Weekend Linkages: Sunspots

...Unraveling the Mystery of San Francisco 7-Eleven Stores Selling Onigiri With the Mayor’s Face on Them The website of the artist behind the Onigiri prank An app that shows if a book you’re looking at on Amazon is at your local library How to Build a Small Solar Power System Henry VIII’s pastry tent...

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Weekend Linkages: My Brain on Math

...A Hidden, Handmade House That’s an Immersive Work of Art Renaissance Watercolours: materials and techniques DIY tunnel explainers: the Chabad tunnel and that tunnel influencer Three Delightful Alcohol-Free Cocktails Why Are American Drivers So Deadly? Governor Newsom’s “Climate Commitment” Does Not Include Walking and Biking...

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Weekend Linkages: Where’s My Cookie?

A note on this photo: my wood shop is right on the street and I have a dog cookie jar for the neighborhood doggos. The ones on extendo-leads just run into the shop and others pause with this expectant expression until I stop working and open the jar. We’ve found it folks: mcmansion heaven A nice collection of Indian recipes The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for arti...

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Weekend Linkages: How does one represent that which, by definition, must not be represented?

...https://youtu.be/5wlj8nsygWA?si=F6QW7r3kUjfi0mKj Trevor Paglen is an artist and geographer who explores the blank places on the map. I came across his work during my time at the Center for Land Use Interpretation. In lieu of links today here’s a short but detailed dive into his work. I’m especially fond of the secret program patches he’s collected....

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