Showing posts with label New Yorker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Yorker. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The Force Behind Film Forum

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Get to know Karen Cooper. Useful links: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-force-behind-film-forum https://filmforum....
Monday, May 22, 2023

Carmageddon

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Get to know Daniel Knowles. I agree with Daniel Knowles. Cars have become a pain in the neck and the people in the developed and developing ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

MethaneSAT

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Take a look at the most advanced methane tracking satellite in space. Useful links: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-climate-action/...
Saturday, March 04, 2023

South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines

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TIA (This is Africa). Kimon de Greef was spot on. Useful link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/27/the-dystopian-underworld-of-sou...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

The Fragile Earth

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Get to know David Remnick and Henry Finder. Useful link:  https://store.newyorker.com/products/the-fragile-earth
Saturday, May 08, 2021

The Woman Shaking Up The Diamond Industry

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Get to know Eira Thomas and the story of finding and selling big diamonds. With big diamonds you need to tell the story right. Many thanks t...
Sunday, April 04, 2021

Why Computers Won’t Make Themselves Smarter

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Ted Chiang is one of my favorite authors. Chiang helps highlight the pros and cons of A.I as A.I learns  to self-improve. Read anything from...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

How To Draw A Creepy Clown

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Lars Kenseth describes how he turns his deepest fears into cartoons. Give the video a watch--- it's 11 minutes long---but I promise it g...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

The Art Of Dying

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Peter Schjeldahl's article, The Art of Dying , from December 2019 was a thoughtful piece. Nothing is normal these days, and Schjeldahl...
Friday, April 10, 2020

The Leveller

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Get to know Thomas Piketty. Useful links: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/09/thomas-piketty-goes...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Blood Gold In The Brazilian Rain Forest

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Illegal gold mining will never stop in the Brazilian rain forest, period. Useful link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/b...
Sunday, December 08, 2019

The Redemption of Vanity

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A brilliant art and science project by Diemut Strebe. Useful links: https://arts.mit.edu/artists/diemut-strebe/#about-the-residency h...
Saturday, December 07, 2019

How Silent Movies Give Fried Brains A Break

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It does. Watch. Useful link: https://video.newyorker.com/watch/how-silent-movies-give-fried-brains-a-break
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Big Tech's Big Defector

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Hats off to Roger McNamee for speaking the truth. Useful links: http://www.elevation.com https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/0...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Suzy Batiz

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Suzy Batiz is a remarkable person with an inspiring story. Useful links: https://suzybatiz.com https://www.poopourri.com https://ww...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Things I Like

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The covers of the New Yorker designed by Tom Gauld.
Monday, October 07, 2019

Why Doctors Should Organize

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Doctors now face a burnout epidemic unseen before. High depersonalization, doctor-patient interaction deficiency, excessive maintenance of e...
Monday, September 02, 2019

Hyperpolyglots

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Linguistics is a formidably cerebral discipline. Only a few have the soft skill to master it. Useful links: https://languages-cultures...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Who Own The Moon?

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No one, till someone conquers and claims to be theirs first. Useful link: https://video.newyorker.com/watch/who-owns-the-moon
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Crystal Gazing

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Crystals live on forever. Useful link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/crystals-resurgence-in-the-self-care-age