weekly reel May 9, 2021
Hola, and music with Hania Rani, Hannibal Rex, and damn it's nice when Sufjan Stevens just shuts up and crafts smooth mystic instrumental.
Home by Hania Rani (bandcamp.com)
... Is Not Your Father by Hannibal Rex (bandcamp.com)
Convocations by Sufjan Stevens (bandcamp.com)
On the news,
- [fr] FUCK YEAH BARBARA STIEGLER de nouveau sur Thinkerview. Quelle précision dans ses propos, quelle honnêteté intellectuelle, quelle pêche. Les pieds sur terre et la tête haute. Bravo.
- [fr] Entrevue sur Médiapart d'Audrey Chabal, autrice de « Le "nudge", comment le marketing infiltre l'état ».
- Scott Alexander: Why is it hard to acknowledge preferences?
- Bartosz Ciechanowski: Internal combustion engine, 👏 visualizations.
- Of the dozen "Vignettes" freshly published by Radiohead, I like in particular The Numbers - Oscar Hudson and Tinker Tailer Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief - Richard Ayoade.
- Kottke: The otherworldly sounds of ice.
- Tech:
- Brian Will: Object-Oriented Programming is bad is my new favorite OOP-debunking talk. Unlike similar talks, this one is non troll-ish, well-argumented, full of good examples & metaphors, and attempts an explanation of how Java/OOP rose to popularity in the 90s.
- Doc Searls: A new way.
- The ads Facebook won't show you, via waxy. Great troll / PR stunt.
- DF / NYT: Facebook remains a right-wing amplification tool.