This new astronomy museum in Shanghai looks spectacular. "The museum features stunning projections and display work, and a starry sky interior that makes you feel like you’re floating in space." [mossandfog.com]
A short piece on what non-sports folks might appreciate about sports, like the chance to "closely observe people being incredibly (like world-outlier-level) intense about something". [cold-takes.com]
I'm not into the schadenfreude about people tragically duped by media grifters, craven billionaires, and opportunist politicians, but this is a sobering collection of folks who were anti-mask, anti-vax, etc. and then died of Covid. [reddit.com]
A visualization of dialup modem sounds. (Did anyone else lip sync along with the modem when connecting back in the day? I...often did.) [twitter.com]
What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban. "I spent 600 hours listening in on the people who now run Afghanistan. It wasn't until the end of my tour that I understood what they were telling me." [theatlantic.com]
Delta's rise is fuelled by rampant spread from people who feel fine. "People infected with the Delta variant generally do not have COVID-19 symptoms until two days after they start shedding the coronavirus." [nature.com]
The trailer for King Richard, a biopic about the life of Richard Williams (Will Smith), the father of Venus & Serena Williams. [youtube.com]
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