Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet
npr.org/2023/11/10/1212144515/plane-missing-window-london-usPassengers said the cabin seemed "noisier and colder than they were used to." That's when a crew member noticed a window seal flapping at the back of the aircraft.
David Kirke believed safe sport repressed people’s imaginations
economist.com/obituary/2023/11/09/david-kirke-believed-safe-sport-repressed-peoples-imaginationsThe world’s first bungee-jumper and founder of the Dangerous Sports Club died on October 21st, aged 78 | Obituary
Austin Kleon
tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/120472862666How to graciously say no to anyone “There is no money in answering letters.” —Groucho Marx A couple of years ago, I was getting sent this article, “Creative People Say No,” at least twice a day. The...
Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster
brettscott.substack.com/p/tech-doesnt-make-our-lives-easierBreaking through the illusion of convenience that's used to sell us automation
The Legal Case Against Beauty Filters
jessicadefino.substack.com/p/meta-sued-instagram-filtersI talked to MIT Technology Review about Meta's latest legal battle.
No Human Being Can Exist | Saree Makdisi
nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/no-human-being-can-exist/What we are not allowed to say, as Palestinians speaking to the Western media, is that all life is equally valuable. That no event takes place in a vacuum. That history didn’t start on October 7, 2023, and if you place what’s happening in the wider historical context of colonialism and anticolonial resistance, what’s most remarkable is that anyone in 2023 should be still surprised that conditions of absolute violence, domination, suffocation, and control produce appalling violence in turn.
Career Advice
moxie.org/2013/01/07/career-advice.htmlTo my great surprise, young people now somewhat frequently contact me in order to solicit career advice.They are usually in college or highschool, and want to know what the best next steps are for a career in security or software development.This is, honestly, a really complicated question, mostl...
We were never supposed to see our own faces this much
dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/60860/1/we-were-never-supposed-to-see-our-faces-this-much-social-media-zoomFrom mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves
Whole Earth Index
wholeearth.info/Here lies a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1970 and 2002.
The applause clause: why are standing ovations suddenly obligatory? | Theatre | The Guardian
theguardian.com/stage/2023/oct/17/the-applause-clause-why-are-standing-ovations-suddenly-obligatoryOnce the ultimate mark of respect for actors, every theatre performance now seems to end with the audience rising to their feet and clapping wildly
my new manager is someone I slept with years ago ... and he doesn't know we have a child
askamanager.org/2023/10/my-new-manager-is-someone-i-slept-with-years-ago-and-he-doesnt-know-we-have-a-child.htmlA reader writes: The backstory: I went back to university in my late 20s to do my PhD, and shared an office with a few other students for many years. One
What Was the TED Talk?
thedriftmag.com/what-was-the-ted-talk/“TED’s archive is a graveyard of ideas. It is a seemingly endless index of stories about the future – the future of science, the future of the environment, the future of work, the future of love and sex, the future of what it means to be human – that never materialized. ... If the research wasn’t entertaining or moving, it was seen as somehow less valuable. TED’s influence on intellectual culture was ‘taking something with value and substance and coring it out so that it can be swallowed without chewing’, Bratton said. ‘This is not the solution to our most frightening problems – rather, this is one of our most frightening problems.’”