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Before Facebook and Twitter, even before the web, there was sinister… paper. → The 19th Century Moral Panic Over … Paper Technology
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I’m not sure how I feel about oyster vending machines, but the prospect doesn’t make me hungry.
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Wow, almost 30,000 recordings of early 20th century wax cylinders and 78 rpm records at the Internet Archive!
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I shared an article about this story a few issues ago, but this deserves sharing for the headline alone. → Calibri in spotlight as Fontgate could leave Pakistan sans Sharif
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Is the fear of malevolent artificial intelligence rooted in a reasonable fear that it could be as destructive as our own?
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I had no idea there was a lost Sylvia Plath novel. Thanks, Reader B.!
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Greece’s disappearing whistled language. Thanks, Reader V.!
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Not as obvious as a first glance at the headline might make you think… → Feeling bad about feeling bad can make you feel worse
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Unsurprising, but interesting, particularly those who are playing both sides against each other to their profit and our detriment. → Inside The Partisan Fight For Your News Feed
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Today is International Lefthanders Day (#lefthandersday). Supposedly founded in 1976 by publicist Dean R. Campbell (though I can’t find any documentation for this oft-repeated claim), the official site says today provides “a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed, and also raise awareness of the everyday issues that lefties face as we live in a world designed for right-handers.” Maybe you’ve wondered, “Why are some people left-handed?” If you’re a left-hander, did you know there’s an Association of Left-Handers? And even non-lefties might enjoy browsing a collection of famous left-handers. Good further reading: Adrian Flatt on “The sinister handed”. Good watching: ► Right.Left.Write., a short film about growing up left-handed.