Four Quick Links for Tuesday Afternoon

David Byrne's American Utopia is coming to HBO in the form of a "concert film" directed by Spike Lee. Friends who saw the Broadway version of this said it was amazing. [openculture.com]

For decades, the oil, gas, and plastics companies have sold the public on the idea of recycling plastics knowing that it wouldn't work, "all while making billions of dollars selling the world new plastic". [npr.org]

Selling these ineffectual, poor-fitting paper masks (even with a disclaimer) is irresponsible and dangerous. Please stop this @moo. [moo.com]

For the first time in the 175-year history of Scientific American, the magazine is endorsing a presidential candidate: Joe Biden. "The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people." [scientificamerican.com]

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