I don’t think I’ve seen anything as beautiful and fascinating on the web this year. Hummingbirds, recorded in super slow-motion and visually explained. How their wings work, their brain, their tongue. Make sure to watch the short making-of video, too.
Inside the curious world of the «Mutilated Currency Division». I wasn’t aware of this: You can send in destroyed money (meaning: burned, shredded, digested by a cow, even) and if those people can establish it’s real money, you are reimbursed.
Sort of mind-bening: First, humans invent artificial intelligence, now they try to understand how it works.
This is for all Europeans who like to make fun of Americans who confuse Switzerland with Sweden. Hilariously difficult.
Roger Federer like you’ve never seen him before.
An important piece that sheds light on how Facebook decides on what is allowed on the platform and what gets removed. It has been shared widely and also been used as proof that Facebook is actively discriminating and opressing voices (the title of the piece certainly sets the tone). I think that’s wrong. Facebook deals with billions and billions of pieces of content every day and needs a set of rules that work across hundreds of national laws and cultural norms. That is a highly complex problem to solve. And while Facebook as arguably the worlds largest arbiter of human expression certainly needs to take more responsibilty, I don’t think lazy, one-dimensional criticism is helpful.
What it means to learn that your father is a notorious serial killer.
The National, Radiohead, Dizzee Rascal and many more. The BBC offers the complete sets of 89 Glastonbury concerts on its website (for another 25 days). Available only from within the UK (or, you know…😉)
A harrowing, meticulously crafted reconstruction of the fire in London’s Grenfell Tower.
A short explainer on facial recognition that works with your own face. There’s also a notable piece on the widespread use of facial recognition in China (the text is behind a paywall, the video isn’t).