August 29, 2016
John Scalzi on the University of Chicago, trigger warnings, and safe spaces
— it's not coddling, it's just respect #
Peter Thiel and Y Combinator back startup to find and invest in lawsuits
— I hate everything about this with a bright, white heat #
Zoƫ Quinn on life since Gamergate and her Chuck Tingle game
— Project Tingler sounds perfectly, absurdly terrible #
Gawker.com shutting down next week after 14 years
— Univision paid $135M for Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel and Kotaku #
Disney's Practical Guide to Path Tracing
— modern animation techniques presented like a 1950s Disney short #
Buzzfeed on Twitter's decade-long failure to address harassment
— failure largely from the top down, it seems #
Text analysis of Trump's tweets
— he writes angry tweets on Android, gentler tweets authored by staff on iPhone/web #
Generating fantasy maps for Uncharted Atlas
— beautiful Twitter bot; from the same author, how placenames are generated #
Vlogbrothers' How to Vote In Every State
— big project with 54 videos to get out the vote for the Nerdfighter/VidCon community #
Rick and Morty recreate State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen
— this is a word-for-word voicing of an actual, incredibly NSFW court transcript #
Fan video for Macintosh Plus's "Floral Shoppe"
— the 2011 remix album that defined the vaporwave genre #
Tilt Brush adds audio reactive brushes
— like anything VR-related, it really has to be experienced to appreciate it #
A Field Guide to China's Most Indispensible Meme
— more remixable than reaction GIFs, and the most popular platforms don't support animation #
Only 9% of America chose Trump and Clinton as the nominees
— elegant visualization from the New York Times #