There are many things to abhor about Mark Zuckerberg and his works, but the fundamental mediocrity of it all—the lack of vision, the absence of any moral sense or shame, the inability and unwillingness not just to fix but even reckon with the dangerous and ungovernable thing he’s made—is what feels both most egregious and most of this moment. It is embarrassing and not a little enraging to realize that you are subject to the whims of an amoral and incurious capitalist posing as a visionary optimist. It is especially humiliating when the all-bestriding and inevitable figure in question is such a dim, dull nullity.
An excellent assessment of Marc Zuckerberg and his complete lack of character and morality.
Hackers are spamming businesses’ receipt printers with ‘antiwork’ manifestos.
You've probably already seen the miniature worlds created by Tatsuya Tanaka. Before watching this video, I was unaware he 3D-printed a lot of his content. His process is impressive and the results even more so.
The story of the Liverbirds, Liverpool's first female rock band that came up behind the beatles and had quite a run. Amazing and moving story. (via Kottke)
You may have heard of Alex Honnold, star of Free Solo, a documentary following his rope-free climb of El Capitan in Yosemite national park. Well, Deirdre Wolownick, his mother, started climbing at the age of 60 in order to be closer to her son. And she just scaled El Capitan for the second time at the age of 70.
If you ever felt like it was too late to learn a skill, that's proof enough there's always time.
