Sunday, 8 September 2024
quote [ When searching for answers, sometimes Webb finds questions. ]
Another galaxy we must go
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Wednesday, 4 September 2024
quote [ The similarities between Navajo weavings and the patterns in integrated circuits have been described since the 1960s. Marilou Schultz's weavings of integrated circuits make these visual metaphors into concrete works of art. ]
Interesting mix of anecdotes on art and the history of computing. Weaving and software are regularly referenced as well but I can no longer find that one tumblr thread about it.
Thumb are Fairchild 70's chip resistors
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Friday, 30 August 2024
quote [ Free and open source software, as supported by NGI since 2020, is by design the opposite of potential vectors for foreign interference. It lets us keep our data local and favors a community-wide economy and know-how, while allowing an international collaboration. ]
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Wednesday, 28 August 2024
quote [ we believe there are opportunities for regulators to dive deeper into less-emphasized areas for intervention, avoiding topics like speech regulation in lieu of product safety whether implemented via market interventions or design regulations. ]
Dry summary of more efficient ways to influence the internet politically. I liked the proposition of directing the way institutions are using social media which for me translates into: why should anybody be dependent on social media to read PSAs anyway?
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Tuesday, 20 August 2024
quote [ We?re making more data than ever. What can?and should?we save for future generations? And will they be able to understand it? ]
I just need more to fit inside this digital life
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Sunday, 11 August 2024
quote [ NASA researchers are scrutinizing rocks and dirt brought to Earth from the asteroid Bennu ]
Asteroids and avalanches of space dust astray
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Thursday, 8 August 2024
quote [ In this video we explore a series of experiments to make radiative sky cooling fibers, starting with a cotton candy machine and ending with success from an unexpected discovery. ]
The ongoing saga of diy radiative cooling, now in fabric form.
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Tuesday, 6 August 2024
quote [ These sites can only exist because of the work put in by librarians and archivists to collect, curate, and share these images to begin with. It is a shame that so much of their work was erased so that this site can claim to show you an internet of the future, ā??rich, organized libraries that expand our consciousness.ā? (the L word is right there!) ]
Great analysis of the visually pleasing public.work feed and on re-using public domain images in context, channeling links, automating scraping and tagging vs manual edits etc by no other than Jessamyn West.
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Friday, 2 August 2024
quote [ A comprehensive reference database of dimensioned drawings documenting the standard measurements and sizes of the everyday objects and spaces that make up our world. ]
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Thursday, 1 August 2024
quote [ Aging parasitologists are working hard to inspire more students to enter the field ]
Don't let the parasite suck it
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