Wikipedia turns 25 years old. (I can’t believe it’s only been around for 25 years…trying to imagine the web without it is impossible at this point.)
Jamelle Bouie: “The American public, then, is left not with a president but with a man who imagines himself master and behaves like a tyrant. A man whose agents brutalize ordinary citizens and then defame them in the wake of their deaths…”
This is an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day. It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification” and so might not be 100% accurate. To my eye, the broad strokes are all there. The subtle sound design helps with the overall effect as well.
WELL, GOOD: Scientists Discover Natural Protein That Traps and Kills Harmful Bacteria.
Speaker Mike Johnson and the denial of political freedom
On 20 January, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the US Congress, is going to address both Houses of Parliament. This, I gather, is unprecedented. The 'honour' is being awarded to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence.
I object to this.
Johnson has enabled Donald Trump.
Out of the 1000 most-discussed books on Hacker News, it looks like around 50 of them were written by women.
