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How Edo (Tokyo) transformed from a city on the brink of ecological collapse 400 years ago to “one of the most sustainable and efficient cities in history”. [youtube.com]
How Japan saved its biggest city from collapse - Roman Krznaric
Dig into Edo, Japan’s circular economy, and how it helped transform the city into a thriving ecological and cultural center.
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400 years ago, Edo was on the verge of ecological collapse. Years of intense logging had led to massive deforestation and the city faced timber shortages, severe erosion,
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February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
How Edo (Tokyo) transformed from a city on the brink of ecological collapse 400 years ago to “one of the most sustainable and efficient cities in history”. [youtube.com]
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A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
Though we can trace the history of paper aircraft back 2000 years to the Chinese and their kites, and into the 19th century with the French and their imaginary airships, the origin of the modern paper...
www.openculture.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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The idea that Covid could damage the brain appeared very early in the pandemic. Society can pretend all it wants that it's "not a big deal" to get infected, but the brain remembers (and not in a good way).
You are probably getting brain damage from all those COVID infections.
A worrying look into the literature on COVID and brain health.
synergies.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The idea that Covid could damage the brain appeared very early in the pandemic. Society can pretend all it wants that it's "not a big deal" to get infected, but the brain remembers (and not in a good way).
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Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
The animals were imperfect,
long-tailed,
unfortunate in their heads.
Little by little they
put themselves together,
making themselves a landscape,
acquiring spots, grace, flight.
www.openculture.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought
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More about it: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A hidden bat virus is infecting humans
Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...
www.sciencedaily.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
More about it: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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City Map Poster Generator can create printable minimalist map posters for any city in the world. [kottke.org]
Minimalistic City Map Posters
This Github project from Ankur Gupta allows you to “generate beautiful, minimalist map posters for any city in the world”. There are a variety of different themes you can choose from and the resulting images
kottke.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
City Map Poster Generator can create printable minimalist map posters for any city in the world. [kottke.org]
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One of most mind-boggling things about climate change is how much faster it is than planet can accommodate. It takes ~1,000 years for deep water to mix with surface (as Scott Denning puts it "The deep water does not know we are here yet!"), and some Earth processes that remove CO2 take 100,000 years
this is because the ocean is deep as hell and it takes basically forever (ie longer than I'll be around) for the message "you gotta heat up" to get there. So right now we're in a "transient" state: the energy balance is out of whack, and the planet is far out of equilibrium
February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
One of most mind-boggling things about climate change is how much faster it is than planet can accommodate. It takes ~1,000 years for deep water to mix with surface (as Scott Denning puts it "The deep water does not know we are here yet!"), and some Earth processes that remove CO2 take 100,000 years
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
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Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
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Why Renaissance Masters Added Egg Yolk to Their Paints: A New Study Sheds Light
Why Renaissance Masters Added Egg Yolk to Their Paints: A New Study Sheds Light
Today we think of the Renaissance as one of those periods when everything changed, and if the best-known artifacts of the time are anything to go by, nothing changed quite so much as art.
www.openculture.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Why Renaissance Masters Added Egg Yolk to Their Paints: A New Study Sheds Light
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What drives immunosenescence—the degradation of function our immune system with aging that increases the risk of age-related diseases?
Today's report: B cells are identified as the bad actors because they induce T cell (CD4) dysfunction and inflammaging
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Today's report: B cells are identified as the bad actors because they induce T cell (CD4) dysfunction and inflammaging
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
B cells drive CD4 T cell immunosenescence and age-associated health decline
B cells promote CD4 T cell aging and decline in health-span parameters through intercellular communication and nutrient sensing.
science.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
What drives immunosenescence—the degradation of function our immune system with aging that increases the risk of age-related diseases?
Today's report: B cells are identified as the bad actors because they induce T cell (CD4) dysfunction and inflammaging
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Today's report: B cells are identified as the bad actors because they induce T cell (CD4) dysfunction and inflammaging
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is infuriating. We've known that these datasets are rife with CSAM since at least 2023, and those are the ones that are public.
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is infuriating. We've known that these datasets are rife with CSAM since at least 2023, and those are the ones that are public.
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
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I can't quite really imagine that Melania was worth it just for the sake of this review, but I have to hand it to Xan Brooks that it's a close-run thing.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I can't quite really imagine that Melania was worth it just for the sake of this review, but I have to hand it to Xan Brooks that it's a close-run thing.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
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“ICE agents’ tactics often seem to be modeled off what they’ve seen in movies or imbibed via TV shows or video games...ICE agents aren’t moving with a tactical focus; they’re doing what they think will look cool and intimidating in photographs.”
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“ICE agents’ tactics often seem to be modeled off what they’ve seen in movies or imbibed via TV shows or video games...ICE agents aren’t moving with a tactical focus; they’re doing what they think will look cool and intimidating in photographs.”
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by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread
#KirbyFraming
#KirbyFraming
January 29, 2026 at 6:25 AM
by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread
#KirbyFraming
#KirbyFraming
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This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered by drones) that automagically follows you around in the rain. (A possible counter to a personal raincloud?) [youtube.com]
I Built a Fully Autonomous Flying Umbrella
Bambu H2D 3D Printer ($300 off): https://tidd.ly/3Yu0bHI
Best Mid-range 3D Printer: https://tidd.ly/4qbxF9K
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Try Onshape Free – Engineers Get Up to 6 Months Pro: https://onshape.pro/IBuildStuff
Thank you to HolyBro for providing most of the
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered by drones) that automagically follows you around in the rain. (A possible counter to a personal raincloud?) [youtube.com]
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A collection of pre-war tourist maps of Japan. “We found the maps rummaging in Tokyo’s Jinbocho area before photographing & collating them into this 136 page paperback.” [kottke.org]
Vintage Tourist Maps of Japan
The gang at Present & Correct found a cache of pre-war tourist maps of Japan while rummaging around in Tokyo’s Jinbōchō used book district. They photographed them for a new self-published book called Paper Trails.
kottke.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A collection of pre-war tourist maps of Japan. “We found the maps rummaging in Tokyo’s Jinbocho area before photographing & collating them into this 136 page paperback.” [kottke.org]
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you’re all making jokes but the reason Greg Bovino was removed from duty is a safety issue we all need to take seriously
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
you’re all making jokes but the reason Greg Bovino was removed from duty is a safety issue we all need to take seriously
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Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
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Worth knowing.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown
How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
popular.info
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Worth knowing.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
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#China fiction+non-fiction #translation "Identity issues. Migrant stories. Company profiles. Lost daughters. Daddy issues. Round-up of notable books on or from China, nonfiction and literature, nominated by experts." chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/18/b... @vivianwu.bsky.social
Best China Books of 2025 | China Books Review
Identity issues. Migrant stories. Company profiles. Lost daughters. Daddy issues. Our annual round-up of notable books on or from China, nonfiction and literature, nominated by experts.
chinabooksreview.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM
#China fiction+non-fiction #translation "Identity issues. Migrant stories. Company profiles. Lost daughters. Daddy issues. Round-up of notable books on or from China, nonfiction and literature, nominated by experts." chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/18/b... @vivianwu.bsky.social