Some interesting stuff to read
Murena phones
Want to use a "smart" phone without being tracked by Google? Murena sells "smart" phones running "/e/os", which is Android with all of the Google stuff taken out.
New York's Disappearing Storefronts
To me, this opinion piece isn't just about New York, but it's about the loss of small storefronts everywhere in our culture.
An interesting interview with a James Hamilton, photographer for the Village Voice in the 70's and 80's. I really like his stuff.
My President Was Black
A wonderful piece about one of the best presidents in US history, and a great person.
A few more good pieces about the first family in the White House.
How Michelle Obama Became a Singular American Voice
‘The Obamas came from a place we all came from’
This web site is a treasure trove of interesting articles about interesting places. Here's just one:
The Top Secret Military Base Hidden in Chernobyl's Irradiated Forest
An interesting article about an industrious teenager who tried to build a nuclear reactor in his back yard.
The Radioactive Boy Scout
A blog with some interesting stories about online crime of all kinds.
Krebs on Security
The world's first ship tunnel. Neat!
Interview with Stad Ship Tunnel Project Manager Terje Andreassen
Our brains are amazing. We still know very little about how they work.
Autistic artist with amazing ability
Why Canadians are saner than Americans.
Canadians don't hate taxes.
"The mission quite possibly represents the end of an era of space exploration in which the main goal is observation rather than commercialization."
America in decline. The end of scientific curiosity. Thank you, scientists. Don't forget to turn the light out.
The Loyal Engineers Steering NASA’s Voyager Probes Across the Universe
I really like the Obamas' collection of art that they chose for the White House.
For Obamas, a More Abstract Choice of Art
and, speaking of White House art, here is the second coolest curator in the world (after my wife, of course):
Museum Told White House: No Van Gogh, but Here’s a Gold Toilet
An awesome vintage photography blog
An archaeological dig in Amsterdam reveals more than 700,000 items at the bottom of the river Amstel.
An essay by John Lewis just before he died.
The Beatles' last public perfomance, some of which was used on Let It Be
This guy did some amazing research to figure out where Billy Joel's 52nd St. album cover was shot, and what it looked like at the time.
A tribute to the great Enrico Pallazo: Italian opera singer and MLB umpire.
One of my favorite articles about how the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were made.
One of the best computer games I've ever played. And, one of the best written.
The best Eurovision performance ever. I might just fight somebdoy over this.