Link: Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
Links
Link: How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem
A history of maps showing California as an island…
A #history of #maps showing #california as an island…which apparently persisted long beyond the point that expeditions had confirmed it was part of the mainland.
California, an island? Meet cartography’s most persistent mistake
The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of ‘California as an island’.
And now I’m thinking of the idea of “soft places” in Sandman, where geography remains fluid until an area is thoroughly mapped.
Florida’s Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort
“The Mystery of Florida’s Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort”
The rock it’s made from, coquina, is a sedimentary rock made up of compressed seashells. It turns out that under impact, the component shell fragments can shift, absorbing the impact. This explains why cannonballs simply sank into the walls like pressing into foam instead of shattering them.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coquina-fort-in-florida
Link: Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?
Interesting: A “car-sized” meteor exploded in the atmosphere above the Caribbean, 170 miles south of …
Interesting: A “car-sized” meteor exploded in the atmosphere above the Caribbean, 170 miles south of Puerto Rico.
Telescopes observed the asteroid before impact. A weather satellite designed to detect lightning picked up the flash. Debris showed up on weather radar, and a Nuclear Test Ban monitoring station picked up the infrasound.
As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vertigo-comic-book-line-sjw-values/
Can Migrating Birds Adapt To Climate Change?
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
Link: A Chilean Flamingo and a (North) American Flamingo Meet in Mexico
LA climate: what causes May Grays and June Gloom.
LA climate: what causes May Grays and June Gloom.
Interesting read: Misinformation & propaganda are guaranteed to spring up around pandemics, but they won’t …
Interesting read: Misinformation & propaganda are guaranteed to spring up around pandemics, but they won’t have quite the same political baggage as elections. Any solutions & mitigations for pandemics should help against political disinformation too.
2024 note: so much for that idea.
Link: Experiment with ‘lost’ wallets reveals that people are surprisingly honest
Link: Experiment with ‘lost’ wallets reveals that people are surprisingly honest https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-people-are-honest-lost-wallets-experiment-20190620-story.html
Interesting: “The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet.” As mainstream social networks grow ever more hostile, many have withdrawn to quieter spaces. But that has its own drawbacks. What might balance look like – and is it worth it?
Interesting: “The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet.” As mainstream social networks grow ever more hostile, many have withdrawn to quieter spaces. But that has its own drawbacks. What might balance look like – and is it worth it?
- The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet (Yancey Strickler)
- Beyond the Dark Forest Theory of the Internet: Re-learning how to be yourself online
Link: An Old Painting of Vermont’s Ancient Rocks Was Hidden Behind a Wall for Decades
Link: An Old Painting of Vermont’s Ancient Rocks Was Hidden Behind a Wall for Decades
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-painting-behind-wall-in-vermont
Gee, nothing creepy about that….
Gee, nothing creepy about that….
Link: Household Radar Can See Through Walls and Knows How You’re Feeling
A prototype non-flammable lithium battery using glass.
A prototype non-flammable lithium battery using glass. The researchers behind it claim that its capacity *increases* over time. Others aren’t convinced.
Screen time is a much less helpful metric than the patterns of HOW people use their devices
It should have been obvious from the start: screen time is a much less helpful metric than the patterns of HOW people use their devices, what researchers are calling the “screenome”
[NYTimes link]
(But it was easy to measure, & people love pointing to a single number.)
It’s not just psychology, it’s CO2. Why crowded meetings and conference rooms make you so, so tired.
It’s not just psychology, it’s CO2.
Link: Why crowded meetings and conference rooms make you so, so tired.