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Edward Hopper, The Cat Boat, 1922 #edwardhopper #museumarchive
The Daily
• The New York Times
What Makes a Killer Thriller?
The New York Times Book Review recently released its list of the 50 best thrillers of the 21st century.
To put it together, the team asked almost 300 authors and other experts to vote for the best heart-thumping, page-turning, white knuckle reads published since 2000.
In thi...
links.daveverse.org
• Dave Winer
Europe’s Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a Shock.
Quenda, Manzambi, Madjo and Rogers: The most exciting Premier League signings to look out for (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
No parents, no home, no job: what happens when kids in care turn 18 (thetimes.com)
Inside the £10m project to rethatch Shakespeare’s Globe (thetimes.com)
Seth's Blog
• Seth Godin
Replace the filters
Here’s a simple hack/reminder: If you buy something that has a filter or other part that needs replacing, create a recurring event in your calendar. Also mention where you store the extra filters, and include a link on where to buy more of them. Works for monthly dog meds, too. And… If you paint a […]
TorrentFreak
• Ernesto Van der Sar
Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels
A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem, spotting more than 19,000 pirated titles linked in posts that were viewed more than 4 billion times. The researchers built an AI-powered tool that can spot pirate channels and bots, which were reported to Telegram and shared with major rightsholders. The takedown effort produced results but was far from flawless.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Women Leaning on a Railing, 1890 #impressionism #degas
Jake Fiennes: People are to blame for wildfires, not rewilding (telegraph.co.uk)
SNP plans human rights law to ‘get around’ Supreme Court sex ruling (thetimes.com)
(S+) Gerti Tetzner: Der unterdrückte DDR-Roman erscheint erstmals (spiegel.de)
TorrentFreak
• Ernesto Van der Sar
Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels
A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem, spotting more than 19,000 pirated titles linked in posts that were viewed more than 4 billion times. The researchers built an AI-powered tool that can spot pirate channels and bots, which were reported to Telegram and shared with major rightsholders. The takedown effort produced results but was far from flawless.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes — a gripping reboot, less radical than it appears (medium.com)
(S+) Ebola-Ausbruch: Mehr als 2000 Todesfälle in Demokratischer Republik Kongo (spiegel.de)
Vasily Kandinsky, Improvisation, (c. 1914) #vasilykandinsky #museumofmodernart
escarpment
• lnebres
the actual work...
...is leavened and garnished by these elements, among others — a chicken-garlic blanco slice at Goodfellas on Powell at Bay, a sacrificial organic avocado from nearby Trader Joe's, a Modelo Especial, and Homer (Book 7, "A Magical Kingdom"):
...all presided over by a pixelated orange owl whose head-tilts, wing-flaps, and blinks are a node of attention in itself. The Architects had no idea what they were spawning. ::snicker::
Its name is "Glaux," by the way (suggested by Prof), which is an excellently titular companion to a "Dex."