“Are you ready to get out the vote in 2020? Because I guarantee you these fuckers are.” mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/post/1903…
“Never Before So Much Livability in 35 Feet” - Richardson’s Regent Bi-level mobile home [1950s] www.reddit.com/r/vintage…
Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World theatlantic.com
Alexis Madrigal: Silicon Valley is killing startup culture. Now, executives from Facebook and Google are facing antitrust action and argue they need to be big to compete with China.
Opening shot of one of my favorite movies, “Almost Famous,” then and now. Ocean Beach, San Diego – about 12 miles from our house. Via
Escape from a burning skyscraper by floating gently down like a giant inflated badminton birdie.. Or just, y’know, do it for funsies.
Nonprofit plans to bring mobile showers to San Diego’s homeless – sandiegouniontribune.com
The lost neighborhood under New York’s Central Park
The land that is now Central Park was site of a village of 1,600 people, “many of whom were escaping the crowded and increasingly dangerous conditions of lower Manhattan.”
Ranjani Chakraborty, vox.com:
Among them was a predominantly black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes, churches, and a school. The area became known as Seneca Village. And when Irish and German immigrants moved in, it became a rare example of racial harmony in an integrated neighborhood during this period.
Everything changed on July 21, 1853. Through eminent domain, New York City took control of the land to create what would become the first major landscaped park in the US. They called it “the Central Park.”
Ranjani Chakraborty, vox.com
Nototo note taking software organizes notes on a literal map, with islands, flowers, trees, etc. Nifty, but practical?
Meanwhile, on the internet
A dentist was convicted on 46 felony and misdemeanor counts after filming himself performing a dental extraction while riding a hoverboard – cnn.com
Oddly, this did not happen in Florida.
Isaac Asimov's roaming hands
Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall – daily.jstor.org
Alec Nevala-Lee reflects on Asimov’s twin legacies: As a prolific and talented writer who made strides for science fiction, science and reason; and as a serial groper and sexual harasser who made science fiction and the scientific community more hostile to women – even as Asimov declared himself to be a feminist and spoke out loudly in favor of women’s rights.
