“We’re going where there’s no sales tax! Take that, Cuomo!”
With lockdown loosening in New York City, Desus and Mero tour The Met.
Via kottke
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An open secret: Companies buy California’s mostly meaningless forest offsets to justify polluting more.
An open secret: Companies buy California’s mostly meaningless forest offsets to justify polluting more.
↩︎ ProPublica
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Is there enough open land in the US to build 250 million acres of new wind farms? The short answer is yes.
Is there enough open land in the US to build 250 million acres of new wind farms? The short answer is yes.
↩︎ Bloomberg
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The founder of Moderna predicts we’ll have the first non-vaccine mRNA therapeutic drug within five years.
The founder of Moderna predicts we’ll have the first non-vaccine mRNA therapeutic drug within five years.
↩︎ Quartz
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Science fiction writer Jeff VanderMeer has a handful of tips on how to rewild your balcony.
Just imagine the effect of wildlife-friendly plants on a thousand more balconies or courtyard spaces—and then multiply that by a factor of ten or a hundred.
↩︎ Esquire
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“It’s time to stigmatize the internet.” Foster Kamer says now is the time to unplug, “turn off, tune out and drop in.”
“It’s time to stigmatize the internet.” Foster Kamer says now is the time to unplug, “turn off, tune out and drop in.”
↩︎ The New York Times
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Now with more Prince.
Television producer Joel Gallen, director of the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast now famous for Prince’s guitar solo during “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” recently uploaded a re-edited version with more Prince.
“17 years after this stunning performance by Prince, I finally had the chance to go in and re-edit it slightly — since there were several shots that were bothering me. I got rid of all the dissolves and made them all cuts, and added lots more close-ups of Prince during his solo. I think it’s better now. Let me know what you think. Joel.”
Science fiction often reflects the tropes of Westerns and their settler-colonial past—but space will be harsher and emptier.
We might end up on worlds other than Earth, but the reality won’t be like the exploration of the American west; but that of Antarctica.
↩︎ Clarke’s World
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A tech reporter explains her 28 browser extensions. One sends random data to foil micro-targeting. Another folder-izes tabs.
A tech reporter explains her 28 browser extensions. One sends random data to foil micro-targeting. Another folder-izes tabs.
↩︎ Gizmodo
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ICYMI: Yahoo Answers is disappearing May 4. Revisit its highlights, such as “VERY POPULAR Techno Song? They play it in clubs!!?”
ICYMI: Yahoo Answers is disappearing May 4. Revisit its highlights, such as “VERY POPULAR Techno Song? They play it in clubs!!?”
↩︎ The Verge
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