Calm Down — Your Phone Isn’t Listening to Your Conversations. It’s Just Tracking Everything You Type, Every App You Use, Every Website You Visit, and Everywhere You Go in the Physical World. “So don’t even worry about it.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/calm-down-your-phone-isnt-listening-to-your-conversations-its-just-tracking-everything-you-type-every-app-you-use-every-website-you-visit-and-everywhere-you-go-in-the-physical-world
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 23:44:10 JST kottke.org US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declares gun violence a public health crisis. “America should be a place where all of us can go to school, go to work, go to the supermarket, go to our house of worship” without putting our lives at risk. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/25/us-surgeon-general-declares-gun-violence-public-health-crisis
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 01:38:49 JST kottke.org How do actors memorize their lines? “Actors engage in elaborative rehearsal, focusing their attention on the meaning of the material and associating it with information they already know.” https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-actors-remember-their-lines/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 23:34:01 JST kottke.org Great news about HIV protection: “Results from a large clinical trial in Africa showed that a twice-yearly injection of a new antiviral drug gave young women total protection from the virus.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/health/lenacapavir-hiv-prevention-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k0.48pH.ML6CbYVKmd5v
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 00:22:14 JST kottke.org Walmart is switching to electronic price tags that “allow employees to change prices as often as every ten seconds”. No one wants this!! No one wants surge pricing on ice cream and price increases on items already in your cart. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/17/nx-s1-5009271/electronic-shelf-labels-prices-walmart-grocery-store
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:53:32 JST kottke.org How heat affects our brains: it makes us dumber, irritable, impulsive, and aggressive (i.e. don’t blame me if the site sucks today, it feels like 97° here and I don’t have A/C). https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/well/mind/heat-affect-brain-emotions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000._KgR.uR0e2BTcYdLw
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 09:33:09 JST kottke.org Paul Theroux: “In the short run, criticism seems to have merit; in the end, criticism is useless—a good book has a long life in spite of anything said about it.” I’m not sure I agree, but I did find this idea somewhat thrilling. https://thecollidescope.com/2024/05/30/the-grit-that-makes-the-pearl-an-interview-with-paul-theroux/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 21:29:29 JST kottke.org The myth about cars that’s hurting cities. “In study after study in city after city around the world, researchers have found that merchants exaggerate the share of patrons who arrive by car and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit.” https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/354672/hochul-congestion-pricing-manhattan-diners-cars-transit
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 02:37:09 JST kottke.org In case you or someone you know needs a little levity or pick-me-up today, might I suggest what might be the cutest thing that’s ever aired on television: a little girl named Joey and Kermit the Frog saying the alphabet. https://kottke.org/24/06/the-cookie-monster-alphabet
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 06:35:27 JST kottke.org A UK research team has discovered that the more CO2 air contains, the longer viruses can stay alive in that air. This is a tranmission double-whammy: poorly ventilated spaces with lots of people in them increases potential viral load and longevity. https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ventilation-research-virus-airborne-life-haddrell-celebs/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 23:52:31 JST kottke.org Genderswap[dot]fm is a catalog of gender-swapped song covers — think Beyoncé covering The Beatles, Miley Cyrus covering The Talking Heads, or The Flaming Lips covering Kylie Minoque. There’s also a less comprehensive Spotify playlist. https://genderswap.fm/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 05:48:18 JST kottke.org In the last 10 years, Paris has closed 100 streets to cars, removed 50,000 parking spots, tripled parking fees for SUVs, and built more than 800 miles of bike lanes. “Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution.” https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 02:33:24 JST kottke.org *whispers quietly* I’m not enjoying Frankenstein that much. I am also behind on the reading for Hot Frank Summer. If you’re reading it right now, how are you finding it? https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/mary-shelley/frankenstein
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 08:29:39 JST kottke.org World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September. “If successful, this therapy could be available to patients with any permanently missing teeth within six years.” https://newatlas.com/medical/tooth-regrowing-human-trial/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 03:42:47 JST kottke.org Announcing the Tiny Awards 2024, a competition to find and celebrate the “small, personal, whimsical, weird and poetic things people are making on what is left of the web”. I’m a judge this year! Pls submit your projects! https://tinyawards.net/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 23:11:00 JST kottke.org Trailer for Season Three of The Bear. So. Much. Unaddressed. Trauma. That these people are inflicting upon one another. (Men will literally open a Michelin-starred restaurant instead of going to therapy.) https://kottke.org/24/05/trailer-for-season-three-of-the-bear
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 02:46:25 JST kottke.org Scientists have figured out why killer whales are smashing up luxury yachts: it’s a new fad among teen orcas. “A combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this ‘trend’ of boat-bumping.” https://newatlas.com/biology/orcas-killer-whales-boats/
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:22:29 JST kottke.org Have You Seen A Cybertruck Yet? I saw one yesterday driving through the small town I live in and just burst out laughing. It is a ridiculous vehicle. https://defector.com/have-you-seen-a-cybertruck-yet
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 04:18:00 JST kottke.org John Green on the tradeoffs of sharing your personal life with strangers. “The thing about selling something of yourself is that that you can’t buy it back.” (I used to share much more of myself online; these days I’m more careful.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq8I4aTBwcQ
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kottke.org (kottke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 13:34:13 JST kottke.org The Evolution of Hokusai’s Great Wave, from prints he did at the ages of 37, 43, and 45 to the masterpiece (The Great Wave off Kanagawa) he created at age 71. “Until the age of seventy, nothing that I drew was worthy of notice.” https://kottke.org/24/05/the-evolution-of-hokusais-great-wave
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