who is this imposter: AI ruins classic, static reaction memes with animation
๐ฅ: the bygone baguette boxes of French Polynesia—via Messy Nessy Chic
quantum compass: London Underground hosts trials for a subatomic sensor that could supplement satellite navigation
crystal lake: the preponderance of 1980s horror movies set at summer camp
ball & chain: Nag on the Lake shares a special memory from Festival Express, the touring show of Monterey Pop, when the musicians came to Toronto
message in a bottle: the dozen times humans have tried to communicate with extra-terrestrial intelligences—see previously here, here and here
encarta: the short, happy reign of the multimedia CD-ROM as part of Fast Company’s 1994 Week—via Slashdot
casa bonita: a 1974 amusement park restaurant reopens under new management and with a monumental wait-list
surgeon general’s warning: US top doctor urges health notices for social media
synchronoptica
one year ago: an AI’s take on emoji (plus synchronoptica), assorted links worth revisiting, a human computer plus Adsense (2003)
five years ago: Sweden’s alcohol monopoly, the UK Carbon Brief plus more links to enjoy
six years ago: a Banksy gallery opens, first issue magazine covers, the War of 1812, a space slingshot, more links worth the revisit plus Trump and Merkel
seven years ago: the US withdrawal from the Paris Treaty plus even more links
nine years ago: tobacco introduced to the Old World, more links, Hocus Pocus plus the nobiliary particle
