“The networks we use to communicate across fields and distances, to find our friends and learn from people unlike ourselves—and to organize ourselves to respond to acute crises and long, grinding institutional failures—are the same networks that are making so many of us miserable and/or deranged.”

- into the wreck

The networks we use to communicate across fields and distances, to find our friends and learn from people unlike ourselves—and to organize ourselves to respond to acute crises and long, grinding institutional failures—are the same networks that are making so many of us miserable and/or deranged.

Into the wreck

“There has never been a shortage of people willing to make other people suffer so they can build a monument to themselves.”

“Paper Apps are a fun, smart alternative to screen time. Check out our solo games like DUNGEON and GOLF, as well as gamified tools like TO•DO and NUTRI•TRACK. For the full experience, we recommend grabbing a couple of Pencil Dice as well!”

Websites, Done Cheap “More convenient than a new hobby!”

“If you want readers to do something, tell them what it is.”

“vexing equations with missing variables and euphemistic names. There are numbers everywhere, and they mean nothing”

“all email responses regardless of recipient or subject will be five sentences or less.”

Peter Fischli / David Weiss: How to Work Better

“Octopuses would also punch fish to keep the group moving. If the group is very still and everyone is around the octopus, it starts punching, but if the group is moving along the habitat, this means that they’re looking for prey, so the octopus is happy. It doesn’t punch anyone,” Sampaio said.”

- Octopuses seen hunting with fish and punching fish that don’t cooperate

Remakes and sequels are “… enterprises very purposefully stood up for the specific intent of reminding us how great those previous experiences were. “Remember this?” each movies asks. “Wasn’t it great? Here it is again.” It’s as if, instead of sending us on a new holiday abroad, they’re showing us a carousel of vacation slides from great trips we took many years ago. The only “new” thing here is the sale of another movie ticket.”

“A new YouGov study reveals exactly how positively and negatively the population perceives various descriptions to be.”

A public group journal. Pretty neat concept!

“Most fields have a problem with ‘ghost knowledge’, hard-won practical understanding that is mostly passed on verbally between practitioners and not written down anywhere public.”

“See lightning strikes in realtime nearby your area. Get free online access to maps of former and current thunderstorms. A contribution by Blitzortung.org and contributors.”

“A sceptical enquiry into urban legends, from Atlantis to the hollow Earth conspiracy, and everything in between.”

Not Built For This is a 6-part series from 99% Invisible. It explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.

ytch.xyz

Flip through (YouTube) channels like the old days. /via bencrowder.net

Photo by Asako Narahashi from her collection half awake and half asleep in the water. /via notes.husk.org

“I like to describe my job in terms of “The Door Problem”. Are there doors in your game? Can the player open them? Can the player open every door in the game? Or are some doors for decoration? How does the player know the difference?”

The Door Problem /via barnsworthburning.net

A new edition of Things to Click! This edition covers an 8-bit lens, community connection, research as fun, suburbs' as horror movies, and more - all jam-packed!

American suburbs are full of ugly, empty, liminal spaces: spaces you are not meant to linger in or enjoy. They’re the creepy hallways of the built environment, and you can’t feel comfortable traversing them unless you’re zooming past them in a car.

American Suburbs Are a Horror Movie and We’re the Protagonists

This Crystal Fragment turns everything you see into 8-bit Pixel Art. /via bencrowder.net