October 21, 2020
How the Towering P-Adic Numbers Work
An Infinite Universe of Number Systems - "The p-adics form an infinite collection of number systems based on prime numbers. They're at the heart of modern number theory."
The Amazing Randi has passed
The magician's magician and the skeptic's skeptic, The Amazing Randi, has died from "age related causes" at the age of 92.
"Was it rude to tell your boss she was growing scales?"
Since September 1, 2010, Daily Science Fiction has published a new short scifi/fantasy story each weekday. The easiest way to navigate the archives is probably by story topic, so you get titles, author names, and excerpts (example). Here are six very short stories you might like. [more inside]
False knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance.
The Media Manipulation Casebook. "The Media Manipulation Casebook is a research platform that advances knowledge of misinformation and disinformation and their threats to democracy, public health, and security. The Casebook is a new resource for building the field of Critical Internet Studies by equipping researchers with case studies, theory, methods, and frameworks to analyze the interplay of media ecosystems, technology, politics, and society." Background.
See you on the other side
I Was In Charge of the Deck Chairs On the Titanic, and They Absolutely Did Need Rearranging (McSweeney's, via kottke)
A breath of fresh air, or rather too much of a good thing?
Museums, COVID, Diversity, Deaccessioning
What we can learn from the Baltimore Museum of Art's recent deaccessioning announcement. [more inside]
How Rudy Giuliani Got Caught Red-Handed With Borat’s Daughter
I don't know who needs to hear this, but: large omelettes
30 egg omelette.
50 egg omelette.
60 egg omelette.
90 egg omelette.
21,000 egg omelette.
2 egg omelette.
50 egg omelette.
60 egg omelette.
90 egg omelette.
21,000 egg omelette.
2 egg omelette.
MTA Map goes digital
NY MTA has created a digital version of their map with the company Work & Co (who did the work for free. There is a cool video that really explains what was done.
‘We’re like athletes’: the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers
From onions as big as babies to pumpkins that weigh more than a car, it has been a record-breaking year for oversize veg. But what motivates someone to grow an 8-metre beetroot – and is skulduggery involved? [SL Guardian]
"I would never marinate a Congresswoman."
People were surprised when Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set up her own Twitch channel, but she demonstrated why the channel was set up with a streamed game of Among Us to help get out the vote. The stream had a number of notable guests, from collegue Representative Ilhan Omar to streamers such as Pokimane, HBomberGuy (who got the first kill on AOC in game) and DisguisedToast (who made the statement in the lede right after proceeding to marinate the Representative.)
Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls
"It's glaringly obvious we need to change the model" In what will be among the largest and boldest urban police reform experiment in decades San Francisco is creating and preparing to deploy teams of professionals from the fire and health departments — not police — to respond to most calls for people in a psychiatric, behavioral or substance abuse crisis. [more inside]
The New Internet Pantry
Katie Okamoto explores the world of direct-to-consumer (DTC) olive oils, spices, grains, and seasonings like EXAU, Loisa, and Fly By Jing. “For outsider pantry brands that seek to gain traction within the food-retail industry—which skews white and male—the DTC model has made business possible without huge amounts of capital or buy-in.”
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