bitches don't know about my particular set of skills
I think I got most of the errors, let me know if I missed any. -steele
Friday, 13 December 2024

5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO/The Guillotine - Eurobeat Remix

quote [ If any of you get selected for Jury Duty, do not mention or even hint at knowing about Jury Nullification during screening. ]

Sometimes you just gotta dance like there's an ass in your pants.
[SFW] [music]
[by steele@1:35pmGMT] [4 comments]

The Color of Memory: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet

quote [ By the time of Albert Kahn’s death in 1940, the French banker and philanthropist had amassed a collection of more than 72,000 autochrome photographs. Grace Linden explores the Archives de la Planète — his sprawling, global project to document and preserve the fast-changing world — and uncovers a latent nostalgia in the hyperreal hues of early color photography. ]

I'm searching for a colour.
[SFW] [history] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 12 December 2024

It takes two to think

quote [ improvisational science ]

This is from a podcast series by two bioinformatics people on the creative "night science" aspects of research work. The podcast is a little chatty, but the actual paper is subcscriber-only.

Gist: groups from 3 people might be less creative than just 2 people conversing.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Interesting]
[by Paracetamol@7:31pmGMT] [1 comment]

Pizza Hut Taiwan Knows It’s Making Italians Angry

quote [ From stinky tofu to Oreo-calamari, there's a method to their specialty-pie madness. ]

This was a Pizza Hut
[SFW] [food & drink] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:01amGMT] [3 comments]

Wednesday, 11 December 2024

‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost

quote [ A ceramicist retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment that survived for over a millennium. ]

Maya blue, he paints the sky
[SFW] [art] [+4 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:03amGMT] [0 comments]



Tuesday, 10 December 2024

The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals

quote [ A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface. ]

Coral reefs, a colorful display
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Monday, 9 December 2024

Spotify Rakes in $499M Profit After Lowering Artist Royalties Using Bundling Strategy

quote [ Spotify also stopped paying for songs that do not reach 1,000 streams within 12 months earlier this year. The company has positioned this as a measure to streamline royalty distribution, but this policy impacts approximately over 150 million songs on the platform. ]

Aah, those thugs and muggers.
[SFW] [business] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@7:26pmGMT] [2 comments]

Wayne Knight | Really? no, Really?

quote [ Listen to the Show on all Podcast Apps "Really? no, Really?" https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-really-no-really-107027693/Today’s episode could be titled, ... ]

NEWMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check extended for link?

[SFW] [tv & movies] [+1 Informative]
[by R1Xhard@12:45pmGMT] [0 comments]

Black Earth

quote [ In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet. ]

On this cold black earth, baby
[SFW] [people] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 8 December 2024

The Last Swinger

quote [ “Tony what kind of music do you listen to?” “Rap, man.” ]

Article from 1996 via a best-of '24 link-roll inviting the Webcurious guy. A long read taped together by camp and expletives.
[SFW] [people] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@8:02pmGMT] [0 comments]



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