A Gender-Neutral Voice

Siri, Cortana, Alexa. Female voice assistants do our digital bidding. Sexist, no? Meet Q, the genderless voice of AI.

More:

“The world’s first genderless voice assistant is challenging gender stereotypes,”Cara Curtis, TheNextWeb

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I Will Survive

“I Will Survive,” written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris, performed by vocalist Sara Niemietz, with Scott Bradlee (piano, arranger), Stephen Spencer (alto sax), Lemar Guillary (trombone), Jonathan Richards (bass), Aaron McLendon (drums), Jose Perez (percussion). Dancers: Liora Paniz and José València. A Postmodern Jukebox production.

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Apples

SweeTango, Zestar, Rave, Cosmic Crisp, Evercrisp, Arctic, Kissabel, Envy. How do you like them apples?

A Vox video by Ellen Rolfes and Alexandra Cardinale.

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The Wall: Get Going, Mexico!

The Border Wall: Make Mexico fit again!

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Migrant Mother

An exhibition of Dorothea Lange’s photographs, The Politics of Seeing is currently on display at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris. Her most well-known photograph is her 1936 portrait of Florence Owens Thompson, popularly known as “Migrant Mother.”

A video from the WorldCrunch OneShot photography series.

More:

“The Assignment I’ll Never Forget: Migrant Mother,” Dorothea, Lange, Popular Photography (1960).

“Unraveling the Mysteries of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother,’” James Estrin, New York Times

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Spies In Disguise

Jonna Mendez, former chief of disguise at the CIA, explains how spies disguise. A Wired video.

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Silent Cafés

“Since the 2011 opening of 1000 & 1 Signes, the first deaf-owned café in France, at least four other deaf-owned restaurants have followed. And France isn’t alone: Since 2016, more than a dozen such establishments have opened in Zagreb, Croatia; Cologne, Germany; London; Delhi; Cape Town, South Africa; Bangkok and Bogotá, Colombia.”

–“How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing,” Fiona Zublin, Ozy

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Fairies Wear Boots

“Fairies Wear Boots,” a 1970 Black Sabbath song, interpreted by Brown Sabbath, 2014.

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The Covers

“Covers,” by Henning M. Lederer. More here and here.

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Snake Farm

“Snake Farm,” written and performed by Ray Wylie Hubbard, 2013. Yes, there really is a Snake Farm, a roadside attraction on I-35 South near New Braunfels, Texas.

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