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PLUS: Bionic Eyes, Reggae History, and Why You're A Jerk On Twitter

Alex Weber
Apr 19
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Welcome, dear reader! I’ve got a lot of links, images, and hot takes for you below. I hope you enjoy my selection, and as always, let me know if any pieces are particularly resonant with you.

Aesthetics

SpaceWalk: A Spectacular Rollercoaster-Esque Staircase Loops Through a South Korean Park

I appreciate the level of interactivity in this sculpture.

Sally West Art – Beach Studies

Something about the artist’s brushwork really hits the spot for me. Almost tangible.

Solarpunk

Rather than imagining another dystopia, solarpunk envisions futures where tech and the environment can co-exist.

Enough cyberpunk—it's solarpunk's time to shine

To fight climate change, a biotech firm has genetically engineered a very peppy poplar

Gene editing for the greater good may be the easiest way to capture carbon.

These robots are powered by algae balls living inside

Seems like a fairly symbiotic system, and an elegant solution.

Battery-electric "Infinity Train" will charge itself using gravity

At first I thought this was another perpetual-motion machine, but it works because it’s used in a mining context. Going downhill with a load generates power, and coming back empty can use the stored energy.

A’seedbot: tiny autonomous robot transforms desert into verdant landscape

Good bot. Great concept.

Moderna’s HIV Vaccine Has Officially Begun Human Trials, and also,

Moderna Will Develop mRNA Vaccines for 15 of the World's Worst Diseases

mRNA is revolutionizing vaccinations! What a milestone for HIV to have a vaccine in human trials!

Tech

It's Not Your Fault You're a Jerk on Twitter

A convincing argument that the User Interface of a tool directly informs how it’s used.

Ice Cream Machine Hackers Sue McDonald's for $900 Million

Regular readers will recall this saga. This is the next step for the underdog here… I’m rooting for them.

A New Video Game About Politics in the Age of Donald Trump

Think you could do better? Prove it!

Apple's retail employees are reportedly using Android phones and encrypted chats to keep unionization plans secret

Slightly paranoid, but probably prudent! I wish them luck 💪

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

What happens when medical device makers go bankrupt, get acquired, and change their priorities?

Culture

Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae

How did a “rock” preset on a Casio keyboard became a massive reggae hit?

Welcome to the Great Smushing

Digital technologies and Covid have collapsed our identities into mush—a condition that's likely to outlast the pandemic.

Dallas Got Rick Rolled With a Giant QR Code on April Fools Day

Not exactly the usual type of “drone strike”

Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?

The image in the tweet above is sadly fake (altered), but it did bring this valuable term into widespread knowledge, so I think that’s great for all of us.

Kanye West’s Instagram Is a Good Place to Get Famous

Who, exactly, is Kanye’s most prominent “reply guy”?

The case against American truck bloat

A public safety argument—larger, taller trucks are 2-3x more likely to kill pedestrians and cyclists!

A few things to know before stealing my 914

Vintage car owner provides hilarious advice to would-be thieves.

Light Mode, Dark Mode, and Gen-Z Mode

Giving the Zoomers what they want, nay, what they deserve!

Salsa inglesa - A Mexican Sauce

Fascinating history of the Latin remix of the English original brown sauce.

The High Life: A History of Men in Heels

I’m always interested in learning about the histories of garments, and how the cycles of style have played out over time.

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