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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Comedians Line Up to Help RFK Jr.’s Misinformation Campaign

quote [ The presidential candidate’s radical message is reaching millions thanks to the comedy podcasters who have become his biggest boosters. ]

And all you ever get is misinformation
[SFW] [politics] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT] [0 comments]

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media

quote [ By embedding an RSS/Atom feed URL in a vCard, it becomes a single file that has all the information needed to identify a person and follow their updates. Since it's a single file, it's easy to share it with others as well as store the vCards for all your connections locally. ]

that sounds a bit like finger to me.

Thumb is Moroccan threads at New Old Stock.
[SFW] [people] [+1 Informative]
[by Paracetamol@8:51pmGMT] [0 comments]

How Invasive Moths Improved 19th-Century Astronomical Illustrations

quote [ After accidentally introducing invasive moths to North America, amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot turned his eyes to the skies and changed science. ]

I'm just a moth in the light
[SFW] [history] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:05amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out

quote [ The use of English as the norm poses challenges for scholars from regions where English is not widely spoken. They must decide whether to publish in English for global visibility, or publish in their native language to make their work accessible to local communities. And when they work in English, they end up expending more time and effort writing and revising papers than their native English-speaking peers. ]

Some notes on scientific inclusion – as a study, no less.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Informative]
[by Paracetamol@9:10pmGMT] [0 comments]

Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844

quote [ Illustrations from a 1844 Thai manuscript for owned by Paul Revere's daughter1844" ]

I done got into some fortune telling
[SFW] [history] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]



Monday, 25 March 2024

Daddy long-legs—a weird and wonderful railway

quote [ Only a few days after it opened, the railway was put out of action by a severe storm. It reopened in July 1897 and ran without major incident until damage to the trackbed meant it couldn’t operate during the summer of 1900, causing a serious loss of business to Magnus Volk. Then in 1901, Brighton Corporation exercised its right to remove some of the track to enable sea defences to be built, and the project came to an end. ]

Crawling through the waves – found via Fallen London newsletter (← link to actual subscription).
[SFW] [history] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@8:17pmGMT] [0 comments]

Songs About Superman

quote [ Why was alternative rock inundated with hit songs about Superman throughout the 1990s and early 2000s? Consider the monoculture. ]

They call me Superman, I'm here to rescue you
[SFW] [music] [+3 Underrated]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:11amGMT] [1 comment]

Sunday, 24 March 2024

Internet Pleasures

quote [ “Addiction is not fundamentally a moral failing — it’s not a disease of weak-willed losers. When you look at the biology, the only model of addiction that makes sense is a disease-based model, and the only attitude towards addicts that makes sense is one of compassion.” ]

Musings from 2011 about web dopamine starting from a neuroscientist's interview about his book on NPR. This was in the earlier smartphone times.

(thumb)
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Informative]
[by Paracetamol@7:12amGMT] [0 comments]

Kitten Season Is a 'Natural Disaster' That's Only Getting Worse

quote [ The trend is bad news for animal shelters and wildlife alike. ]

Stray cat in the alley
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 23 March 2024

Silicon Valley tried to mass produce fancy marshmallows. It got messy, fast.

quote [ Inside the incredible rise and insane fall of a premium snack startup ]

Marshmallows for toasting
[SFW] [food & drink] [+3 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [1 comment]



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