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September 16, 2020
— Dan Olson’s incredibly well-researched deep dive into QAnon and conspiracy theories via Kottke #
— native macOS code editor from the best in the business, with a free 30-day trial #
September 15, 2020
— Robin Sloan released his serialized detective story with a lovely UI and open-sourced the code #
— Qantas was exposing passport details, phone numbers, and staff comments in JSON, but it’s patched now #
— in late June, MTV aired the comedy clip show for 113 of its 168 hours of programming #
— the ongoing social media war between these two is incredibly adorable #
— the first presidential endorsement in their 175-year history because of Trump’s damage to science, health, and truth #
— The Intercept has more information in their coverage #
— it’s out today for PS4, Steam release on September 29 #
— the officer who blindly shot her apartment and killed her was fired, but none of them have been charged #
— Louie Zong used made a bunch of 3D landscapes with Windows 95 programs and set it to a Windows 3.0 MIDI #
— Bill Gates is a constant target of ridiculous and dangerous conspiracy theories #
September 14, 2020
— fascinating breakdown of manipulating enemy positions to change values in memory #
— she posted the 6,600 word memo on her last day after being fired this month #
— delivery times are better than during the public outcry in July and August, but still slower than earlier this year via @zoecello #
— multiplayer pixel art space based on the Online Museum of Multiplayer Art #
— Christian Cooper wrote a comic inspired by his racist encounter while birdwatching in Central Park, available free #
— their excited tweet and press release are still up #
— ByteDance refused Microsoft’s offer and won’t sell the code or algorithm, raising questions about Oracle’s “partnership” #
September 11, 2020
— charming and chill new puzzle adventure from the creator of Cosmic Express and A Good Snowman #
— “You cannot have a functioning democracy when people are not at the very least occupying the same solar system.” #
— paranoid conspiracy theories and armed militias are a dangerous combo #
— animated student film about a fictional animation tycoon via It's Nice That #
— best theory so far is that there’s a company called “Tardigrade Ltd” on the OFAC sanctions list via jwz #
September 8, 2020
— Amazon-owned Audible won’t carry his audiobooks without DRM, so Cory made one for the third Little Brother book on his own #
— Jason Koebler filed 52 FOIA requests to learn more about the mysterious, but apparently harmless, seed operation #
September 7, 2020
— using Wav2Lip, synchronizing lip movement solely from an audio file, with an interactive demo via crackunit.com #
— Foone replaced the guts of a digital pregnancy test, and hijinks ensue #
September 6, 2020
— a machine continuously searching for faces in grains of sand via @farty #
September 4, 2020
— the followup to Hyperbole and a Half will be out September 22 and she’s doing some virtual events #
September 3, 2020
— over 60,000 interactive skins from the Internet Archive’s collection via @textfiles #
— a Tumblr of rotoscoped videogame walking and running animations via MetaFilter #
— with Nas, Rapsody, Jahi, YG, and The Roots’ Black Thought and Questlove #
— playing fruit as a musical instrument using the Playtron via r/blackmagicfuckery #
September 2, 2020
— a poolside.fm side project #
— 5,117 days after the release of Shoes #
September 1, 2020
— an 8-bit room that builds a custom chill beats melody and soundscape based on your interactions via @vibertthio #
— estimate infection risk for common activities factoring in location, ventilation, speaking volume, mask type, and social activity via interconnected.org #
