Below is a list of recent articles, stories and tweets I've found interesting. Curated from Twitter, Instapaper, YouTube and RSS (using Feedbin + Reeder).
Nov 24th 2020 - @IJasonAlexander
This savvy young man is going places. I’m not saying good places, but definitely places. His hair, at least, will grow back. Mine only grows ON my back. Serenity now. twitter.com/blakeallen_se/…
Nov 23rd 2020 - @JoeMiale
Stop the spread, wear a mask pic.twitter.com/Jx0es2vRRz
Nov 23rd 2020 - @brentsimmons
No Jedi: inessential.com/2020/11/22/no_…
Nov 22nd 2020 - @NatGeo
This is a feather star—an ancient species of marine invertebrate pic.twitter.com/XLKAdb821z
Nov 22nd 2020 - @yashar
So I’ve posted TikToks from this woman before...she rescued a beaver and is rehabilitating him for eventual reintegration into the wild
But he can’t stop being a beaver, so he keeps trying to build a dam in her house using her furniture and other items.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMJQVV2c9/ pic.twitter.com/QjAi7iAqsa
Nov 21st 2020 - @cmclymer
Soooo, Brian Williams has run out of fucks to give 😂 pic.twitter.com/vh2xXABreI
Nov 20th 2020 - @TheSpinDoctor
On Jimmy Kimmel, a woman thought she was going to simply hear a segment of Obama’s new book but Jimmy put her on live with the former President. The reaction is priceless. Obama is great. Can you imagine Trump trying to do this? 🙄 pic.twitter.com/UqUz3qnTVp
Nov 20th 2020 - @AaronBlake
OMG. The affidavit Sidney Powell and others are hyping when they say many precincts in Michigan have more votes than actual voters is .... based on data from Minnesota.
powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/…
Nov 19th 2020 - @BayouRising
I’ll never listen to AC⚡️DC the same way again pic.twitter.com/XREMndB6rn
Nov 19th 2020 - @DraperRobert
Imagine losing an election by six million votes and then claiming with a straight face that you got cheated twitter.com/Redistrict/sta…
Nov 18th 2020 - @RexChapman
Best thing you’ll see today:
These kids learned that they can leave messages using their Ring doorbell — for their dad to check, who’s deployed overseas...
pic.twitter.com/CawJkQnLOr
Nov 18th 2020 - @dodo
The moment this dog saves her kitten from falling into the pool 😍 pic.twitter.com/bNBwPgSZSL
Nov 16th 2020 - @FallonTonight
The concession speech we all deserve... #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/yRpftyJNw3
Nov 15th 2020 - wired.com
WFH or Work at the Office—More Tech Employees Can Now Choose
Nov 14th 2020 - @RexChapman
This is the 2020 Coca-Cola Christmas ad.
Directed by Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi.
Break out the tissues...
pic.twitter.com/QbeqEHv4vN
Nov 14th 2020 - @antoni_UK
@RegSprecher Great message. I subtitled it in English as this is a universal message. pic.twitter.com/5inar0NoQd
Nov 14th 2020 - @PDLComics
where? pic.twitter.com/Y9ojUXy80A
Nov 13th 2020 - @MorrisseyHelena
Dogs. pic.twitter.com/ai5N6uc4g3
Nov 13th 2020 - @edyong209
🚨I wrote about what health-care workers are going through, how exhausted & scared they are, and what this 3rd pandemic surge is doing to them.
It’s not like the first 2. It’s worse. How much slack is left in the system? Iowa nurse: “There is none” 1/
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Nov 12th 2020 - @Taniel
Biden won the popular vote by 5+ million & got 306 electoral votes.
Trump lost the popular vote by 2+ million & got 306 electoral votes.
Nov 12th 2020 - kottke.org
The 50th Anniversary of the Iconic Exploding Whale
- Jason Kottke
Nov 11th 2020 - kottke.org
Q: What Is a Hole? A: We’re Not Sure!
- Jason Kottke
Nov 11th 2020 - @RexChapman
Alex Trebeck shooting promos for the phone version of Jeopardy and cussing like a sailor is just what I needed today...pic.twitter.com/6CalbTJPhy
Nov 11th 2020 - @natepentz
From November 1963 Strib:
Would a woman be a good President? pic.twitter.com/V4ce2cquW8
Nov 10th 2020 - @yashar
Me when I retire... pic.twitter.com/cJVN0qtxjh
Nov 10th 2020 - @bencbartlett
As stars burn hotter and hotter, they go from looking red to orange to yellow to white to blue...
But why are there no green stars?👇 [1/4] pic.twitter.com/4pRFmv7ojF
Nov 10th 2020 - @Cycling_Embassy
How to pave a brick street.
Sint Anthonis, the Netherlands.
Photos by @Sjoess. pic.twitter.com/ajwWxJiSOU
Nov 9th 2020 - @BoydHuppert
2020 needs puppies. A three-block neighborhood in Rosemount, MN has welcomed 18 of them. "This is a pup-side to the pandemic," neighbor Natalie Albers says. Meet them all: bit.ly/2Ubjswd #land10kstories pic.twitter.com/BMB2MFMTLP
Nov 6th 2020 - @TVietor08
This election isn’t over until @JohnKingCNN and @SteveKornacki enter the steel cage and one man exits.
Nov 3rd 2020 - @jwestcottphoto
An Arlingtonian shows President Trump a finger as his motorcade makes it’s way back to the White House after a stop at their campaign headquarters in Rosslyn. pic.twitter.com/q3TfGnSusn
Oct 31st 2020 - @OliviaRaisner
so this was absolutely insane pic.twitter.com/W4JL6LQZxq
Oct 30th 2020 - @RupertMyers
Absolutely wonderful with the sound pic.twitter.com/qeAop58SLT
Oct 29th 2020 - @pbump
First spotted by @dansinker, this is just a remarkable correlation.
Google searches for "loss of taste" and "loss of smell" versus population-adjusted new coronavirus cases. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/… pic.twitter.com/e9tptqt8bn
Oct 29th 2020 - flowingdata.com
How your state makes electricity
- Nathan Yau
Oct 28th 2020 - kottke.org
The Game of the Year: the 3D Virtual Walkthrough of 8800 Blue Lick Road
- Jason Kottke
Oct 23rd 2020 - kottke.org
Fantastic 3-D Animation of How Medieval Bridges Were Built
- Jason Kottke
Oct 17th 2020 - theatlantic.com
America Is Broken
Oct 14th 2020 - uncrate.com
Revolutionary, Indeed
- John Gruber
Oct 9th 2020 - damninteresting.com
How Miss Shilling’s Orifice Helped Win the War
Oct 3rd 2020 - merriam-webster.com
‘Schadenfreude’
- John Gruber
Sep 28th 2020 - nytimes.com
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
Sep 23rd 2020 - theverge.com
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 review: iPhone revolution, iPad evolution
- Chris Welch
Sep 19th 2020 - xkcd.com
Voting
Sep 15th 2020 - nytimes.com
The Love Triangle That Spawned Trump’s Mideast Peace Deal
- By Thomas L. Friedman
Sep 15th 2020 - washingtonpost.com
The military is providing an unexpected and powerful line of defense against Russian interference
- David Ignatius
Sep 15th 2020 - vox.com
Race, policing, and the universal yearning for safety
- Ezra Klein
Sep 14th 2020 - xkcd.com
Evidence of Alien Life
Sep 9th 2020 - kottke.org
Trump Supporters Should Face Negative Consequences for Their Actions
- Jason Kottke
Sep 7th 2020 - damninteresting.com
For Your Eyes Only
- Marisa Brook
Sep 3rd 2020 - theatlantic.com
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
Sep 3rd 2020 - daringfireball.net
★ Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy
- John Gruber
Aug 31st 2020 - kottke.org
Using Conservative Logic to Defend History’s Greatest Monsters
- Jason Kottke
Aug 25th 2020 - flowingdata.com
Optimizing a peanut butter and banana sandwich
- Nathan Yau
Aug 20th 2020 - kottke.org
The Trinity Cube
- Jason Kottke
Aug 20th 2020 - kottke.org
Ukulele Covers of AC/DC, Nirvana, and Guns N’ Roses Hits
- Jason Kottke
Aug 19th 2020 - flowingdata.com
Data-information-conspiracy
- Nathan Yau
Aug 17th 2020 - xkcd.com
Dependency
Aug 14th 2020 - xkcd.com
COVID Risk Comfort Zone
Aug 9th 2020 - nytimes.com
Unwanted Truths: Inside Trump’s Battles With U.S. Intelligence Agencies
Aug 9th 2020 - wired.com
Bill Gates on Covid: Most US Tests Are ‘Completely Garbage’
Aug 7th 2020 - marker.medium.com
Inside the Company Trying to Solve the Global Bicycle Shortage
Aug 5th 2020 - kottke.org
Transfiguration: An Ever-Evolving Walking Figure
- Jason Kottke
Aug 5th 2020 - washingtonpost.com
Thankfully, history has not yet repeated Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- George Will
Aug 2nd 2020 - marginalrevolution.com
Unbundling the Police in Kentucky
- Alex Tabarrok
Jul 31st 2020 - theatlantic.com
Where the System May Break
- David Frum
Jul 31st 2020 - kottke.org
And Now a Message from Mask Spokesman Bane from The Dark Knight Rises
- Jason Kottke
Jul 27th 2020 - flowingdata.com
Defining ’90s music
- Nathan Yau
Jul 25th 2020 - outsideonline.com
A Cave Kingpin Is Buying Up America’s Underground. What’s His Plan?
Jul 25th 2020 - sciencemag.org
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
Jul 24th 2020 - slowtwitch.com
Cervelo Caledonia: Road Bike of the Future
Jul 23rd 2020 - kottke.org
The Death of Rice
- Jason Kottke
Jul 23rd 2020 - informationisbeautiful.net
Britain’s Woodland Cover Has Returned to Medieval Levels
- Information is Beautiful
Jul 17th 2020 - informationisbeautiful.net
Supercapacitor Buses Are A Thing Now
- Information is Beautiful
Jul 15th 2020 - xkcd.com
COVID Risk Chart
Jul 4th 2020 - theatlantic.com
‘A Preventable Catastrophe’
Jul 3rd 2020 - informationisbeautiful.net
Coronavirus COVID-19 Riskiest Activities
- David McCandless
Jun 21st 2020 - theatlantic.com
How Far Does the Apple Fall From the Tree?
May 30th 2020 - marker.medium.com
Inside the Flour Company Supplying America’s Sudden Baking Obsession
May 16th 2020 - theatlantic.com
The Day the Live Concert Returns
May 8th 2020 - mcsweeneys.net
Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That’s No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park
Apr 22nd 2020 - a16z.com
IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz
Apr 5th 2020 - mentalfloss.com
The History of the Trapper Keeper
Apr 5th 2020 - nytimes.com
What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus
Apr 5th 2020 - theatlantic.com
How the Pandemic Will End
Mar 26th 2020 - wired.com
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
Mar 5th 2020 - theatlantic.com
Learning to Run Without Headphones
Feb 29th 2020 - orbuch.com
We Need To Take CO2 Out Of The Sky
Feb 16th 2020 - theatlantic.com
The 2020 Disinformation War
Feb 16th 2020 - wired.com
Going the Distance (and Beyond) to Catch Marathon Cheaters
Jan 28th 2020 - nytimes.com
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
Jan 8th 2020 - desmoinesregister.com
How Des Moines landed an Ironman triathlon
Dec 30th 2019 - qz.com
If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely, you shouldn’t have hired them in the first place
Dec 30th 2019 - dcrainmaker.com
The Challenges Ahead for Zwift and ESports
Dec 15th 2019 - wired.com
The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer
Dec 7th 2019 - theatlantic.com
The False Promise of Morning Routines