July 18, 2020
The Argument of “Afropessimism”
Choose your metaphor, but it sounds like great news
"Poison is lethal all on its own - as are arrows - and together, they can take down the strongest opponents." A new dual mechanism antibiotic being developed promises to be highly effective, safe, and immune to resistance. [more inside]
The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived
"With the pandemic and a global uprising against racial injustice to be explained away, conspiracy communities are bleeding into each other, merging into one gigantic mass of suspicion." [Anna Merlan, for Vice] [more inside]
A New Vision of Urban Living: The 15-Minute City
How the '15-Minute City' Could Help Post-Pandemic Recovery - "A new C40 Cities report touts Paris's model for putting essentials within close walking or biking distance as an economic boost for coronavirus-ravaged municipal budgets." [more inside]
Alice is the new normal
Optimised for multicore processors
Windows task manager runs Doom. (slyt)
Rep. John Lewis, the conscience of the U.S. Congress, has passed.
John Lewis, a civil rights icon who went on to a career of more than three decades in Congress as a Democrat representing Atlanta, died Friday night. He was 80 years old and was in treatment for pancreatic cancer. (Roll Call) Americans from across the political spectrum and all walks of life honored Lewis, who died late Friday night at the age of 80. Lewis carved his place in history with a lengthy career advocating for civil rights, from being beaten to within an inch of his life on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on “Bloody Sunday” to serving 17 terms representing an Atlanta-area district in Congress. (The Hill) [more inside]
And knowing is half the battle
10s' kids get She-Ra. 00s' kids get Avatar. 90s' kids get Disney Afternoon. But 80s' kids get Hasbro's YouTube channel with a livestream of GI Joe episodes.
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