August 6, 2023
Name every city
City Quiz is a fun little webgame where you literally just name every city. It breaks down by the whole planet, or just one continent, or just one country, and scores you based on number of cities or percentage of the population. [more inside]
An exceedingly bizarre choice if one wishes to obfuscate the IP address
A study into toxicity on Economics Job Market Rumors says it uncovered IP addresses for posts, linking many back to universities. The paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was presented at the NBER summer meeting and starts with a content warning on racism, sexism, and threats of violence. Study authors note, "Using only publicly available data we show that the statistical properties of the scheme by which [algorithmically-assigned] usernames were generated allows the IP addresses from which most posts were made to be determined with high probability." Approximately 10% of posts originated from university IP addresses; about 10% of all posts were categorized as toxic. A small proportion of IP addresses generated more than 60% of toxic posts. EJMR, previously on MeFi.
A Centuries-Old Obsession
Despite our love of building community around uniting behind one love interest or the next, or our general consensus that one love interest is superior — no one likes Wickham over Darcy — some might say that our interest in love triangles might point to a wider cultural desire to explore polyamory. While I don’t doubt that many are curious about exploring options outside of the dominant form of monogamous relationships, I disagree that the classic love triangle is a good example of this. from The enduring allure of a good love triangle
Reflections on the 70th Anniversary of the Danish Rescue of the Jews
Talk at the American-Scandinavian Foundation A talk about why the Danish Jews were saved. [more inside]
Ecologists are reintroducing Western Quolls
Western Quolls disappeared from this region 100 years ago. Ecologists are bringing them back from the brink. The tiny, native western quoll that was all but wiped out in Western Australia has been reintroduced to parts of the state, and this time their welfare is being watched over by drones.
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