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The Science Museum Group’s Never Been Seen collection. Fun idea. I was the first Internet person to lay eyes on this dental stopper, for example.

Samo Burja on why civilization is older than we thought. Göbekli Tepe, Sumeria, and more.

vfoley on making reasonable use of computer resources. Data-oriented design has now snagged my curiosity. I think about this overall topic fairly often, though I still haven’t done anything about it. Also in this vein: Craig Mod’s essay on fast software.

Robin Sloan on having newsletters live on the web and just emailing out a link instead of the full thing. My own newsletter has been sadly dormant for the past several months, but when I revive it I plan to do this.

Josh W. Comeau on how styled-components works. This was good.

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• Zeynep Tufekci on the new Covid strain — astute as always, and yikes (though my feel for plot points thanks to my reading of apocalyptic novels had me expecting a twist like this)
• Robin Sloan on newsletters having seasons — I love this idea and plan to swipe it for my own newsletter, and also see what other projects it might work for (boundaries are good, and I miss publishing a magazine where the issues provided those constraints)
• Bryan Braun on using URLs to build database-free web apps — another idea to keep in mind
• McKay Coppins on the most American religion — I thought this was a decent take
• Boston Dynamics robots dancing — pretty soon they’re going to start learning jiu jitsu and then they’re going to escape

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• Lea Verou on web components — seems reasonable
• Barton Gellman on what could happen if Trump refuses to concede — alert alert alert the end of America is nigh and this article is important (also, Barton wrote Angler, which is a great book)
• In Abeyance — fascinating newsletter about the built world
• Interpolating stop motion up to 60fps via AI — great that it can do this, but I think maybe it loses something essential about stop motion too?
• Jason Kottke on getting rid of euphemisms about slavery — amen

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I’ve enjoyed Anne Trubek’s Notes from a Small Press newsletter. Recommended if you’re interested in books and publishing.

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