Codex Arundel A big chunk of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks have been digitized and can be viewed online Rusty Blazenhoff
machine learning AI art haters unknowingly prefer AI-generated works, according to test Ellsworth Toohey
music Restored first video of Smashing Pumpkins performing live in 1988 on public access cable TV David Pescovitz
pop culture How pop culture turned into a placid sea of franchises, sequels, reboots and other reliable earners Rob Beschizza
Venture capitalist suggested getting far-right audiences to harass "vulnerable" journalists Rob Beschizza
privacy Quasi-anonymous blogger on the experience of being exposed and of exposing oneself Rob Beschizza
elections Bernie Blindness: a subreddit for noting the way press narratives ignore or smear Bernie Sanders Cory Doctorow
Science A deep dive into how parasites hijack our behavior and how we evolved to resist them Cory Doctorow
corruption Ketamine works great for depression and other conditions, and costs $10/dose; the new FDA-approved "ketamine" performs badly in trials and costs a fortune Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Sort by Controversial: training machine learning to sow irreparable divisions Cory Doctorow