June 3, 2018
git merge microsoft github
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day in tech. Now it just got busier.
Microsoft to acquire GitHub in a deal to be announced Monday. Microsoft has long been a fan of open source, now they are acquiring one of the main repositories of open source projects. [more inside]
Work it, Do it, Makes us doot doot doot doot...(LEGO) (SLYT)
Daft Lego - Harder Better Faster Stronger It's LEGO, it's Daft Punk, it's been done, this is another.
Because it's about time someone did.
Great article about the best comic-themed deep dive podcast you weren't aware you needed to start listening to: Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men [previously], which posted its 200th episode today, featuring the most important X-Men author whose surname doesn't rhyme with Belmont*, Louise Simonson, and is hosted by Miles Stokes and Jay Edidin.
Jay was ComicBook.com's Comics Person of the Year 2017, in large part for their part in publishing an exposé on sexual harrasment at DC.
* besides, he was featured in episode #100)
Heroes & Villains
We habitually conflate the concepts of “protagonist” and “hero” (and “antagonist” and “villain”).
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed
Faa Mai the elephant was born in 2009 on the grounds of Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. She became very attached to sanctuary founder Lek Chailet, who sang lullabies to her as she grew up. Recently, Faa Mai has taken a liking to Thong Ae, a recently-rescued calf. When Thong Ae needed a nap, Faa Mai knew whom to turn to. [more inside]
PREPARE TO DIE. AGAIN. IN GLORIOUS 4K.
Dark Souls: Remastered [The Guardian] “Seven years on, the price is still being paid. There have been two sequels, an endless array of merchandise, an army of writers and video-makers dedicated to dissecting the game’s mysteries and now Remaster.” [YouTube][Remastered Launch Trailer] [more inside]
What is Li-Fi?
You could say they were mad scientists
GSTdaisuki features thoroughly annotated videogame music mixtapes and showcases of some composers and technology of the heyday of 8 and 16-bit computer and console technology. [more inside]
"Eat some cocaine, you weakling!"
"...the intertitle is the defining feature of silent cinema—more important than tinting or musical accompaniment or even the silence itself," claims Kyle Westphal in his article Corrupted Texts: Silent Cinema and the Intertitle. See a list of The Top 10 Intertitles from silent movies; or another, slightly larger assortment of them; or a whole Tumblr blog devoted to them. Or make your own in real time using Google's The Peanut Gallery (which, please note, will request access to your device's microphone). [more inside]
"For me, the body is just a suitcase for carrying your gender"
Having lived as a woman for the past 17 years, she is comfortable using female pronouns rather than “they” or “them” but describes herself as gender-fluid. “My breasts are real, my skin is smooth, I don’t have a beard or take hormones but now I am 57. I have lived life on both sides; sometimes I feel as a man, sometimes I feel as a woman, sometimes I don’t feel anything.”The Guardian interviews Leonne Zeegers, who just won a court case that established the right of people to not be registered as either man or woman and that the Dutch legislature should provide laws to that effect.
Promises
An obstetrician on the conflict between promises to her children and duty to her work (Warning: contains descriptions of surgery, obstetric emergency, and pregnancy loss. SL: The Rumpus).
What it says on the tin, continue collecting cats
Neko Atsume, a game where you collect cats (previously), has been released on the Playstation VR. [more inside]
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