Linkdump 24-10-2017
- Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude | Cosmos
Yes, we've all had Mondays like that.
- "Oxide Ghosts" screenings | Michael Cumming | latest news
Today is the 20th anniversary of 1997. People did different things then, like watch Brass Eye on its original broadcast. Looks like I've missed the screening of this (and the York one), but there's still... um... Sheffield? Halifax?
- Goodbye 1st Amendment: New Bill Seizes Assets of Anyone Who Plans or Participates in Protests that ‘Disturb the Public Peace’ | The Indigenous American
Surprizingly non-sensationalist headline. Don't worry though, it's only Arizona. Nonetheless: disturbing.
- Dangerous sound? Listen to what Americans heard in alleged Cuba attacks | KUTV
In the absence of any credible threat, the U.S. diplomatic corps opts to get pissy about a randomly occurring 7kHz tone that probably comes from an air conditioner or something. Announcements that it can be deployed within 45 minutes presumably forthcoming.
- Three wild speculations from amateur quantitative macro history | Luke Muehlhauser
"Everything was awful for a very long time, and then the industrial revolution happened." I gots some serious questions about the choice of metrics here, but I enjoyed this article nonetheless.
- Who Started the First Fire? | SAPIENS
It's a bit late to start ascribing blame now.
- I Ate Three Eggs Every Single Morning for a Week - Here's What Happened | Every Day Should Be Saturday
It's important to maintain a sense of routine inna crisis. Also, eggs are great.
- Guarding the Railroad, Taming the Cossacks The U.S. Army in Russia, 1918 - 1920 | Gibson Bell Smith | Prologue Magazine
How times change.