metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

Good story.
War baby: the amazing story of Ocean Vuong, former refugee and prize-winning poet.

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/03/ocean-vuong-forward-prize-vietnam-war-saigon-night-sky-with-exit-wounds

Black Mirror is good. But i'm also enjoying Love Death and Robots. 'wish I could binge all day watching these stuff...

Interesting read. Now I want that slime :)

How crocheting rescued math

Normally, when you think of nature, you do not think of structure. But the work of people like mathematician and science writer Margaret Wertheim will convince you otherwise.

https://www.rappler.com/science-nature/ideas/science-solitaire/232565-how-crocheting-rescued-math

Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf #Patterns

A Japanese shrub’s unique foliage arrangement leads botanists to rethink plant growth models

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decoding-mathematical-secrets-plants-stunning-leaf-patterns-180972367/

I am no longer a fan of Caterpillar. Yes, that maker of construction machineries. Why? Because they're stupid. Suing a cafe over the word 'cat'.
I'd have no sympathy for this company when they go down. It shows how lack of innovative minds make them do petty things. Instead of making mechs to innovate, they do this foolish thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/02/caterpillar-cat-and-cloud-coffee-trademark-infringement

I'd like to visit this farm one of these days.
Farming takes to the rooftops in Sunset Park
The roof-farming movement is coming to the neighborhood.

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/05/29/farming-takes-to-the-rooftops-in-sunset-park/

Stronger than aluminum, a heavily altered wood cools passively.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/chemically-treated-wood-could-send-excess-heat-to-space/

this Coal Company Went Bust, and It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism. Many companies or individuals could be doing the same coz they work in the fossil industry. Sorry but it's time to face the truth and the inevitable.

https://static.theintercept.com/amp/coal-industry-climate-change-denial-cloud-peak-energy.html

I'm kind-of a Transhumanist because I'd like to "live forever", but not in the extreme way that this article outlined. I disagree with his main ideas by the way. Transhumanism still has its quirks but it does give us good questions worth pondering: If our thoughts live forever, do we too?

https://qz.com/1616187/transhumanist-science-will-reshape-what-it-means-to-be-human/

Health care for $50 a month? I'll take it!

Subscription-based health care is best for americans. I'd like to see this take off.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/ill-take-health-care-for-50-a-month/69-186f8271-d9be-4e3a-94d1-f2035fcb03ea

Our daily standup is fast becoming a daily 15 to 30 minute "Stretch-up". I'm blest having teammates that like to do stretching exercises, so now i do the same.

Big Pharma should be brought to justice. Drugmakers hiked prices 1,000% in massive price-fixing scheme.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/drug-makers-hiked-prices-1000-in-massive-price-fixing-scheme-states-allege/

Man, this is terrible. Man who sets new record for reaching deepest part of the ocean finds plastic bag thrash on the ocean floor. SMH. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2019/05/13/unprecedented-dallas-businessman-victor-vescovo-completes-deepest-ocean-dive-human-history

So. New Yorkers are moving to Jersey City. I know several couples move from Brooklyn to Jersey City. And they got the money to further gentrify the area.

These are the heroes. Their life and story is worth knowing.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/mass-shooting-heroes-hero/