How did “recipe developer” become a path to find fame? The Bon App test kitchen + pandemic + social media.
How did “recipe developer” become a path to find fame? The Bon App test kitchen + pandemic + social media.
↩︎ Gawker
View Post →
Getty makes available a “Black History & Culture Collection” of 30,000 photos for free non-commercial, educational use.
Getty makes available a “Black History & Culture Collection” of 30,000 photos for free non-commercial, educational use.
↩︎ Colossal
View Pos…
Some notes on “runaway wives,” or what it took for a woman to leave an abusive husband in medieval London.
Some notes on “runaway wives,” or what it took for a woman to leave an abusive husband in medieval London.
↩︎ History Workshop
…
As a college major, history is tumbling. One reason, according to the author: historians no longer play much of a role in society.
As a college major, history is tumbling. One reason, according to the author: historians no longer play much of a role in society.
↩︎ The Scholar’s St…
According to Ethereum founder Vitalik, there is only one correct way to express the date.
But he’s not wrong?
YYYY-MM-DD is the only correct date format.
* It’s an ISO standard: https://t.co/n3wKGrNuMH
* It’s unambiguous (is 03/05/22 March 5 or May 3? No such problem here!)
* General-purpose sorting sorts dates correctly
* East Asian countries like Japan ???????????? use it (“2022?5?3?”) https://t.co/zDIo4Cbuuj— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 13, 2022
Why so many unofficial food days in Japan? Puns, language puzzles, historical events, and sometimes because industry says so.
Take Banana no hi (Banana Day). Broken down, the Japanese pronunciation—ba-na-na—corresponds to the Japanese for eight (ba) and seven (nana). The seventh day of the eighth month, August 7, thus becomes “…
The US is projected to “drastically undershoot” its goal of cutting emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.
The US is projected to “drastically undershoot” its goal of cutting emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.
↩︎ Grist
View Post →
The fossil-fuel industry is doubling down on plastic. A major player is Saudi Arabia, though the costs are being felt in Texas.
The fossil-fuel industry is doubling down on plastic. A major player is Saudi Arabia, though the costs are being felt in Texas.
↩︎ Public Health Watch…
An interactive comparison of images from the James Webb Space Telescope and those from the Hubble Space Telescope.
An interactive comparison of images from the James Webb Space Telescope and those from the Hubble Space Telescope.
↩︎ WebbCompare
…
“You can name a specific film or TV show (ideally with the year in brackets).” A guide to DALL·E 2 prompts.
“You can name a specific film or TV show (ideally with the year in brackets).” A guide to DALL·E 2 prompts.
↩︎ Dallery Gallery
View Post &ra…