Also contributing in some places: “Corn sweat,” wherein vast amounts of growing corn and other produce give off moisture through evapotranspiration, further increasing humidity levels in and around agricultural zones.
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Corn sweat affects climate
Corn sweat is one of those weird variables will need to take into account as climate change accelerates. Also contributing in some places: “Corn sweat,” wherein vast amounts of growing corn and other produce give off moisture through evapotranspiration, further increasing humidity levels in and around agricultural zones.
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AI ruined lo-fi music
AI tools are making it easier to create generic, meditative music. Kieran Press-Reynolds at Pitchfork explores lofi, music, landscape, and the impact of AI. Fast-forward to now, and the scene has putrefied into a wasteland of the percussive undead. The YouTube search results have warped into an apparent AI breeding ground, crammed with hourlong mixes…
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Storyterra
Storyterra maps where movies or TV shows take place.
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Choose Your Own Adventure Books Mapped
The Choose Your Own Adventure books introduced interactive fiction to millions of school children. While fans have shared diagrams of various branching paths in each book, recently, the publisher has republished some of the original books with diagrams. The last installment of the original “Choose Your Own Adventure” series came out in 1998, but since…
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They’re Made of Meat by Tony Bisson
Tony Bisson with a delightful short story, “They Are Made of Meat.”
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Trump Action Tracker
Informative and depressing: the Trump Action Tracker. Tracks all the actions and orders taken and what they affect.
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Drinking all 102 official IBA cocktails
The International Bartender Association maintains a list of official cocktails, intending to represent different styles and flavors across the world. Adam Aaronson set out on a quest to drink all of them. A formative moment early in the quest came at Uncle Charlie’s Piano Lounge in Midtown with Ming and Alina. A divey gay bar…
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Ukrainian soldier escapes on e-bike delivered by drone
A wild story, something out of a dystopian war novel: Ukrainian soldier escapes on e-bike delivered by drone
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Stained glass Porsche
This is cool: Ben Tuna installed a series of stained glass artwork in a rusted, old Porsche
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Aura farming
According to the website Know Your Meme, the expression was popularized in 2024 largely in reference to anime characters and various celebrities. It generally refers to someone who does something repetitive to look cool and build, as Gen Alpha would say, aura. The phrase, aura farming, has risen in pop culture because of an Indonesian…