“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.

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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

America’s 7-Elevens to become ‘Japanese style’: “Japan’s 7-Eleven locations – referred to as konbini – have a different vibe. There, they put a focus on “tantalizing food,” according to TODAY. Items found at Japanese 7-Eleven stores include onigiri (rice balls), fried chicken, sushi, egg sandwiches, fresh pastries, mochi and hot bar items”

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The internet isn’t for humans anymore. Bots use the internet more than we do; use shapes design.

The internet isn’t for humans anymore

Another Friday, another lump of links for your clicking pleasure. In this issue: saving things, minor league baseball team names, and more.

Across town:

Summer starts

Here are some things for you to click, entries include hand drawn sunspots, googly eyed library robots, and more. You can subscribe via email or RSS.

Here are some things to click for the 22nd week of 2024.

Another edition of Things to Click for your Friday! Subscribe via email or RSS if you are so inclined.

If the web is now a metaphorical barren wasteland, pillaged by commercial interests and growth-at-all-costs management consultants, then I’m all the more motivated to keep my little patch of land lush, and green, and filled with rainbow flowers.

— My own little patch - Rach Smith