Zeynep Tufekci and “the rise of oral psychodynamics.”

Some spoken forms (like news anchors) are actually products of print culture: they speak in a way nobody speaks. What most TV anchors are doing is reading writing out loud. That’s print psychodynamics, not orality.

Zeynep Tufekci’s thoughts on Clubhouse, Black Twitter, and “the rise of oral psychodynamics.”

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Week Eight: Whereabouts

This week we’ll discuss the second half of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Whereabouts. What will the change in seasons bring? More loneliness and misery? Plus, it’s time to vote on which of our July novels will head to the summer finale.

by The Tournament of Books Staff

A jewel thief in Paris made his getaway on an electric scooter. Witnesses were busy watching Jean-Claude Van Damme shop.

↩︎ The Guardian 3h

Helsinki dance club Post Bar is commissioning very pretty posters each month.

↩︎ It's Nice That 3h

French artist Olivier Grossetête is known for floating large bridges (made of cardboard) around Europe.

↩︎ Colossal 3h

“I’ve seen the kids grow up. Spending more time with my partner. But we’re both realizing, you need time apart. In this world, you need to have space. It can be a little bit intense sometimes.”

A lockdown interview with working-class beat poets Sleaford Mods.

↩︎ Aquarium Drunkard

Alex Tabarrok: Take it from an OG, the FDA hasn't changed. What's different is the number of people paying attention.

↩︎ Marginal Revolution 3h

A study shows Ohio's Covid lottery preventing one infection for every six vaccinations the cash prizes successfully encouraged.

↩︎ SSRN 3h

A guide to setting up a home hi-fi system from the team behind L.A. listening bar In Sheep's Clothing.

↩︎ In Sheep's Clothing 3h

"At one point I decided I would collect miniature shoes." At home with the great poet John Ashbery, just prior to his death.

↩︎ Apology 3h

"Should time be decimal?" Hugh Laurie: "Dammit, it’s worth a try." Important people answer unimportant questions.

↩︎ The Fence 16h

"Thomassons" are vestigial architectural forms, like window frames that have been bricked over.

↩︎ Super Ordinary Life 16h

The frozen treats are examples of a supercooled liquid—chilling a liquid to below its freezing point without it becoming solid. The carbon dioxide, water, and syrup chill inside of a pressurized barrel... The sugar in the mix prevents it from freezing into a solid mass.

What’s the difference between an ICEE and a Slurpee?

↩︎ Tedium

16h

Hollywood is more willing than ever to portray characters with disabilities—just not by actors with disabilities.

↩︎ The New York Times 16h

Smugglers are bringing legal weed from California into Mexico for medicinal purposes (and because it's a better product).

↩︎ VICE 16h

In most cities that have reduced the number of arrests for minor offenses, police shootings have also decreased.

↩︎ FiveThirtyEight 16h

How a viral—and apparently truthful—tweet gets repurposed as misinformation.

↩︎ The Week 16h

Fake inspirational quotes are rampant on the internet, but there's nothing quite like discovering one attributed to your mom.

↩︎ Gawker 16h

A third of the deer surveyed in the Great Lakes region had Covid antibodies—though none displayed "clinical illness."

↩︎ USDA 16h

When we see the Pantheon, we’re seeing a mature method—a technology with full readiness, being used in an architectural style that’s tuned for its physical properties. By contrast, even our most iconic steel-reinforced concrete buildings are prototypes.

Engineers—like those who designed the Surfside towers—are still learning how steel-concrete composites work.

↩︎ The Prepared

16h

"The BDSM industry is really big on safety protocols in general." Some dommes are requiring clients provide proof of vaccination.

↩︎ Rolling Stone 19h

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