Fortnite and the Metaverse: Why Epic Games may build the next version of the Internet – Fortnite is building the Metaverse – a parallel universe in virtual reality.
The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories – Pioneering computer scientist Donald Knuth started working on the book series “The Art of Computer Programming” in 1962. It’s still unfinished.
First-person account of how Covid-19 hit hard in a rural Georgia town – On the Today, Explained podcast
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter was out of stock last time I was at the supermarket. I expected the same when I went to the supermarket yesterday. But I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a good quantity on the shelves.
I exclaimed joyously, “I can’t believe it’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!”
Today on Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic
++ Indie booksellers are doing pretty well in the pandemic, including Barnes & Noble, which is rebooting as an indie chain;
++ Listen to the podcast of “Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town,” one of my favorites of Cory’s novels;
++ Billionaires are making big money on the pandemic, while their employees go broke and risk death;
++ The pandemic proves ISP data-caps were always a pretense;
++ And Denver Health Medical Center cuts healthcare workers' pay while giving executives five- and six-figure bonuses.
A former neighbor of Joe Biden’s accuser Tara Reade has come forward to corroborate her sexual-assault account, saying Reade discussed the allegations in detail in the mid-1990s – Business Insider.
I’m still for Biden but this is troubling to say the least.
The chairman of Tyson Foods warns the food supply chain is breaking – Neoliberalism treats resiliency as waste, and Tyson is a chief culprit here. If you treat your employees like disposable components, you can’t keep up with an emergency.
A New York ER doctor who treated coronavirus patients took her own life. – The New York Times
“Make sure she’s praised as a hero, because she was," Dr. Lorna M. Breen’s father said. “She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”
Yes.