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Ever wondered what Isaac Asimov would sound like beatboxing?
No hookups; yes Jubensha
Equal parts Murder Mystery Party, Escape Room, and Parlour LARP, Jubensha are the Chinese gaming experiences that you've probably never heard of. (NYT)
It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed
The Mozilla Foundation has published a study on the data privacy of 25 major car brands. Highlights include Hyundai collecting olfactory data and Nissan collecting and sharing "sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic information."
Movie: Butterfly Kisses
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Radio Station
Investigating Three Indie Superstars Accused of Emotional Abuse
People Make Games investigates reports of workplace toxicity [YouTube] at Mountains, Fullbright, and Funomena. [TW: workplace toxicity/abuse]
How online? Extremely.
In the midst of the pandemic Sam Sutherland is back and exploring online subcultures and communities. The second five episode season just finished with Angry Queer Gloom Cult: How Queer Metal Bands Built Their Own Scene [YT ~15min].
"I create mostly by weaving materials found in nature."
Charlie Baker is an artist and builder that makes many kinds of structures and art pieces out of woven branches. He was recently interviewed by Wired [YT] as part of their Obsessed video series.
This is the first layer in the internet onion.
This website, the-life-and-death-of-an-internet-onion.com, will live from August 11th through September 14th, 2021 — about 5 weeks total, the average lifespan of a non-refrigerated onion.
It’s not clear who exactly is throwing out all these bowling balls.
No, you can't recycle bowling balls. Bowling balls are made of polyurethane and liquid plasticizer with weighted cores made from polyester resin filled with varying amounts of calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, and glass microspheres.
The Need for a New Garden City Movement
In the early 1900s, a strange and wonderful planning fad caught on. It can still help us think about building livable places.
I once caught a fish that was thiiiis small
[cw: photos of hooked fish.] Microfishing is a growing category of sportfishing in which anglers attempt to land the smallest fish they can. Microfishing has devoted fans, some of which travel the world in an attempt to catch all of the fish on their lifelist. (Note: Hakai Magazine offers an audio version of the first link here.)
“I started looking at old cookbooks and one thing led to another”
In July 2020 Barbara Ketcham Wheaton launched The Sifter, a searchable database to assist people with food related questions.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for the right to repair
Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas on Orcinus Orca SKAAnaa
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a contemporary visual artist that bridges Haida, Asian, and Canadian cultures and identities with his art. In this video interview [YT] he discusses his mural, Orcinus Orca SKAAnaa. The mural is part of a new exhibition from the Royal BC Museum called Orcas: Our Shared Future.
It Belongs in a Museum!
Indiana Jones with My Cat is not the first film parody featuring OwlKitty. Pulp Fiction, American Psycho, Ghost, and many more on OwlKitty's YouTube Channel.
Never share leeches with other people, just to be safe.
Have you ever considered owning a pet leech? You're not alone! While some might keep leeches for medicinal reasons (hirudotherapy, previously) there is a small, but enthusiastic, community of leech fans that sing the praises of these simple to care for creatures. If you are ready to welcome a new bloodsucking friend into your life then Emzotic's video has everything you need to know about leech care.
How To Be At Home
Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and Poet Tanya Davis bring us How To Be At Home, an animated poem about coping in the time of COVID. The short is part of a series by NFB Canada called The Curve that explores the physical and emotional aspects of pandemic isolation.
GARDEN OF ASSOCIATIVE THOUGHT SLURRY
WELCOME TO DREAM WIKI
FOR A DREAM WIKI IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT
DREAMS JUST YET... OR EVER.
AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A WIKI, EITHER.
TO NAVIGATE THESE CURRENTS AND
CORRIDORS YOU NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT FALSE
YOURSELF, IF THERE IS SUCH A THING.
IT'S ABOUT NOT PLAYING YOUR HAND UNTIL
IT'S BENEFICIOUS. IT'S ABOUT PRETENDING
NOT TO NOTICE SO THAT YOU CAN BE WHERE
YOU HAVE TO BE FOR THE NEXT STEP.
FOR A DREAM WIKI IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT
DREAMS JUST YET... OR EVER.
AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A WIKI, EITHER.
TO NAVIGATE THESE CURRENTS AND
CORRIDORS YOU NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT FALSE
YOURSELF, IF THERE IS SUCH A THING.
IT'S ABOUT NOT PLAYING YOUR HAND UNTIL
IT'S BENEFICIOUS. IT'S ABOUT PRETENDING
NOT TO NOTICE SO THAT YOU CAN BE WHERE
YOU HAVE TO BE FOR THE NEXT STEP.
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