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Narratively
The 19th-Century Nurse Who Was Secretly a Serial Killer
Narratively
· “Jolly Jane” Toppan overcame a miserable Dickensian childhood to become a medical professional patients adored. She was also slowly murdering them one by one. · Shared by 159, including Christian Surchi
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Quanta Magazine
Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
Quanta Magazine
5 min · · New research finds that the subjective experience of time is linked to learning, thwarted expectations and neural fatigue. · Shared by 470, including Vaughan Bell, Or Gil, Jane, Howard Getson, Gabriele, Christian Surchi, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Nrupal Akolkar, Caden Jiang
03
Futurity News
Genomes debunk the idea of blond, Nordic Vikings
Futurity News
3 min · · Researchers sequenced the genome of 442 Viking Age bone fragments from all over Europe. The Vikings may not have been quite as Nordic as we thought. · Shared by 5, including Christian Surchi
04
Real Life
Bot or Not — Real Life
Real Life
10 min · · CAPTCHAs have evolved to reflect the untenable distinction between real and fake users · Shared by 9, including Oscar MacDonald, Gisele Navarro, Christian Surchi
05
The Atlantic
Your Phone Wasn’t Built for the Apocalypse
The Atlantic
6 min · · Why the orange sky looks gray · Shared by 150, including Lan Pham, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, SwiftOnSecurity, Mark Little, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Daron Larson, Christian Surchi
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The Guardian
Dub London: bassline of a city
The Guardian
7 min · · A new exhibition celebrates dub reggae music and culture in the capital, from its roots in Jamaica to its half-century of influence on London communities · Shared by 23, including Christian Surchi
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The Guardian
Are your eyes playing tricks? The early work of Olivo Barbieri
The Guardian
6 min · · The Italian photographer shot the everyday – from cars in the suburbs to stacks of watermelons. Yet somehow his images make you question reality... · Shared by 22, including Christian Surchi
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The Independent
Sid Meier: ‘I wouldn’t play Civilisation if it was released today’
The Independent
7 min · · With his new autobiography out in the world, Sid Meier talks to Ed Cumming about creating one of the most complex and influential video games of all time · Shared by 19, including Esther Schindler, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Christian Surchi, Korben
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jacobinmag
The Working Class Is the Vast Majority of Society
jacobinmag
9 min · · Class isn’t just about how much money you make, and it’s certainly not about cultural traits or your level of education. Marxists argue that anyone who must sell their ability to work for a wage and… · Shared by 10, including Christian Surchi
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Il Tascabile
Perché non basta essere esperti per essere considerati affidabili?
Il Tascabile
6 min · · Una riflessione filosofica sulla sfiducia nella scienza. · Shared by 5, including Christian Surchi