Link: Choosing to be a citizen, not merely a profit-seeking agent or partisan.
“leaving things better than you found them is a powerful step forward, because you’ll probably be back this way again one day soon.”
Links
Link: The Postal Service is America’s most popular government agency. Why does Trump hate it?
New geothermal plants in the works in California, including one near the Salton Sea that plans to extract lithium from the brine.
New geothermal plants in the works in California, including one near the Salton Sea that plans to extract lithium from the brine.
Link: Nine Years Later, Furry Friends—and Foes—Are Returning to Fukushima
Turns out there are still people making web browsers that aren’t based on WebKit or Gecko. Here’s an article about a browser called Flow:
Turns out there are still people making web browsers that aren’t based on WebKit or Gecko. Here’s an article about a browser called Flow: https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2020/01/new_browser_on.html
Long-lasting Lithium-Sulfur Battery Promises to Double EV Range
Link: Long-lasting Lithium-Sulfur Battery Promises to Double EV Range – IEEE Spectrum
Photos from a rare Los Angeles snowfall, way back in 1949
Photos from a rare Los Angeles snowfall, way back in 1949.
Link: You’re Cooler Than You Think: 98.6 Temperature No Longer the Norm
“Easter Island’s Monoliths Made the Crops Grow” – literally
“Easter Island’s Monoliths Made the Crops Grow” – literally. Dust and fragments from the quarry added much-needed minerals to the soil around it, making it the most fertile area of the isolated island.
Link: Blight wiped out the American chestnut. Parallel efforts are close to bringing it back.
Link: A Blizzard of Tumbleweeds Trapped Cars on a Highway in Washington State
The People’s Web
“Every day, millions of people rely on independent websites that are mostly created by regular people, weren’t designed as mobile apps, connect deeply to culture, and aren’t run by the giant tech companies.”
– via @anildash
Some of us are stubbornly trying to keep at least our own corners of the old internet alive, but overall, this tracks. The Old Internet Died And We Watched And Did Nothing
Some of us are stubbornly trying to keep at least our own corners of the old internet alive, but overall, this tracks.
Link: How Ridiculous Ideas Gain Traction. We’re Looking at You, Flat Earth
Hong Kong theater troupe performs outdoor Les Misérables production, audiences sing along in catharsis.
Hong Kong theater troupe performs outdoor Les Misérables production, audiences sing along in catharsis.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-11/les-miserables-soothes-breaks-hong-kong-hearts
Another example of Instagram’s hostility toward the open web: “Link In Bio” is a slow knife
Another example of Instagram’s hostility toward the open web: “Link In Bio” is a slow knife via @anildash
Link: There’s no other way to explain Trump’s immigration policy. It’s just bigotry.
Link: Where are L.A.’s oldest planted trees? In its first arboretum, hidden in plain sight
Fellow web devs, remember, not everyone has gigabit internet with low latency and fast processors. Optimizing Code in a World That Doesn’t Want to Optimize
Fellow web devs, remember, not everyone has gigabit internet with low latency and fast processors.
4,000- year old Babylonian tablets turn out to be recipes for stew.
4,000- year old Babylonian tablets turn out to be recipes for stew. And apparently they’re pretty good