- “Humans need solitude“
- Analog to digital process – someone starting digital stuff on a manual typewriter – Julian Simpson, do not look at this
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Something else that seems to have vanished off the streams. Playing a rip off the original CDr from 2011, I think.
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- Ambient Daily episode 37: Lazy Days
- January 07003 | Bell Studies For The Clock Of The Long Now, Brian Eno
“The most likely scenario is that the severed upper limbs were trophies taken from the bodies of enemies fallen in battle or raids immediately after death and brought to the village. Heads and hands seem to be the most common human trophies documented in the archaeological record, although written and ethnographic sources often refer to other body parts, including soft tissues which would not generally preserve, such as scalps, ears, or genitals,” the authors write.
Disney is suddenly freaking out about losing its “boy” audience. No, really—they’ve finally noticed that the demographic they’ve spent the last decade ignoring might actually matter.
Variety is reporting that the studio has been quietly putting the word out to producers and writers: bring us films that can lure young men (ages 13–28) back into the fold. That Gen Z demo has been drifting for years, preferring video games and viral meme cinema (“Minecraft”) to whatever Marvel or Star Wars are serving up.
Comments closedThe United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology.
The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a scientific slowdown. On August 5, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would wind down mRNA vaccine development under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA.
The Orb: A Living Algorithm in Architectural Form
With its swirling, code-born structure and shimmering, spaceship-like exterior, The Orb looks like something generated by an algorithm, and that’s because it is.
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Comments closedSilicon Valley execs, celebrities, and athletes are trying out a new form of extreme meditation called “dark retreats,” which literally puts people alone in a dark room with no technology and only minimal supplies and amenities.
- What it is: A person spends three or four days alone in a pitch-black room, cabin, or cave that has a bed, a bath, and a toilet. They receive three meals a day through a slot and can choose to speak with facilitators at two specific times a day.
- Why people do it: The first couple of days reportedly provide a deep rest that feels like sedation. That’s followed by a feeling of relentlessness and introspection. After that, attendees report having psychedelic visions or exploring altered states. Trippy.
While sensory deprivation has been around for thousands of years, that doesn’t mean it comes without major risks. While Dwight Howard declared it “the best thing I ever did,” Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano (the 10th-biggest crypto), only lasted 12 hours in a dark cabin before running out scared. He posted on X that he felt “terrifying shadows gnawing at my soul, sleep paralysis demons, and [an] inability to breathe.”
Dark retreats, dark forest.
Comments closed- Physicists confirm the incredible existence of “time mirrors” – Earth.com (4 days ago)
- ‘Time mirrors’ are actually a real thing, experts say – Yahoo (May 22, 2025)
- Physicists Just Confirmed ‘Time Mirrors’ Are Real – HW Busters (5 days ago)
- Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Sells to Netflix in $4M Deal – I actually want to see this film about Godard, but I was hoping to see it in a cinema
- Chinese Spacecraft Accused of Dumping Experimental Fuel in Streak Seen Across American Sky
- Enter the Twisted World of Overlooked Surrealist Bona de Mandiargues – ‘“I am self-taught and ignorant, but my knowledge is that of a magician,” the Italian artist Bona de Mandiargues once said.’