{"id":6285,"date":"2014-07-03T23:56:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2014-07-05T08:09:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T20:09:36","slug":"emotion-contagion-linky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6285","title":{"rendered":"Emotion Contagion Linky"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Facebook ran a big experiment on their users<\/a>, filtering the feed one way or the other and measuring emotional effects. It’s been a huge disaster in just about every way – this Guardian column sums it up smartly<\/a>. But the most amazing thing, for me, is that this ongoing disaster – which is really hurting Facebook because it crystallises lots of pre-existing concerns about them – is for research that sounds, well, weak as hell. Here’s a ruthless takedown of the actual research<\/a>. (For what it’s worth, I’m not exactly morally outraged about what was done – I think it was silly and wrong in the same way Facebook’s interference in the feed for commercial reasons is silly and wrong.) <\/p>\n

All about the live-action Fantastic Four TV show from the early 60s.<\/a> Totally true and genuine.<\/p>\n

Cory Doctorow summarises Piketty<\/a>. Good stuff.<\/p>\n

For Lizzie Bennet Diaries<\/a> fans, check out these NZ teens doing a vlog-adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authors cosplay as their favourite childhood lit characters<\/a> – via Marguerite<\/p>\n

The house used by David Lynch for Laura Palmer’s family home is for sale. Some of the furniture is still there from shooting in 1988. Many comparison photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Dice shaming<\/a><\/p>\n

This Blackwater stuff is bananas. They took control of operations in Iraq then threatened inspectors who raised concerns<\/a> – and the reporter behind that story is currently being threatened with prison for not revealing his sources<\/a>. USA! USA!<\/p>\n

Cleanse your palate from that, with this Aaron Swartz doco, free under creative commons<\/a>. (It’s part of the NZ Intl Film Fest, too.)<\/p>\n

John Oliver’s show “Last Week Tonight” is buried somewhere in NZ’s weird pay-TV structure but they put big chunks of it (all of it?) online. Watch some. It has an interest in the whole world – rare enough anywhere – and a big heart. It favours long, sustained stories, really getting into its subject matter in a meaty way. And it is HILARIOUS. Maybe start with this great piece about the US evangelical influence on Uganda’s homophobic laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n

9th Wonder’s 11-track tribute to Bobby Womack<\/a> (free download) <\/p>\n

38 wonderful moments in closed captioning history<\/a> (via David R)<\/p>\n

A theory of Star Trek economics<\/a><\/p>\n

Women who cycle and wear skirts: here’s one neat trick<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Morag and Erin<\/a>, creators of the lovely Manfeels Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Lionel Messi is impossible<\/a> (via d3vo)<\/p>\n

And finally, Nicolas Cage as Disney Princesses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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