Month: February 2020
February 28, 2020
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February 27, 2020
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The Diet Industrial Complex Got Me, and It Will Never Let Me Go
“rites of passage I did not see the body positivity movement coming, not at all. Credit… Illustration by Qieer Wang I was a chubby little kid. I loved toast,…”
February 24, 2020
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With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
“In the late 1980s, it seemed like every self-proclaimed budding suburban middle-school intellectual worth their salt had Far Side books crammed into every nook…”
February 21, 2020
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An app can be a home-cooked meal
“An app can be a home-cooked meal Have you heard about this new app called BoopSnoop? It launched in the first week of 2020, and almost immediately, it was…”
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Age of Invention: Where Be Dragons?
“Welcome to my weekly newsletter, Age of Invention, on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation. You can subscribe here: A…”
February 14, 2020
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Reaction GIFs of Black People Are More Problematic Than You Think
“‘Digital blackface’ dehumanizes Black people by flattening our stories Naomi Day Jan 3 · 7 min read Credit: giphy.com T he internet is a portal to intercultural…”
February 10, 2020
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Opinion | I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead
“Credit… Hokyoung Kim Skip to contentSkip to site index Opinion I Don’t Want to Be the Strong Female Lead In pop culture, women are often objectified and…”
February 7, 2020
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“I recently wrote a fairly well-received Twitter thread about how the cyberpunk sci-fi of the 1980s and early 1990s accurately predicted a lot about our current…”
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1,000 True Fans? Try 100 – Andreessen Horowitz
“More than a decade ago, Wired editor Kevin Kelly wrote an essay called “ 1,000 True Fans ,” predicting that the internet would allow large swaths of people to…”
February 6, 2020
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Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think
“If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks” in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public…”
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The Last Word On Nothing | Guest Post: Weird Rock, Weirder Story
““There is an aspect to this story that is weirder than you canimagine.” That sentence was e-mailed to me by a geologist, Jan Kramers, atthe University of…”