Switched over to consuming Twitter via RSS feeds. For now I am using Yarns on WP to collect the feeds and the Indigenous app / Monocle-web social reader to read/interact with tweets. With this setup, I get to stay clear of the tracking and ads [Last time I checked uBlock Origin blocked 90 trackers/ads in…
Meena’s been interested in building our family tree for a while now. Installed Gramps on her machine and she’s feeding this nifty application with all the family data. This is going to be an extended project and can’t wait to see what comes out of it. Haven’t researched much but looks like Gramps does not…
Photographer Brian Skerry swims with killer whales and discovers these apex predators have unique cultures that aren’t that different from our own.
Overheard at NatGeo recently produced a great podcast on Orcas and I learnt about Tonic Immobility. Shasta was watching Octonauts and guess which episode she ends up watching? – The one in which they talk about TI. Now that’s some coincidence!
Ben Werdmüller (werd.io)I’m experimenting with adding live discussion to every post.
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Whoa..using Matrix as a commenting system! Quite an intriguing implementation.
Watched My Octopus Teacher earlier this week. Some stunning underwater visuals and quite a fascinating documentary. Also reminded me of the terrific Octomom podcast from Radiolab last year.