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  1. 18 hours ago

    Enjoying some Daft Punk live DJ sets this morning

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    Oct 13

    I oversaw the community service of a white man who had committed a hate crime against a Sikh man, on a 9/11 anniversary. He had physically assaulted him. He was so nervous about the program, thinking we would treat him with hostility. We showered him w/ love. This was the result:

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  3. Oct 13

    I propose we call birb-like moths “mopfs”

    Fuzzy Moths Taking Flight in Super Slow Motion. "Sometimes I think the most useful thing I can do as a scientist is to point the fancy science cameras at some moths flapping their wings in front of a purple backdrop."
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    Oct 8

    A mashup of I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oates and Closer by Nine Inch Nails. It's perfect, absolutely perfect. It shouldn't be, but it is.

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    Oct 5

    A time lapse visualization of Covid-19's spread across the US from Feb 2020 to Sept 2021. This looks so much like small fires exploding into raging infernos and then dying down before flaring up all over again.

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  6. Oct 4

    Add Facebook and Instagram to the list of web properties that has outlasted I guess

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    Oct 4

    Since you can't watch your friends' stories right now, listen to my podcast about sexist suitcases instead.

    Today on the Kottke Ride Home: 🧳 How fragile masculinity prevented the earlier rise of wheeled suitcases 💊 The facts about Merck's new COVID-19 antiviral pill, including its connection to Thor 👻 The final music video in the Spirit Halloween trilogy
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  8. Sep 30

    Have they tried eating less avocado toast?

    US government will run out of money by October 18, Treasury secretary says
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    Sep 27

    Hey all. Today is my birthday and the boss has given me the day off. I'll see you back here tomorrow!

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  10. Sep 23

    AIR IS 78% NITROGEN

    👀"Holding up copies of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers and the Bible, Ms. Baker told the board: “These guarantee my freedom, and yours, and my children’s to breathe oxygen.”
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    Sep 20

    Living While Black, in Japan. Several African-Americans compare their experiences living in Japan to living in the US. "Living in Japan, as an African-American, I've honestly never felt more free."

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  12. Sep 20

    The internet is a wonderful place where total strangers tell you that you can't or shouldn't be feeling what you're feeling

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    Sep 17

    An intentionally homeless traveling shepherd gives a fascinating tour of all the little gadgets & techniques he uses to stay warm, healthy, and happy. Screw preppers & vanlife, this guy is the real deal.

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    Sep 16

    The Winners of the 2021 Drone Photo Awards. Tiny doses of the overview effect in photographic format.

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    Sep 16

    The entire run of A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain's first food & travel show from the early 2000s, is available to watch online for free. Very much a prototype for what became the beloved No Reservations & Parts Unknown.

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    Sep 9

    The Trailer for The Matrix Resurrections. "YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YESSSSSSS!!!!!"

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  17. Sep 9

    Just had a 2nd single, full-time-working parent friend (that I know of) pull their kid out of school to homeschool bc of inadequate Covid protections (in school & community) due to the failure of VT & US govts to provide mandatory requirements to keep kids safe. So fucking mad.

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    Sep 7

    Today on the Kottke Ride Home: 🧪 has collected their first Mars sample! 🌇 The billionaire trying to build a utopian city 📼 People around the world are swapping VHS tapes in Little Free Library-style "Free Blockbuster" boxes

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    Sep 7

    Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You is out today! But boo, I don't have time to get started on it until later in the week.

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    Aug 25

    I'm taking the rest of the month off from . I'll see you back here in September. -jason

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