Below is a list of recent articles, stories and tweets I've found interesting. Curated from Twitter, Instapaper, YouTube and RSS (using Feedbin + Reeder).
May 22nd 2019 - @charlottejee
How voice assistants, which are made to sound female by default, respond to sexual harassment pic.twitter.com/ZfQpEg20PK
May 21st 2019 - @Slade
Bran the Barelegged.
Sansa, JUUL in the North!
Arya in full Deal With It mode.
Sophie Turner's Insta continues to deliver. pic.twitter.com/vMFaP8llun
May 20th 2019 - outsideonline.com
Will Mining Destroy America's Most Popular Wilderness?
May 19th 2019 - @kennwhite
This is Aussie acrobat Jiemba Sands and he is a *wildly* talented (wait for the part with the high heels)
pic.twitter.com/LeTh4AFkhX
May 19th 2019 - @MeredithFrost
Wise words from the late great Andre the Giant, who would've been 73 years old today. pic.twitter.com/XwZaVrMtqw
May 15th 2019 - marginalrevolution.com
The company that is Amazon
- Tyler Cowen
May 15th 2019 - @MachinePix
Lineworker empties acorns that an acorn woodpecker stashed in an AT&T transmission tower. pic.twitter.com/G0zFHrYQR6
May 15th 2019 - @wittelstephanie
Make no mistake - a state that criminalizes abortion but ranks 50th in public education doesn’t give a shit about children.
May 14th 2019 - kottke.org
Sweet Little Rain, a Coffee Drink Built for Instagram
- Jason Kottke
May 14th 2019 - washingtonpost.com
For some national politicians, over-the-top competition isn’t limited to elections. The relentless drive that powers a campaign serves some politicians just as well in the weight room, on the basketball court or in the Ironman.
May 13th 2019 - @MeredithFrost
The evolution of a tornado: awesome photomontage of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed north of Minneola, Kansas on May 24, 2016 by Jason Weingart pic.twitter.com/5KhNb9YF8F
May 11th 2019 - @misslaneym
Keanu Reeves gives the right answer to an impossible question. pic.twitter.com/hQAgaaGSEY
May 11th 2019 - @dagotron
More presidential candidates should have mustaches pic.twitter.com/xD9kFxFW7O
May 10th 2019 - @HoustonRockets
🚨 THIS IS NOT A BLOOPER 🚨
The Mother of Dragons is at the #Rockets game with a coffee!
@emiliaclarke | #RunAsOne pic.twitter.com/hqo2jeXMuo
May 9th 2019 - kottke.org
The Lifespans of Ancient Civilizations
- Jason Kottke
May 8th 2019 - theatlantic.com
The Miracle of Minneapolis
May 7th 2019 - @pomeranian99
A mysterious frequency was disrupting car key-fobs in Ohio, and YOU'LL NEVER GUESS what happened next: nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/…
(Actually you can probably guess, yeah they hunted down the weird device causing it)
May 6th 2019 - kottke.org
Here Grows New York City, a Time Lapse of NYC’s Street Grid from 1609 to the Present
- Jason Kottke
May 6th 2019 - @otduet
First attempt at removing cars off the roads with neural nets. Will have to dream harder. pic.twitter.com/DZj63CHo8B
May 6th 2019 - @j_wolak_
This question has a much greater partisan differential than I expected. pic.twitter.com/o4Y2PRpnlx
May 4th 2019 - @Keally22
I saw this on reddit and I’ve watched it a minimum of 27 times and every single time it has only gotten better and exceeded my expectations pic.twitter.com/Y6xPMCtJ99
May 4th 2019 - @pourmecoffee
I am middle-aged Groot. twitter.com/41Strange/stat…
May 3rd 2019 - @kevhamm
@gruber because we all agree pic.twitter.com/szdx2dHB7W
May 3rd 2019 - @pomeranian99
Microsoft debuts drag and drop machine learning: techcrunch.com/2019/05/02/mic…
May 3rd 2019 - futilitycloset.com
Elegant Variation
- Greg Ross
May 3rd 2019 - @rmlundyjr
Not only does Lady Mormont slay giants, your girl slays the dance floor! pic.twitter.com/VWijQeKdOM
May 3rd 2019 - vox.com
Is Slack ruining our jobs - and lives?
May 2nd 2019 - @Birdyword
Shinzo Abe has installed the beaver door-knocker he brought back from Canada pic.twitter.com/y7kZE3Bgik
May 1st 2019 - flowingdata.com
Job Switching by Age
- Nathan Yau
May 1st 2019 - @jackseale
Classic three-act narrative structure pic.twitter.com/AP4WgdxlN8
Apr 29th 2019 - @WIRED
Watch Alex Honnold climb this wall in 30 seconds. And then watch Jordan Fishman climb it in 8. How do they do it? And could they be faster? We explored: wired.trib.al/kJKfXBX pic.twitter.com/sBwdszEbXR
Apr 29th 2019 - @Ian_Barnard
Someone challenged me to draw the Nintendo N64 logo in @Procreate. Skewing the regular weight of my Letter Builder brushes really came in handy for building up the N shapes. pic.twitter.com/yBOuOMxzGw
Apr 28th 2019 - @alexfatch
On a scale from Bran Stark to Arya Stark, how much do you contribute to group projects? #BattleofWinterfell #GameofThrones
Apr 28th 2019 - @MeredithFrost
Peter Dinklage had a mullet in high school. vult.re/1kxqcgF pic.twitter.com/ymEFK71ya5
Apr 28th 2019 - @a_roach06
Morning ladies no “good” today I’m already broken pic.twitter.com/HFxYEW4ix5
Apr 28th 2019 - @TriathleteMag
At what point does the risk of a long run outweigh the rewards? triathlete.com/2018/08/traini…
Apr 27th 2019 - @thingles
Minnebar 14 kicking off! Looking forward to learning a ton again this year! 💙 this event, organization, and the community that makes it! minnestar.org/minnebar pic.twitter.com/inzUwydbXL
Apr 26th 2019 - @BillKristol
Lindsey Graham explains that a president stonewalling Congressional oversight is an impeachable offense. pic.twitter.com/tv88AilKUJ
Apr 26th 2019 - @transscribe
You know you’re in the Oregon Trail generation if you went to school too late for nuclear bomb drills but too early for active shooter drills.
Apr 25th 2019 - @TerribleMaps
Detailed map of Westeros #Map #Maps #GoT #GameofThrones #Terriblemaps #Terriblemap pic.twitter.com/lXWoIVOJvP
Apr 19th 2019 - nymag.com
Mayor Pete Is the Democrats’ Folksiest Heartland Hope. Really!
Apr 18th 2019 - kottke.org
Rebuilding the Notre Dame with Strong Trees and Laser Scans
- Jason Kottke
Apr 17th 2019 - youtube.com
How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satellite" map in 1502 - YouTube
Apr 10th 2019 - mcsweeneys.net
Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction
- John Gruber
Apr 10th 2019 - xkcd.com
M87 Black Hole Size Comparison
Apr 10th 2019 - flowingdata.com
All of the deaths in Game of Thrones
- Nathan Yau
Apr 6th 2019 - mashable.com
Mashable: ‘Amazon Bought Eero for $97 Million and Employees Still Got Screwed’
- John Gruber
Apr 1st 2019 - theatlantic.com
There Will Never Be a Movie Like ‘The Matrix’ Again
Mar 29th 2019 - kottke.org
America Is Becoming Steadily Less Religious
- Jason Kottke
Mar 27th 2019 - dcrainmaker.com
How to export fitness data from the Samsung wearables (and Samsung Health app)
- DC Rainmaker
Mar 26th 2019 - bikepacking.com
Traveling Tubeless for Bikepacking and Touring - BIKEPACKING.com
Mar 22nd 2019 - 1843magazine.com
Death of the calorie
Mar 21st 2019 - flowingdata.com
Robocalls map
- Nathan Yau
Mar 18th 2019 - nytimes.com
Building Grit in Girls Through Mountain Biking
Mar 16th 2019 - theatlantic.com
How Much Immigration Is Too Much?
Mar 15th 2019 - kottke.org
A Fan-Made Trailer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 2019 Edition
- Jason Kottke
Mar 13th 2019 - kottke.org
Hiking Interactions
- Jason Kottke
Mar 4th 2019 - xkcd.com
Video Orientation
Mar 2nd 2019 - bikepacking.com
Raising Riders: From Passengers to Partners on the Baja Divide - BIKEPACKING.com
Mar 2nd 2019 - marginalrevolution.com
Injectable NanoParticles Let Mice See Near InfraRed!
- Alex Tabarrok
Feb 24th 2019 - washingtonpost.com
Perspective | The 6 essential cons that define Trump’s success
Feb 15th 2019 - fivethirtyeight.com
Lindsey Vonn Is The Greatest American Skier — And It’s Not Even Close
Feb 14th 2019 - flowingdata.com
Opportunity rover’s path on Mars
- Nathan Yau
Feb 13th 2019 - xkcd.com
Opportunity Rover
Feb 11th 2019 - press.aboutamazon.com
Amazon to Acquire Eero
- John Gruber
Feb 11th 2019 - kottke.org
Paper Mario Bros
- Jason Kottke
Feb 7th 2019 - kottke.org
Watch a Single Cell Become a Complex Organism in Just Six Minutes
- Jason Kottke
Feb 5th 2019 - futilitycloset.com
Pi Clacks
- Greg Ross
Feb 4th 2019 - xkcd.com
Launch Risk
Feb 1st 2019 - flowingdata.com
How Many Kids We Have and When We Have Them
- Nathan Yau
Jan 30th 2019 - washingtonpost.com
Amy Klobuchar is best equipped to send the president packing
- George Will
Jan 30th 2019 - kottke.org
It’s So Cold Out! Where’s the Global Warming?!
- Jason Kottke
Jan 29th 2019 - kottke.org
In a Race to the Edge of the Solar System, Which Star Trek Ship Would Win?
- Jason Kottke
Jan 28th 2019 - wired.com
The Insane Numbers Behind Cycling's Most Masochistic Race
Jan 25th 2019 - nytimes.com
The Enduring Fight Over the First Ironman Triathlon
Jan 24th 2019 - slatestarcodex.com
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Jan 24th 2019 - kottke.org
The Evolution of the Alphabet
- Jason Kottke
Jan 23rd 2019 - kottke.org
Video: A Meteorite Hit the Moon During the Recent Eclipse!
- Jason Kottke
Jan 23rd 2019 - flowingdata.com
Scale of tens
- Nathan Yau
Jan 22nd 2019 - outsideonline.com
The Shady Link Between Sunscreen and Your Health
Jan 21st 2019 - rappstar.com
Pursuit Training With Coach Hendy
- rappstarracing
Jan 19th 2019 - wsj.com
Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
Jan 16th 2019 - nytimes.com
Conan O’Brien Wants to Scare Himself With the New, Shorter ‘Conan’
Jan 14th 2019 - kottke.org
The World’s Fastest Human on a Bike
- Jason Kottke
Jan 10th 2019 - kottke.org
Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth
- Jason Kottke
Dec 29th 2018 - dcrainmaker.com
How to: Troubleshooting Power Meter and Trainer Accuracy Issues
Dec 25th 2018 - nytimes.com
Opinion | The General Who Preferred the Foxhole
Dec 22nd 2018 - wsj.com
How Fortnite Triggered an Unwinnable War Between Parents and Their Boys
Dec 9th 2018 - nytimes.com
The Woman Who Outruns the Men, 200 Miles at a Time
Nov 30th 2018 - allenpike.com
Leadership Mode Activate
Nov 22nd 2018 - nytimes.com
The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
Nov 10th 2018 - rollingstone.com
Queen’s Tragic Rhapsody
Oct 28th 2018 - nytimes.com
Who Says Allie Kieffer Isn’t Thin Enough to Run Marathons?
Oct 7th 2018 - theatlantic.com
Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party
Aug 24th 2018 - nytimes.com
Opinion | Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.