Extinction Rebellion, David Blunkett and Me
Very interesting and thoughtful read. How one sanctimonious ex-MP turned "a stereotypically diffident Englishman who hates getting in other people’s way and making an exhibition of myself" into a potentional eco-anarchist, although he also very sensibly denies that label, it being utter tosh.
Mexican X-plainer: Balls, Nuts & Avocados
Because an article on Medium is obviously a lot more long-lived and citable than a Twitter thread, right?
Luckily, someone else is taking care of keeping it available. https://web.archive.org/web/20190125102937/https://medium.com/@davidbowles/mexican-x-plainer-balls-n...
Which is why I support The Internet Archive and not Medium.
Hearsay Festival is the Coachella of creative audio
I don't know what Coachella is (well, not directly) but I do know that Hearsay is the business.
We Built a (Legal) Facial Recognition Machine for $60 – Theoreti.ca
A particularly interesting take on a topic that most people have mostly reacted to with horror or naivete.
Sydney Brenner (1927–2019)
Great, great man and a terrific teacher. Why he didn't get the Nobel for triplets and mRNA will be a mystery forever.
Codename: nvUltra - BrettTerpstra.com
"it works with multiple folders and sub-folders"
This could be a game changer.