Oct. 27, 2020
Tue. 10/27 - Kazakhstan Is Very Nice, But Venus Is Not
Throwing cold water on that whole signs-of-life-on-Venus news. A new travel guide to haunted hotels, based on bad Tripadvisor reviews. A study looking into why we don’t click or comment on certain posts online. And Kazakhstan changes their stance on Borat.
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Links:
- New analysis casts serious doubt on the claim of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus (Bad Astronomy)
- 12th order polynomial explanation (Bad Astronomy)
- Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor is a dreadful directory of hotel hauntings (It’s Nice That)
- 3 Things Drive Our Social Media 'Non-Click' Decisions (Futurity)
- Why don't we click on some social media posts? (UMich)
- Kazakhstan stops resisting Borat, adopts "Very nice!" tourism slogan (A/V Club)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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