Many lonely people would prefer a robot over human interaction
phys.org·1w
🌐Societal Impacts of Technology
Waiting by the Phone
narratively.com·2d
🏳Queer Foodways
Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
phys.org·1w
🍽️Foodways
Online feels truer than material reality
tracydurnell.com·1w
🌐Vernacular Internet
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the new Gilded Age (2018)
kirkusreviews.com·3w·
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🗺️Food Mapping
People Are Less Happy Than They Seem
unpredictabletokens.substack.com·3w·
Discuss: Substack
🌐Alternative Social
Coco – Solving the Expression Problem in Standard OO (Java, C#, Scala, ..)
drops.dagstuhl.de·1w·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔎Metasearch Engines
Charles Sanders Peirce Was America's Greatest Thinker (2019)
aeon.co·1d·
Discuss: Hacker News
🧬Science Communication
Oldest Human Mummies Discovered, And They're Not What We Expected
sciencealert.com·6d
🏺Web Archaeology
What Makes Abraham Verghese Such a Great Storyteller?
3quarksdaily.com·4d
🌱Regenerative Journalism
Researchers Say Humans Are In the Midst of an Evolutionary Shift Like Never Before
zmescience.com·3d
🥘Intersection of Culture and Food
The Story Paradox
3quarksdaily.com·1w
🌱Regenerative Journalism
Fall Books: On Cesare Pavese’s The Leucothea Dialogues
theparisreview.org·2d
🌀Genre Blending
Emily Berry: I am entirely made of wood
lrb.co.uk·4d
🌀Genre Blending
Tom Johnson: Supereffable
lrb.co.uk·4d
🎨Book Arts
I Have To Tell You Something
electricliterature.com·2w
🎬Underground Cinema
Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it
theconversation.com·2w·
Discuss: Hacker News
🧬Science Communication
Here they are: The best student podcasts in America
npr.org·1w
📻Field Recording
TIL about the bouba/kiki effect. Across languages and cultures, people tend to match the made-up word "bouba" with round shapes and "kiki" with spiky ones.
en.wikipedia.org·3w·
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📖Food Translation
Colonialism, Resistance, and Liquor
daily.jstor.org·3w
🌉Border Cuisines