The Morning News

If Nazi or Hitler is not seen before a depth of 100 posts, there was a less than 1 in 10,000 chance (0.01 percent) that these words would be introduced later, and the probability kept dropping the longer the thread continued.

Measuring whether Godwin’s law is true in practice.

↩︎ Slate

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Meow Wolf workers are racing to unionize ahead of the company's total descent into corporate greed.

↩︎ The New Republic 2m

"In wildlife disease surveillance, we’re always chasing a crisis." Bird flu is back in the US.

↩︎ WIRED 3m

Prayer apps—which have exploded in popularity during the pandemic—are mining and selling their users' data.

↩︎ BuzzFeed News 8m

The Hydra is an electric guitar-ish instrument that combines a 12-string guitar, a bass, a seven-string guitar, and a harp.

via Laughing Squid

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"Putin needs a series of victories somewhere." Tyler Cowen applies game theory to Putin's intentions.

↩︎ Bloomberg 14m

Law enforcement prevails in a new *Fight Club* edit for China. This would be the complete opposite of how the original ends.

↩︎ VICE 1h

"NFT artists do not, for the most part, obliquely cite Western art history in a way that only the MFA-educated can understand."

↩︎ Artsy 1h

Unfortunately, this is a pretty common feature of a lot countries. Elites can either embrace creative destruction, and take their chances on a growth strategy, or they can try to protect their privileges and try to milk their cow, even if it means that cow gets leaner and weaker with time.

A roundup of links on Russia-Ukraine, specific to the economic factors that underpin the precarious situation.

↩︎ Chris Blattman

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There is no CD revival—that is, except for major artists who package discs with T-shirts in exclusive promotions at Target.

↩︎ Dada Drummer Almanach 3h

Archaeologists have found an astoundingly intact ancient Roman bowl that looks like it came straight from a Pottery Barn.

↩︎ Hyperallergic 4h

“We don’t want people running out taking random cannabinoids.” Don't go treating Covid with CBD just yet.

↩︎ STAT 4h

“I could be driving and break down in tears, just thinking about what these kids are going through over and over again.”

The children who lived through the start of the school shooting era have grown up.

↩︎ Vox

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Psychologists and neuroscientists say when teenagers are sarcastic, it's a sign of a mature mind, even a vital ability.

↩︎ BBC News 1d

A round-up of work from 23 emerging Ukrainian artists working in various styles and mediums.

↩︎ The Art Unit 1d

Late 19th- and early 20th-century watercolor sketches of Japanese toy designs.

↩︎ Flashbak 1d

People nominate American citizens for one-term presidents: Michelle Obama, NPR's Kai Ryssdal, the NBA's Adam Silver.

↩︎ The Atlantic 1d

Rosa Lyster reviews a new show of Fabergé eggs at the V&A. "The eggs are shorthand for hysterical opulence, an easy target."

↩︎ The London Review of Books 1d

"I’ve declared 2022 The Year of Duke Ellington, Duke’s Year for short." Embracing the sound of love for 2022.

↩︎ Black Music and Black Muses 1d

It’s so goofy. It’s embarrassing! I ooze fucking gratitude. All the time, I am so grateful. I just can’t really believe I get to be someone who is happy and grateful to be alive.

Danielle Tcholakian’s 2021, her first calendar year sober, turned out to be the best year of her life.

↩︎ Jezebel

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