Building an EDM drum machine from a 1920s Remington mechanical typewriter.
Building an EDM drum machine from a 1920s Remington mechanical typewriter.
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A selfie diet.
Vietnam begins easing its aggressive containment campaign after few infections and no deaths. 1/20 China says all coronavirus patients in Wuhan have now been discharged. 2/20 Another bright spot: During a pandemic, the odds of a war between major powers seem to go down, not up. Also, we’
Effing Hakkar!
In the past week, the African continent has seen a more than 40 percent rise in Covid-19 cases. 1/20 In Kenya and in other countries, a tragic question for some communities: to eat or to heal? 2/20 "Governance failures, economic inequalities, societal resilience." A range
A roundup of trippy Hollywood musicals from the 1930s.
Videos for a moment of downtime today: a roundup of trippy Hollywood musicals from the 1930s. If that's not your thing, maybe a stroll through one of the oldest extant Japanese gardens in the United States? (Via Laura Olin.) Or the Federer-Nadal Wimbledon final from 2008, one
A cave into the future.
A new model estimates that instead of the 23 cases confirmed in five major US cities on March 1, there were actually 28,000. 1/23 See also: Antibody tests show one in five New Yorkers may have had COVID-19. 2/23 In LA County, the coronavirus is now
Earth control pills.
For Earth Day 2020, the side effects of the pandemic offered a glimpse of an alternative future. 1/22 "What the original Earth Day showed is that, when Americans are mobilized, remarkable things are possible.” 2/22 Advice from an emergency planner, a mosquito hunter, a survivalist, and more
The last picture show.
The Senate passes a $484 billion coronavirus relief plan that expands testing and provides aid to small businesses and hospitals. The House hopes to approve the legislation today. 1/20 "If 9/11 and 2008 wore out trust in the old political establishment, 2020 should kill off the idea
Shack, shook.
The American president wants to suspend all immigration to protect the country from an “invisible enemy.” 1/21 Another way to put it: "Trump, who says the country is ready to begin reopening, says the crisis is so bad that he is signing an order 'temporarily suspend immigration
Reopen, reclose, reopen.
The US coronavirus death toll from COVID-19 has topped 40,000 people, among more than 750,000 cases. 1/21 A live, state-by-state measure of Rt, an important value for how fast COVID-19 is growing. 2/21 In Nova Scotia, a gunman murdered at least 16
House of plenty.
Health experts say coronavirus testing needs to double or triple before the US can safely reopen. 1/25 "It's the paradox of public health: When you do it right, nothing happens." Why America is not overreacting to the coronavirus. 2/25 Florida reopens some of its