Latest bookmarks (page 4 of 95)
8 Oct
www.darkroastedblend.com
Science-fiction illustrations from 1930–1970, many of them from Soviet/Eastern Bloc countries.
7 Oct
www.ign.com
2009: "If Academy Awards were given out for titles alone, the forthcoming Pride and Predator would win next years best picture Oscar hands down." It starts out as Pride and Prejudice but then an alien lands and starts stalking everyone.
It reminded me of the apocryphal round-robin story written by two people with very different sensibilities as to what makes a good story, and figured it would either be awful or hilarious. Possibly both. 2024: I don't remember whether this ever actually got made, and there's no sign of it on IMDB.
It reminded me of the apocryphal round-robin story written by two people with very different sensibilities as to what makes a good story, and figured it would either be awful or hilarious. Possibly both. 2024: I don't remember whether this ever actually got made, and there's no sign of it on IMDB.
7 Oct
qz.com
While most of the West Coast uses the two interchangeably, there's a sharp divide between “um” and “uh” throughout most of the country.
Researchers Confirm: Content Moderation Appears To Target Dangerous Nonsense, Not Political Ideology
7 Oct
www.techdirt.com
"Going back many, many years, we’ve written about how the public narrative that the large social media networks engage in “anti-conservative bias” in their content moderation policies is bullshit."
6 Oct
www.designboom.com
"each straw has its own density and hue, and the analogue camera gives a straight indexical rendering of whatever is placed directly in front of it."