How a building block of life got created in a flashMPR News
Kevin Roberts: Hit Play on Kindness, Respect and Generosity
I’ve been a fan/subscriber to Tyler Brûlé’s magazines for 20 years or so (Wallpaper, Monocle and his latest Konfekt). I love his optimism, aesthetic and curiosity.
In the February Monocle, deputy editor Josh Fehnert wrote a great couple of pages on Digital Decency. A manifesto to bring back humanity, humility and humour (the three Hums) to our on-line selves. His 10 point plea can be summarised as:
· Have some Perspective
· Have Heart
· Forgive and Forget
· Learn some Humility
· Don’t Overshare (part 1)
· Watch your Tone
· Don’t Overshare (part 2)
· Be Humane
· Ask Permission
· Seek out both sides of the Argument
Technology is everywhere and rules our world. It has become a weapon of Mass Distraction – and in some cases, Mass Destruction!
The costs to our mental health, wellbeing and stress levels can be high.
So, let’s all be a little kinder, a little more caring, a little more thoughtful and a lot less aggressive on-line.
I’d recommend you read Josh’s article in Monocle, issue no 140 (February 2021).
How Reading Is Like Love: Italo Calvino on the Ecstasy of Surrendering to Other Dimensions of Experience
“Lovers’ reading of each other’s bodies… differs from the reading of written pages in that it is not linear… What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.”
Richard Billingham, Untitled, 1994. From the series Ray’s A Laugh
The Photograph as Contemporary Art (new edition), by author and curator Charlotte Cotton.
The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool Wired
The Short Story Priesthood The Baffler
Microsoft Probing Whether Leak Played Role in Suspected Chinese Hack Wall Street Journal. So now the “hack” is being defined down
Marco Rubio Backs Amazon Union Mike Elk. Heads explode. Although the reasons not the best. Basically confirms that forces on both sides of the aisle have woken up a bit late to the idea that Bezos has too much power, and they need to Do Something.
14-hour days and no bathroom breaks: Amazon’s overworked delivery driversGuardian
What if the most important election of the year is happening right now in Alabama?Guardian
23rd Annual David Gordon Memorial Lecture UPRE. Michael Hudson. We posted the transcript earlier (Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover) but the video is now up, for those of you who prefer that format.
Ronny Announces Election Results - [surprising video]
Alien-like Great Barrier Reef Creature: Trick-or-Treat Crab - [wow nature]
The Real Source of Gravity - [truly mind-bending video!]
Water-based Computer Built in the Soviet Union in 1936 - [wow info, cyberpunk]
"The Movie You Will Never See" - [due to be released in 100 years]
Extreme: Erecting the Superhigh Antenna - [wow video]
Quantum Teleportation of Particles of Matter? - [wow science]
What is the Password?? Indeed - [fun video]
Poems of Shelley Illustr. by R. Anning Bell (1902) - [art nouveau]
Red Sprite Storm 2019 (Upward Lightnings!) - [wow weather video]
Mars: Wet to Dry (Animation) - [NASA video]
Recreating Asteroid Strike That Killed Dinosaurs - [wow video]
A Compendium of the World's Most Unique Beds - [geek pics]
Native American Myths and Legends - [huge, useful site]
The Epic and Surreal Paintings of H. Berann - [wow art, slightly nsfw]
Gallery of H. Berann 3D Mountain Art in Extreme HD - [inside Wiki article]
Read some of the Cantos by Ezra Pound here - [epic, weird]
Bejeweled Autumn Leaves - [wow art; Inst account]
How China Cloned Shanghai - [wow video]
Ancient Epic: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta - [Sumerian High Fantasy]
Who was this Enmerkar? - [geek info, Tower of Babel-related]
The Original Wiki History - [on the original site!]
Instagram in an Instant - [cool infographic]
"Soviet Architecture" Magazine Collection - [scroll down, unique]
Soviet Vintage SciFi Movie Put to Space-Age Soundtrack - [cool video]
Booklets of Vintage Japanese Cars - [nostalgie]
Guided Tour Inside the E-4B NAOC Doomsday Plane - [wow video]
High Fantasy Log Cabin is a Reality - [wow video]
Cabinland: DIY Awesome Cabins with Romantic Couple - [great channel]
Spectacular: Sara Underwood's BC Helicopter Photoshoot - [wow video, slightly nsfw]
Japan in 1964: Bullet Train, Tokyo Station, Mt. Fuji - [cool HD video]
All the Miss Moneypenny scenes 1962-2012 - [neat video]
Matinee At The Bijou TV series clips, 1984 - [retro-style video]
Including Great Cartoon: "Magazine Rack"! - [don't miss this video]
NASA Scientists Plan To Approach Girl By 20... - [fun video]
The End: The Last Page of Wiki - [the original one, that is]