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We're Back! (Birch Bark #84)

Matt Birchler
Oct 8, 2021
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Hello! Sorry I’ve been gone for a while 😬 We’re back to it this week with some fun links and videos! If you’re curious about the hiatus, I wrote about it here.

Cheers, and happy Friday!

The Links

  • Read This: a massive list of things that are surprising true about mathematics, Computer Science, and physics.

  • A very good thread on our 4 options for coming out of a pandemic.

  • Facebook tried to reduce the anger on their site in 2018, but apparently that only made things worse.

  • Anita Hill comments on what it was like to watch Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony in 2018.

  • Gruber with the best argument for why iPhones need new names every year, although I wonder if naming them by year is going to have to suffice one day.

  • Remember when everyone’s shared Shortcuts broke earlier this year? This guy did it.

  • Francesco D'Alessio makes the case your next task manager might actually be a planner app.

Twitter avatar for @sdwSebastiaan de With @sdw
What do I mean by microscopic? See-the-fibers-of-a-page microscopic. Seeing the cells of the plant in your room. It’s an awesome way to explore a tiny world around us:
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October 6th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @GavinDYoungGavin Young @GavinDYoung
People making jokes about the Facebook services going down make me sick. Anyone who was using an Oculus headset at the time is currently trapped in VR, and if they die there then they die in real life.

October 4th 2021

38,438 Retweets190,071 Likes
Twitter avatar for @jerryschulzeJerry Schulze @jerryschulze
Jelly scrolling is only a problem if you read like this…

October 4th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @Bat_YannYann for climate justice @Bat_Yann
The big threat #climatecartoons
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October 3rd 2021

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Twitter avatar for @ScarlettMiraclebayojeanne 2022 @ScarlettMiracle
this is the kindest own of cryptobros I've seen on this site lmao
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October 3rd 2021

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Twitter avatar for @jasonjwildeJason Wilde @jasonjwilde
This was when Tomlin took a timeout that kept Rodgers from catching the #Steelers unprepared during the first half. Good camera work by @NFLonCBS.
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October 3rd 2021

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Twitter avatar for @getwiredWesley Miller @getwired
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September 26th 2021

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Videos

I really like F.D Signifier’s channel, and this video about Hamilton will probably be of interest to many folks. I love Hamilton, he loves Hamilton, and this not a “review” scoring the play on a 5 star scale, it’s a critical look at the play and I think it’s well worth your time.

It surely sounds strange to younger people today, but in the early 2000’s we (Americans) legitimately started calling french fries, “freedom fries” and poured French wine down the drain because the French didn’t support our wars in the Middle East. Skim through this one and just get the hits.

And finally, this was an interesting peek behind the curtain of how Stanley Kubrick prepared for and shot his films.

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Writes Numeric Citizen Introspection Oct 8, 2021

Good to see the series resume!

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