Monday, April 15, 2019
Thousands join Extinction Rebellion protests across London - Climate group blocks roads in capital and calls for peaceful acts of civil disobedience theguardian.com #
Freakonomic Radio Podcast - How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians) - Stephen Dubner talks with Spotify founder Daniel Ek freakonomics.com #
Assange - "He was a guest who was offered a dignified treatment, but he did not have the basic principle of reciprocity for the country that knew how to welcome him, or the willingness to accept protocols [from] the country that welcomed him" - What does "accept protocols" mean? It's quite an odd thing to say IMO, sounds like a euphemism for something else theguardian.com #
Pepsi Plans to Project a Giant Ad in the Night Sky Using Cubesats - Oh no they're going to turn the sky above our heads into the million dollar homepage futurism.com #
This article is about bullying and islamaphobia, but the thing that stood out for me was "The Yemeni American Merchants Association, which represents Yemeni Americans who own and run an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 of the city’s thousands of delis and corner stores, known as “bodegas”" - The US is pretty amazing, there are few places in the world that would allow immigrants to own so many trading establishments, and especially places that are so central to every day life in the community theguardian.com #
The war on beards - Study shows dogs are cleaner than bearded men - We need an equivalent study of women's arm pits standard.co.uk #
New Berlin, Germany rapid transit route map berlintransitmap.de #
Some floaty house music out of Germany - Jeremy - Soul Kicks (Tonika Recordings) youtube.com #