July 13, 2022
Knight of the realm reveals he was trafficked as a child
Long distance running champion and British hero of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Sir Mo Farah has taken part in a BBC documentary about his origins. He has previously said he was a refugee who came to the UK to join his father as an 8 year old, but his story is not exactly as we previously knew it. [more inside]
What Went Down With Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ Revival
Dig through the ditches and burn all your bridges
L0pht Light Industries
After his wife told him for years that he needed to do something other than teaching, Joe Grand - "Kingpin" in the well-known hacker collective L0pht - decided to get back into cracking. Watch a master fail until he succeeds while nervous clients watch over his shoulder: How I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million, and Hacking a Samsung Galaxy for $6,000,000 in Bitcoin!?
A Hookup App for the Emotionally Mature
“Inclusivity might not mean everybody,” Lin writes. “It could indicate the rest of us.” Emily Witt takes on Feeld, the inclusive and curious hookup app.
"Music for Airports" generator
Brian Eno created Music for Airports by recording single notes, 3-4 note phrases, and choral harmonies each on their own track of magnetic tape. Then, cutting the tapes to different lengths and splicing them into a loop, he fed them through a tape player at the same time, creating his famous, infinitely-long, never-repeating composition. Reverb Machine isolated each loop, letting you recreate the composition as it was originally designed. At the other extreme, you can watch humans trying to precisely recreate this randomness live in an airport. [more inside]
More than Pony Patrol
Mickie Meinhardt interviews 6 of Assateague Island's park rangers for The Bitter Southerner Photos by Gunner Hughes. Single link state park, civil servant and wild pony appreciation post. [more inside]
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