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Anathema: Spec from the Margins is a tri-annual zine of speculative fiction by queer people of colour. Its December 2020 edition of is a showcase reprinting 21 stories and poems from the first 4 years—a great jumping-on point for new readers.
(Via @singlecrow on Twitter)
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Transcribed version of a lecture by Luc(as) de Groot on ways to approach the design of the then newly added character U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S (capital ß, or ẞ), starting with a discussion of the origins of the lowercase version.
(Via @jenskutilek on Twitter)
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Twitter thread on electrified reefs—metal structures running as low-voltage cathodes, facilitating the formation of corals.
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Science Magazine roundup of 2020—including a sample of the top non-COVID stories of the year.
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How to defeat writer’s block in 40 easy steps. Blog comic by Boulet
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According to this list, Minecraft has been tried on Apple’s M1-based MacBook Air and runs at 100+ fps under Rosetta 2 which would be some upgrade compared to the 20+ fps I get on my 2014 Air. They’ve also tested Monument Valley which basically covers the gamut of my video-gaming needs.
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Underwater museum of 12-tonne marble sculptures to dissuade illegal trawling off the coast of Tuscany allows the seafloor flora and fauna to return.
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Every Layout by Heydon Pickering & Andy Bell is a collection of CSS patterns for layout that avoids magic numbers and @media break-points
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It was cold and foggy for my morning bike ride on Friday so I took some snapshots around and about Iffley Lock. Here's one of the sluice/bridges; click through for more.
