Hey ho. 'Twas a rich music week, with Sandro Perri, Tropical Fuck Storm (thx Laurie), Jakuzi, Claude Fontaine, Show me the body, aaaand Maenad Veyl.

On the news,

• [fr] Agnès Giard cause Bret Easton Ellis, qui voit les milléniaux comme une génération dégonflée par récession et auto/censure post-réseaux sociaux, et désir de safe spaces comme signal d'un refus de grandir.
• US NIH estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914. HN blah.
• Comics! SMBC: Entropy and xkcd: Unreachable State.
• Tech:
  • RPS: UK Parliament committee recommends to regulate loot boxes under gambling law, it's about time.

Hi frendz. This week's 🔊🎵🎶 is: new bright and green Four Tet, björk-esque goth pop from Ioanna Gika, and chill clarinet jazz from audace.

News news news:

• Olan Ventura's glitched still lifes are rad.
• [fr] Nitot : En vrac techno & climat.
• Reminder: Nine things a woman couldn’t do in 1971 in the USA.

👋 geeks. And music, with the !!! native american vocals of Jeremy Dutcher.

On the news,

• MIT: Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's. HN.
• Kottke: The symbiotic & toxic relationship between houses and cars in America, 👍👍👍.
• Why do Chinese people like their government?, via Kottke.
• [fr] Monsieur Phi : La masturbation selon Kant, un bon rappel que nos intuitions morales baignent dans notre époque / culture.
• Kottke: Errol Morris & Bob Odenkirk team up for climate change spots.
• Tech:
  • DF: Apple addresses Siri privacy protections, good stuff.
  • Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free & open-source Android app. HN.

Long time no see, friends! Music, with buttery smooth Nérija.

And around the interwebs,

• [fr] Monsieur Phi : Comment mieux parler de sciences dans les médias ?
• Raptitude: Hanging out is essential to our health.
• [fr/qc] IRIS : De l'importance de la diversité sur les CA des sociétés d'État.
• Kottke: The border wall seesaw, coool.
• Two opposed views on UBI:
  • Vox & Rutger Bregman: The case for a universal basic income, via Kottke.
  • SSC: Squareallworthy on UBI plans.
• Tech:
  • Video games & violence: as always, SMBC holds the truth.
  • Kottke: An annotated “Frankenstein” brings lessons for today, 👍.
  • DF: WebKit tracking prevention policy, inspired by Mozilla's. Gooood.
    • And on the other side, Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection, via DF.

Hellooooo and music, with a pretty cool live from Four Tet, and new Lingua Ignota. Also, Montréal frendz, Godspeed play in November at La Tulipe, so this is your reminder to buy tickets and listen to their latest stuff, LOUD.

On the news,

• Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer, cooooool. Via kottke.
• SSC / Scott Alexander: Against against billionaire philanthropy, and comments highlights.
• [fr] IRIS : De nos cotes de crédit au crédit social chinois, on y vient.
• r/askphilo: Research on the philosophy & narrative behind games, cool papers linked.
• SSC: Announcing the second annual Adversarial Collaboration Contest.
• Kottke: Cars! What’s the matter with cars today?
• [fr] Nitot : En vrac environnement & tech pour les 17 ans du Standblog.
• Tech:
  • Craig Mod: Fast software, the best software, YES.
  • r/SSC discusses Why do many older people struggle with computers?
    • ... which links to interesting Coding 2 Learn: Kids can't use computers... and this is why it should worry you.
  • Microsoft, Google and Apple clouds banned in Germany’s schools, fuck yeah Germany. Reddit.
  • DF: Superhuman and email privacy, 👍 summary.
  • ZDNet: GitHub starts blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions. Reddit.