weekly reel March 20, 2022
Hi geeks, and music with Ben Lukas Boysen, and Sectioned (thx Sam).
Clarion by Ben Lukas Boysen (bandcamp.com)
Annihilated by Sectioned (bandcamp.com)
Ukraine war âčïž
[fr] MĂ©diapart - Oligarques russes, plongĂ©e dans le systĂšme Poutine. La semaine derniĂšre jâĂ©tais agacĂ© par lâinsistance des mĂ©dias occidentaux Ă utiliser de façon isolĂ©e ce mot âoligarqueâ, singularisant les accaparateurs de pouvoir russes, et soustrayant les nĂŽtres du mĂȘme regard critique. Il y a toutefois des particularitĂ©s au systĂšme russe, que creuse cette entrevue.
Then, back on the topic of western oligarchy and benefiting from the russian system: Kottke: Putinâs oligarchs and the London laundromat, and New Yorker: Turning the focus on Americaâs oligarchs.
Scott Alexander: Ukraine thoughts.
[fr] Osons causer - Gaz russe : comment Poutine a piĂ©gĂ© lâEurope.
Kottke: Ukrainian stamp design contest.
Schwarzyâs âMessage to the russian peopleâ is interesting propaganda.
News
Kottke: Winners of the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards, Winners of the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards.
[fr/qc] Lâarchitecture vernaculaire QuĂ©bĂ©coise.
[fr] Blast cause avec Philippe Poutou.
Kottke: Mimi Choiâs surrealist makeup.
SMBC: Refresh, Scythe, Evolutionist.
Tech
Kottke: RCAâs âSelectaVisionâ, the weird and doomed early 80s video record player, plus part 4 and part 5.
Noclip Documentary - Black Mesa: 16 years to remake Half-Life.
Ars: Is Elden Ring âhardâ? , which led me to discover Kaizo Mario World.
Timezone fun! Also, BuzzFeed: Everyone was surprised the senate unanimously passed permanent DST, especially the senators.
Rohan Kumar: An inventory of search engines with their own indexes.
Atlantic: Lessons from 19 years in the (Second Life) metaverse.
Light mode, dark mode, and gen-z mode.
Shitty tech âčïž
Jenny Nicholson: The gender bias inside GPT-3.
[fr] Nitot : En vrac sur les NFTs, cryptomonnaies, et blockchains.
SPAs were a mistake. Are, not were. HN.