Everything Is Television

A theory of culture and attention.

Relevant: Kampf um neue Ressource: Bewirtschaftet eure Aufmerksamkeit doch lieber selbst.

Der ganze große Unterhaltungsquatsch im Privatfernsehen, erklärte Postman, zerstöre die Chancen auf Bildung, Aufklärung und damit die Idee des vernünftigen, demokratischen Staatswesens. Das würde heute niemand mehr so sagen – nicht etwa, weil die These widerlegt ist, sondern weil das Privatfernsehen neben den US-Netzgiganten inzwischen so niedlich wirkt.

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The Electric Slide – The history, 99% decline, and future of the Electric Stack.

After catching up to America in electricity generation in just 2010, China now generates 2.5x as much electricity as we do.

It also dominates the technologies that turn electricity into action: the Electric Stack.

Lithium-Ion Batteries

Magnets and Electric Motors

Power Electronics

Embedded Compute

Today, China produces 75% of lithium-ion batteries globally and manufactures 90% of the neodymium magnets that make motors spin. In power electronics and embedded compute, it’s rapidly gaining ground.

That means that China controls the means of producing electric vehicles (EVs), drones, robots, and all of the other electric products that are replacing the combustion-driven machines on which America built its might.

As we speak, everything that moves, heats, lights up, computes, or converts energy is being rebuilt to perform better, faster, cheaper, quieter, and as a freebie, cleaner around electric technology.

The Best CSS Unit Might Be a Combination.

We don't have to choose between px and rem for spacing.

Glimpse Spectacularly Tiny Worlds in Winning Videos from Nikon's Small World In Motion Competition.

Biology takes center stage in the Small World competition, where images are captured through a variety of means to zoom in on things we may not be able to see with the naked eye. Researchers and enthusiasts from all over the world submitted dazzling views of slime mold, mycelium, cellular reproduction, sensory neurons, and more.

An archive full of world-wide wonders.

The Nonostantemet Archives.

The entire archive of nonostantement – a newsletter of Interesting, fascinating and weird stuff found all over the Internet by Joele.

Taarof, not a counter act to #metoo!

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette,

New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.

Are we in a crisis of rudeness?

Are we ruder? I don’t know, but I know we’re less aware of each other, we do not pay as much attention to our impact on one another.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power.

This system of shot design disempowers women, ties into the epidemic of sexual harassment and assault as well as the employment discrimination we face… and I call it the bedrock language of rape culture. (Nina Menkes)

Zoomer Tries RSS: In Praise of Yarr.

The Case Against Social Media is Stronger Than You Think.

Research on social media has found that, while only 3% of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33% of all content. Furthermore, 74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities, and 0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news.