May 20, 2017

Dogs versus…

stairs [sprightly music] and many other things. Also a puppy versus sleep [ambient noise].
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 11:23 PM PST - 18 comments

The toll on American kids

A lot of the fallout from opioid addiction, homelessness and gun violence falls on kids. These are a few stories I've read. Tyshaun's dad was killed across the street from his elementary school. [more inside]
posted by bendy at 10:32 PM PST - 9 comments

You're going to say I'm an idiot...

Lane Loomis: I Invited A Guy From Tinder Over, He Didn’t Look Like His Pics. [some graphic content]
posted by prismatic7 at 5:45 PM PST - 108 comments

Emojis are people, my friend.

Google’s 18-Month Quest To Redesign Its Terrible Emoji Google is notorious for having some of the worst emoji on the planet. Now it’s righting its wrongs–and taking on gender stereotypes, too. [...] It isn’t just a design overhaul of the (melting, yellow) elephant (dung) in the room, though. It also addresses deeper problems within Google’s emoji set: As Google has made its emoji people more realistic, the company had to completely rethink how–and why–it represents people the way it does. (😁 previously.)
posted by Room 641-A at 1:45 PM PST - 97 comments

“Also, there will be a ton of loot!”

Destiny 2 [YouTube] [Trailer] “Humanity’s last safe city has fallen to an overwhelming invasion force led by Ghaul, the imposing commander of the brutal Red Legion. He has stripped the city’s Guardians of their power, and forced the survivors to flee. You will venture to mysterious, unexplored worlds of our solar system to discover an arsenal of weapons and devastating new combat abilities. To defeat the Red Legion and confront Ghaul, you must reunite humanity’s scattered heroes, stand together, and fight back to reclaim our home.” [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 10:39 AM PST - 32 comments

Urban and Urbane Crows Are With Us

Crows, and all corvids actually, fascinate me. It seems as though a new facet of corvid behavior is discovered every week or so, and this article is a good summary of what's been learned so far and how the scientists go about learning and testing.
posted by MovableBookLady at 7:28 AM PST - 78 comments

Bernard Jay

You already know the work of BJ Leiderman. What you may not know is that he's released his first album [3m15s Sneek Peak video] after 30 years of aspiring toward the release. [more inside]
posted by hippybear at 7:19 AM PST - 11 comments

Conflict becomes a battle of wits and bluffing

Ars Technica takes a look at Avalon Hill's legendary board game version of Dune.
posted by Chrysostom at 12:01 AM PST - 37 comments

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