July 14, 2020
Morality and intoxication
Why do people behave immorally when drunk? Moral philosophers look at drunkenness. If morality is based on emotion, why would intoxication cause immoral behavior?
Direct Facts About A COVID Vaccine
New England Journal Of Medicine article An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report gets detailed like you want it to be if you like reading this kind of thing. It's written in pretty understandable english with context clues to help the slightly stupid like me, but it's super interesting where they're at with this single (out of a zillion?) being developed.
Elizabeth Berkley deserved better.
This is the weirdest show I have seen in quarantine.
Swan Lake Bath Ballet. Exactly what it says on the tin. I wonder where that one guy got all those feathers and how the hell he got them OFF himself afterwards?!
And you can help!
what did our food look like hundreds of years ago? For a few decades, plant geneticists have studied the historical genetic composition of modern foods in several ways, highlighting certain genetic mutations that were responsible for transformations in appearance. These approaches haven't offered many answers for what some plant-based foods actually looked like (....) So worldwide art collections, the old-time equivalents of the modern-day photograph, might serve as a massive historical database of how modern plant foods have fluctuated in their looks. And they're asking the public to send in what they find.
Does it seem like it is too important a crossing to be privately owned?
How One Man Turned The Busiest International Border Crossing In North America Into The Centerpiece Of His Empire : “Manuel “Matty” Moroun died on Monday at 93 years old. That name might not mean much to you if you’re not from metro Detroit or Windsor, Canada, but around these parts, he was known mainly as the billionaire who owned, among other things, the Ambassador Bridge, which just happens to carry roughly 27 percent of all merchandise trade between Canada and the U.S.” - Erin Marquis tells the story of the Ambassador Bridge for Jalopnik [more inside]
Happy 21st birthday, Metafilter!
Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why. [more inside]
Heavy Medals.
For almost 20 years, top U.S. women gymnasts would pack a bag, say goodbye to their parents and take a monthly trip that ended with a long drive down a dirt road to a remote compound in a Texas forest. “You drive through the woods for like 15 miles and then you see this green gate,” says 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber. “That’s when I knew we were pulling up to the Ranch. I started getting this pit in my stomach.” ESPNW and 30 for 30 have collaborated on a podcast series exploring The Karolyi Effect. (cw: sexual assault) [more inside]
"Turn it into a k-k-kaSLAM!"
Atlanta comedian Mark Kendall pitches an ad for Craig's Bronze Bron Barn, an opportunity to own statuary in the likeness of LeBron James AND to recontextualize Confederate monuments! A win-win! [more inside]
Everything Is Cake
Scientists explain why the viral trend tickles the brain [Inverse.com]
Ńdébé : A Modern Ìgbò Script
African twitter is aflutter with @sugabelly's creation - the Ńdébé Script: "a writing system that addresses the tonal peculiarities of Nigerian languages, pleasing to the eye, which might carry the burden of our literary and academic aspirations".
Birbs in Fotos
The Audubon society presents its top 100 bird photographs of 2020 with behind-the-shot info from photographers. Plus award-winning birbs.
The life and times of Jack Charlton (1935-2020)
Guardian cartoonist David Squires pays tribute to England World Cup winner and Republic of Ireland hero Jack Charlton (May 8, 1935 - July 10, 2020).
Grant Imahara (1970 - 2020)
Grant Imahara, animatronics engineer, model maker, and MythBusters co-host, died yesterday at age 49 from a suspected brain aneurysm.
Republicans against Trump
An overview of The Lincoln Project (experienced campaigners making ads) and Republican Voters Against Trump (videos made by actual Republican voters against Trump) History from the Never Trumpers to The Lincoln Project. ## Argues that The Lincoln Project is militarist. ## Argues that The Lincoln Project isn't likely to accomplish anything. I can see a case that RVAT is aimed more directly at voters and more likely to be effective.
Wizards with Guns
How Nespresso got Ground Down
“What Nespresso have done is create a lot of benign bullshit around coffee ...but people enjoy the bullshit.” Ed Cumming tells the story of how Nespresso's rise and, perhaps now fall. The story of how scum became crema. [more inside]
Why we the people must "dominate the streets."
I've Seen a Future Without Cars, and It's Amazing - "Why do American cities waste so much space on cars?" (previously: 1, 2) [more inside]
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