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The Snack Pantry for 12-May-2024
Short animation that explains why 80% of US folks live in the Eastern half of the country → https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1787467244554834373 Geographical determinism will forever be fascinating, and this animation does a great job showing how it’s impacted settlement in the US. Some potential reasons why humans are, still, superstitious → https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-we-still-superstitious/ In a world where 84%…
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The Snack Pantry for 5-May-2024
The reason so many of the new-type couches are so uncomfortable → https://www.dwell.com/article/dtc-sofa-crisis-32304b9e My fancy apartment building has the most uncomfortable couches throughout all the common areas. They look amazing, and that’s all they do — to sit in them is to not want to sit in them. So, I was hoping this article would…
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The Snack Pantry for 28-Apr-2024
A helpful, picture-based guide to what trash can be recycled → https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/recycling-guide-arlington-fairfax-mclean-falls-church-virginia/ This is for Arlington, Virginia, but much of it applies to anywhere in the US. That said, I don’t think I realized that glass isn’t really recycled along with other stuff anymore, in some places. I sure hope my (continuing) ignorance doesn’t mean…
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Snack Pantry for 14-Apr-2024
Animated video of all the SpaceX launches from Cape Canaveral since 2010 → https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1777386291258183708 Since today is Eclipse day here in the US, figured it was a good day for some other space content. I had no idea that there were so many SpaceX launches happening. Seems like we hear about some of them from…
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Snack Pantry for 17-March-2024
ARTICLE: Circle Slash The history of the red circle with a slash ‘Do Not’ symbol → https://tedium.co/2024/03/09/red-circle-slash-no-symbol-history What a journey we’re taken on here: The League of Nations; who invented stoplights; World War II; Ghostbusters. The article also triggered a memory for me: When I was traveling in Europe last year, I finally realized that…
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The Snack Pantry for 29-Oct-23
POST Another one those amazing lists of random tips & tricks to maybe help improve your life → https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life ARTICLE The creator economy is severely underrated by we older folk, and, it turns out, by the Federal Government. Here’s a good explanation of why it is, what it is & why it matters → https://wapo.st/3FyHWr…
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This is how digital journalism should be done
Visual-first, interactive, multi-media storytelling built upon old-school, on-the-ground, investigative reporting → https://wapo.st/44yFbQE
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How Languages Evolve & Grow is Cool
Dictionary.com has added 313 new words. “Language is, as always, constantly changing, but the sheer range and volume of vocabulary captured in our latest update to Dictionary.com reflects a shared feeling that change today is happening faster and more than ever before” → https://gizmodo.com/dictionary-slang-digital-nomad-trauma-dumping-1850174699 | Source |
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Alien Life is Logical
A succinct, easy-to-follow post from Kevin Kelley about why he thinks there is other life out there, and what kind of life that may be → https://kk.org/thetechnium/12-assumptions-for-extraterrestrial-life/ → → I like how Kevin Kelly thinks & writes, so it’s no surprise that the logic path he takes you down here makes sense. I still don’t…
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GARY SHOULDN’T EXIST?
“Gary” didn’t exist as a first name until Gary Cooper, and he was named after Gary, Indiana → https://nowiknow.com/heres-something-about-gary/ → → I mean, all names are made up, but this origin story is especially interesting & unique, right? Maybe because it’s so recent. Kinda why Mormonism seems a little crazy, since it also was invented…