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worth reading: june 8-21, 2024
lots of links! short on time though so limited commentary :(
animals:
animals:
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Armadillo Online! by Joshua Nixon
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“'Quite a big creature': Kiwi bird surprises sawmill workers near Whangārei” by Peter de Graaf
- click through for photos of the biggest kiwi I've ever seen
- “’If Not Friend, Why Friend-Shaped?’ A Beary Scientific Investigation” by Carin Leong and Allison Parshall
a couple of very cool websites:
and everything else:
- “Spreadsheet Superstars” by David Pierce
- “Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store” by Priya Krishna and Tommy Kha
- “The Encyclopedia Project, or How to Know in the Age of AI” by Janet Vertesi
- “Adam Curtis on the dangers of self-expression” by Adam Curtis and Yancey Strickler
- “Cormac McCarthy Did Not Talk Craft, With One Surprising Exception” by Walker Mimms
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“What Will Become of American Civilization?” by George Packer and Ashley Gilbertson (unpaywalled link)
- this one's really good. I opened it intended to skim through but ended up close-reading it in one sitting.
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“He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It” by Tomas Weber
- click the last link in the article for the Google Maps easter egg!