Hola, and music with Hania Rani, Hannibal Rex, and damn it's nice when Sufjan Stevens just shuts up and crafts smooth mystic instrumental.

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.