April 28, 2023
Radical.
Last June a rogue time capsule was cracked opened on Imgur: a collection of hundreds of pictures of 90s malls and stores.
She is the girl who has everything / Talent and beauty divine
Debutantes, models, fashion writers, publicists, club kids, and assorted demimondaines: A Century of the New York "It" Girl. [article limit before paywall] This sprawling cover story, with many embedded interviews, covers 151 women who drew the camera and made the New York scene over the past 60 years. Although many of them came from money or had family connections, some of them, like Debi Mazar and Connie Girl, just showed up, worked hard, and were themselves. [more inside]
"What You Have to Understand is People's Fears About Money"
…a 20-minute question from a soon-to-be emeritus that's not a question
Pedro Pascal, (#1 champion of Chilean food and big brother to Lux) as an academic. (CW: birbsite) [more inside]
Coupling strips of train images into images of trains
I have a rail line right under my apartment, so I built a small computer vision app running on a Rasperry Pi which records each train passing, and tries to stitch an image of it. [more inside]
Not SLB (Single Link Beaverton)
Getting Involved With Your Local Library
Ways to support libraries in trying times As promised, resources to help support libraries and the freedom to read. These are US-centric. More resources and descriptions within. [more inside]
We are also worried our Western allies are getting tired of helping us.
I think we don't have a current thread for the Russia-Ukraine war, so this is it. Round-up of links inside. Today is day 429 of the invasion. [more inside]
Checked Out
Ed Zitron goes on a lovely, if lengthy, rant about popularity, Twitter Blue and social media in general, before dropping a plug for Bluesky Social, a new social media network that was founded by Twitter in 2019 as an open-source, decentralized spinoff. It now seems to be getting much more media attention .
Apu hasn't uttered a word on "The Simpsons" in six years.
In 2017, Hari Kondabolu created The Problem with Apu: a documentary that examined and criticized the character of Apu on The Simpsons, voiced by white actor Hank Azaria. Azaria, notably, did not appear in the film, and was not available for comment. Now, nearly six years later, Azaria and Kondabolu sat down with NPR's Codeswitch to discuss what came out of that callout. [more inside]
it’s going to be a hot mecha summer
“Elden Ring developer FromSoftware’s revival of the Armored Core franchise launches this summer. The latest trailer for Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon confirms an Aug. 25 launch date for the game, while also showing off first gameplay and cryptically teasing its story. [...] Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon was officially unveiled in December. The developer promises that the new Armored Core won’t just be a Soulsborne game with mecha. FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki said last year that his company is taking “a good look at the core concept of Armored Core and what made that series special,” applying its recent game development experience and “reexamining it together with those core concepts of Armored Core.” [via: Polygon] [more inside]
Books Unbanned
In response to the growing number of libraries and schools banning books, both the Seattle Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library have made their complete e-book and audiobook catalogs available to teens and young adults anywhere in the US. “ We believe in your right to read what you want, discover yourself and form your own opinions.” [more inside]
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