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“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis [UCSF article] tells of using computer-brain interface to think words for communication by people with speech loss. 21st Century medical breakthrough doesn't feel like an overstatement.
posted by hippybear at 9:00 PM PST - 18 comments

With Myst, the most enduring product of the great 90's multimedia kick, having recently been re-re-re-remade, why not go in the other direction and play the officially tolerated Apple II demake (demaker's Twitter)? You'll need this in-browser emulator. This is Myst so of course there's tips and notes below the fold. [more inside]
posted by BiggerJ at 8:04 PM PST - 11 comments

‘Welcome 2 America’: The Oral History of Prince’s Lost Album [Rolling Stone; archive]
posted by chavenet at 3:11 PM PST - 21 comments

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.
posted by Melismata at 2:10 PM PST - 110 comments

He Thought He Could Outfox the Gig Economy. He Was Wrong. (Wired)
posted by backseatpilot at 12:44 PM PST - 29 comments

Women’s gymnastics was created to be a feminine sport, and the femininity that it promoted was the white, Eurocentric kind. As the sport progressed from its very white, very dancey origins and increased in acrobatic complexity, the WTC and FIG held fast to a certain set of self-consciously feminine artistic ideals that were seen as being at odds with the more athletic components of gymnastics.

Dvora Meyers writes about why Simone Biles seems to be constantly low scored and how that fits in with the history of Women's gymnastics and its scoring system.
posted by MartinWisse at 12:17 PM PST - 26 comments

Deadpool and Korg (Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame) do a reaction video for the trailer for a movie called Free Guy, starring a couple of guys named Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:54 AM PST - 26 comments

Who Owns Mike Disfarmer's Photographs? Strangers made his small-town portraits famous in the art world. Decades later, his heirs want control of the estate. (SLNew Yorker)
posted by box at 10:17 AM PST - 21 comments

Guardian: “The most surprisingly contentious subject? Toilet roll orientation.” Daily Mirror: “Perhaps you've ended a relationship or even disinherited a family member based on their toilet roll orientation.” The related Wikipedia page, the cat complication, Christmas ruined and some science. What to do if faced with this problem? Toilet paper facts e.g. “Seven percent of Americans steal rolls of toilet paper in hotels or motels.” MetaDebate: clockwise or counter-clockwise? MetaNostalgia: Izal and Bronco: shiny side on cheeks or away from cheeks?
posted by Wordshore at 5:18 AM PST - 130 comments