/olympic-athletes-mindfulness/
TIL: Difference between action-oriented and state-oriented individuals
"Disney's self-governing district says Florida cannot dissolve it without paying off its debts"
Curious how this will play out.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/us/reedy-creek-disney-florida/index.html
"Imagine being held captive in a town forever locked in the 1970s...
If you can't imagine it, just think what it would be like..."
Discovering Scarfolk, The Scarfolk Annual 197X, The Scarfolk Map, and other artefacts now available from Hive, Amazon, Waterstones, Herb Lester Assoc., Saatchi Gallery, Blackwells, & others.
Elegant Six-Page Proof Reveals the Emergence of Random Structure
Two young mathematicians have astonished their colleagues with a full proof of the Kahn-Kalai conjecture — a sweeping statement about how structure emerges in random sets and graphs.
"The temptation is therefore strong to turn to social media for the expression of what feel from the inside like genuinely held commitments. But this temptation should be resisted. The only appropriate use of social media, beyond simple announcements of personal milestones or professional engagements, is shitposting. It is a medium that deserves nothing earnest, and that can facilitate no real project of social betterment."
https://justinehsmith.substack.com/p/books-become-games?s=r
Books Become Games
Simulation, Gamification, and the Rise of Algorithmic Capitalism
"Trump says he won’t rejoin Twitter. Some advisers don’t believe him. "
Loser. He's afraid he won't get asked back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/25/trump-twitter-elon-musk-reinstatement/
Wow. Seems *some* people really hate fact-checking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/22/chicago-reader-free-speech-goodman/?
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