Thursday, August 11, 2016

When Two Memes Love Each Other Very Much...

The Deadly Results Of Flawed Design
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Morning · Thu, Aug 11
LOOKS CAN KILL
The Deadly Results Of Flawed Design
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From automobiles to software, poorly designed products just might kill you.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Police Investigating Whether A Wimbledon Contestant Was Poisoned
The Trump Tower Climber Apparently Left A Video Message For Donald, And It Is Supremely Creepy
FCC Loses Court Battle To Let Cities Build Their Own Broadband
Ledecky And US Team Adds To Gold Medal Streak In 4x200m Freestyle Relay
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WORST CASE SCENARIO
LOVE THE ONES YOU'RE WITH
Physicists Confront Their 'Nightmare Scenario'
quantamagazine.org
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe have explored the properties of nature at higher energies than ever before, and they have found something profound: nothing new. What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works?
NET OVERWORKED
The Bandwidth Bottleneck That Is Throttling The Internet
nature.com
Researchers are scrambling to repair and expand data pipes worldwide — and to keep the information revolution from grinding to a halt.
A HIGHER POWER
How A Solar Flare Almost Triggered A Nuclear War In 1967
popularmechanics.com
A new history paper details for the first time how close we came to Armageddon without realizing it. ​
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
How To Say Hi To Aliens, And Other Great Stories
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The woman making sure we don't screw up our first contact with aliens, the man behind Joanne the Scammer, and more of the best long reads of the week.
THE INTERNET OF NEW THINGS
FLASHES IN THE PAN
The Rise And Fall And Rise Of The GIF
mashable.com
How, exactly, did GIFs go from a web fundamental to a digital joke and to its position now as a cultural currency?
STAY POSI MEMES
The Next Frontier In Internet Culture Is Wholesome Memes About Loving Your Friends
nymag.com
Wholesome memes are post-ironic, meaning that they convey love, affection, and genuine friendship by recontextualizing classic meme formats.
BEFORE YOU GO
LAUNCH YOURSELF INTO RELAXATION
Chill Out To Slow-Motion Footage Of SpaceX Launches
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SpaceX's ability to launch and then land its rockets is matched only by it's ability to film them.
We'll talk to you soon rocket men and rocket women. Keep your eyes on the sky.