New Zealand sheepherds trade dogs for drones.
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Patti Smith, interviewed by Christian Lund, 2012.
Patti Smith website
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When you look at New York’s new, skinny, “supertall” skyscrapers, you wonder why they don’t just blow over. Architects give them twisted sides, tapered pointy tips, and gaping holes to reduce the wind’s effects and keep the buildings still.
A Vox video by Christophe Haubursin and Gina Barton.
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For centuries, Siberia has been known for its coal, iron, diamond, and gold mines, but its new industry is cryptocurrency mining. BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports.
Related:
“Bitcoin Miners Flock to New York’s Remote Corners, but Get Chilly Reception,” Patrick McGeehan, New York Times
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Month by month, colony by colony, state by state: An animated map of the contiguous United States shows every boundary change since 1629. a video by EarthDirect. Map data from the Newberry Library’s Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
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“The Final Countdown,” written by Joey Tempest, performed by Gunhild Carling and friends for Postmodern Jukebox. Scott Bradlee, piano and arrangement. Video by Braverijah Sage.
Original 1986 recording here.
Gunhild Carling website
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The Dunning–Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias in which people of low ability mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is. They are ignorant of their own ignorance.
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“Never Gonna Give You Up,” written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman, performed by vocalist Clark Beckham, with Scott Bradlee (piano, arranger), Briana Lee (backup vocals), Jessica Freedman (backup vocals), Jacob Scesney (baritone sax), Gary Melvin (guitar), Ian Martin (bass), James Perry (drums). A Postmodern Jukebox production.
Hear the 1987 original
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“I Want You To Want Me,” written by Rick Nielsen, performed by vocalist Sara Niemietz, with Scott Bradlee (piano, arranger), Snuffy Waldron (guitar), Adam Kubota (bass), and Aaron McLendon (drums). A Postmodern Jukebox production.
Hear the original here.
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Dan Sousa of Cook’s Illustrated looks at mushrooms. A video by America’s Test Kitchen.
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