July 13, 2023
No, really. No one would send you an email at night.
Young People Have No Idea What We Used to Do After Work. "The very idea that, once work hours were over, no one could get hold of you—via email, text, Slack, whatever—is completely alien to contemporary young people, who never let their cellphones leave their hands. Yes, it’s because they’re addicted, but it’s also because we’re all expected by bosses, co-workers, and friends to be online and available pretty much every time of day." [more inside]
The stench of death emanates from Jeff’s balls
Corpse flower blooming at Amazon Spheres in Seattle The rare flowers can be up to 9 foot tall and stink of carrion in order to attract pollinators and bloom for 48 hours. More from United States Botanic Garden.
Here's what doctors are being to told to say and not say
Since 2020, three of the most powerful medical organizations in the United States have published new language guidelines designed to change how physicians communicate with patients.
They org's are:
1a) The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which oversees and lobbies for medical education. It represents 175 medical schools, 400 or so teaching hospitals, and administers virtually all medical entrance/qualifying examinations, including the MCAT. 1b) The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest professional association/lobbying group for physicians in the United States. About 25% of physicians are members [more inside]
How to Be Blind
Andrew Leland is a writer, audio producer, editor, and teacher who explores his transition from sightedness to blindness. He has a book coming out this month and recently published an article drawn from it, How to Be Blind. He has also written about reading technologies for the blind.
Toys for Blob
The Dark Forest
wellifyouinsist has been making a dungeon synth album and
posting the songs to MeFi Music as she composes them, and it's now available on Bandcamp as The Dark Forest!
[via mefi projects] [more inside]
You are not the answer
"We are told that the problems in our lives are solvable mostly by individual action. This lie has been repeated so often that it has soaked down into the cultural bedrock of much of the western world and so is almost an inescapable starting proposition." You are not the answer.
She's got spunk!
Eight Characters In Search Of A Sitcom [58m] is a 2003 character-by-character, actor-by-actor profile of the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Cast members, writers, directors all sharing their joy and love for the show. [more inside]
Breaking News: It's All Cops
tw: systemic sexual assault / Last week, a Chicago PD officer was accused of 'impregnating a teenage asylum seeker' while other officers were accused of “improper sexual relations” with immigrants who have been housed in police stations [more inside]
Lolo Spencer Brings Authenticity to The Sex Lives of College Girls
When Lauren “Lolo” Spencer auditioned for the role, she knew it was hers. Representation is important to Spencer, and she’s building a successful career as a disability lifestyle influencer, model, actor and content creator. “I think it’s important to share what it’s like for me, especially as a black woman with a disability. To show the world, ‘Oh. This is what it looks like.’ So they aren’t intimidated the next time they see someone else that looks like me or moves around like me. That’s my goal.” [more inside]
SAG/AFTRA contracts expire without a deal, strike expected
The union, which represents professional actors in the USA, will make a formal announcement at noon Pacific time. With no writers, and no actors, what will the streaming services do for content?
Cashews On Pizza?
cashews on pizza, a salty, buttery, crunchy topping that has gained a cult following in the Inland Empire The city of Redlands, located over 60 miles east of Los Angeles, is where cashew pizza originated in the 1960s, eventually spreading to neighboring cities like Riverside and Yucaipa.
“A true witcher should never abandon poultry in distress.”
The Witcher 3 hits even harder in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world [Polygon] “Oddly enough, the prevailing thought that dogged me as I played The Witcher 3 again was actually about another game. I was thinking about Cyberpunk 2077, which I played earlier this year, and how little it played off the successes of The Witcher 3. A strength of Geralt’s adventure is how little of it really has to do with him. He’s in some important rooms, and he meets movers and shakers, but warriors live and die without him. Dynasties fall. Monsters kill the weak. The mechanisms of life happen, and he doesn’t have to be there to see it all unfold — that’s what makes his tale so compelling. He’s a hero when he’s around, and he’ll move or shake as necessary, but his world is not one driven by a protagonist. It is a humble fantasy, or at least presents itself as one, and by contrast, Cyberpunk 2077 was so self-centered on the part of the player that it seemed like people didn’t exist if they weren’t within my field of view. In that game, history happened so that protagonist V could be there to inherit it. Geralt is almost anonymous by comparison. The next-gen upgrade is going to make that available for more people, and I’m excited for that. But it did leave me with a melancholy feeling about where we’ve been and, given the future of The Witcher franchise, where a post-Cyberpunk Witcher game might go.” [more inside]
tomorrow is a very busy day of not talking to you also
Types of Monk, In Order of How Often They Want You To Visit by Daniel Lavery [The Stopgap]
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